1.RIAN_01007570.HR.ru.jpg[break]The Christmas tree on the Ostrovskogo square in St. Petersburg[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]2.RIAN_01007579.HR.ru.jpg[break]Musicians dressed as snowmen at the Christmas market opened on Dec. 21 on the Ostrovskogo square in St. Petersburg.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]3.RIAN_01006791.HR.ru.jpg[break]Workers decorate a New Year's tree on Sobornaya Square in the Kremlin.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]4.RIAN_00998493.HR.ru.jpg[break]Father Frost with children in an Olonets city park during the Pakkaine's Frosty Fun sports and recreation competition, part of the Fathers Frost Olonets Games in the republic of Karelia.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]5.RIAN_01007041.HR.ru.jpg[break]Workers install a New Year's holiday tree on Victory Square in Kaliningrad.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]6.RIAN_01001743.HR.ru.jpg[break]A baby sitting in a shop trolley at a Christmas tree shop in Omsk[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]7.IMG_9203.jpg[break]A glimpse of Christmas in a cafe window in Moscow[break]Ruslan Sukhushin
[break_string]8.RIAN_01005570.HR.ru.jpg[break]Scuba divers from the Aqualung Diving Center in Novosibirsk getting ready to dive into the water with a tree to celebrate the New Year.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]9.RIAN_01006891.HR.ru.jpg[break]The main NewYear's holiday tree in the center of Grozny. The mosque named after late former Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is in the background, along with the set of high-rise buildings "Grozny City".[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]10.IMG_9189.jpg[break]A glimpse of Christmas in a cafe window in Moscow[break]Ruslan Sukhushin
[break_string]11.RIAN_00998499.HR.ru.jpg[break]Fathers Frost in the town of Alexala in the Olonets Region participate in the role-play program Winter Fun with Fathers Frost, part of the Fathers Frost Olonets Games in the republic of Karelia.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]12.IMG_8886.jpg[break]One of the Christmas trees on Moscow's streets[break]Ruslan Sukhushin
[break_string]13.RIAN_01005990.HR.ru.jpg[break]View of Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]14.RIAN_01006937.HR.ru.jpg[break]Salesman packing fir-trees at one of the Christmas tree bazaars in Moscow.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]RIAN_01008147.HR.ru.jpg[break]Siberian Father Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka congratulating Novosibirsk residents at a railroad station.[break]RIA Novosti
[break_string]15.IMG_8807.jpg[break]The Christmas tree opposite of the Bolshoi Theatr in Moscow[break]Ruslan Sukhushin