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2.jpg[break]Moscow’s Sokolniki Park features the world’s only year-round Ice Sculpture Museum, where the temperature is kept at -10 degrees.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]3.jpg[break]The idea to create such a museum came from the creative group Art Bliz, specifically Pavel Melnikov and Bagdad Stepanyan. Melnikov is a five-time winner of the world sand sculpture championship, and Stepanyan is a three-time world champion in ice and snow sculpting. [break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]IMG_0729.jpg[break]Some 800 tons of ice and 200 tons of snow were used to create the sculptures covering the 500 square meters of exhibition space.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]4.jpg[break]Visitors get long quilted coats known as vatniks and put them on over their clothes[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]5.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]6.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]7.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]8.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]9.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]10.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]11.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]12.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]13.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]14.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]15.jpg[break]The organizers christened the exhibit “Ice Universe” and did not restrict the creativity of the participants in any way. The result is an exhibition of ice ranging from a Pegasus and space cartoon characters to a Chukchi tent and Christmas manger, a dinosaur skeleton and a living room with a fireplace to real frozen flowers and giant ice insects.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines [break_string]16.jpg[break]The museum offers master classes for those interested in creating, not just observing. It takes just half an hour, an electric saw and a chisel to cut out an ice fish.[break]Russia beyond the Headlines