The monument to Universant, a collective image of graduates, has appeared by the entrance of the Twelve Collegia building of the St. Petersburg University.

The Scorpions are coming to Moscow. Almost all the tickets for the concert that will take place on March 2 in the Kremlin Palace have been sold.

The little known painting Solomon’s Wall by the famous Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) will be displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery for twelve days.

Visitors of the exhibition planned to take place first in Rome and then in St. Petersburg will see papal relics, namely medals issued to mark important events.

The HarperCollins publishing firm is going to release a new and shorter version of Leo Tolstoy’s world-renowned masterpiece “War and Peace”.

The works by Ivan Ushkov, a photo artist from St. Petersburg, were discarded from the Moscow exhibition “Young Artists of Russia” half an hour before the opening of the exposition, currently on in the Central House of Artist.

The leader of the well-known Russian rock band “DDT” Yuri Shevchuk is to narrate the documentary film project “History of the Russian State” based on Karamzin’s famous treatise.

One of the projects of the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Modern Art started yesterday in Moscow. The exposition “Movement. Evolution. Art” includes works by Russian artists of the second half of the 20th century and gradually illustrates this period of art development.

“Harlequin” is the title of Russia’s first contest for the National Award in Theatrical Arts and the same name festival to be held for the fourth time in St. Petersburg in April 19-23, 2007.

Israel is currently hosting the 2nd International Festival of Russian Book, with over three thousand editions and about twenty venerable Russian language writers from both the countries brought together.