Several new and quite unusual monuments and sculptures will be set up in Omsk this year.

King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz’ Library recently opened on the basis of the Russian Islamic University in Kazan contains about 40 thousand books.

Moscow manor of the Muravyov-Apostols finds the new life. The unique 19thcentury architecture monument that had survived the great fire of 1812 was nearly ruined in the 20th century.

An earlier unknown monument of archeology has been discovered on Peninsula Sredniy, Murmansk Region.

French National Film Company together with VGTRK Russia is carrying out shooting of the feature film Rasputin in the Arkhangelsk Region.

Quite an unusual exhibition of Russian lubok has been opened in the Maly Exhibition Hall of Izmailovsky Island, Moscow.

8-meter monument to liquidators of consequences of the Chernobyl accident is planned to be unveiled in Krasnodar.

Petersburg sound-recording studio AnTrop, in which the legends of Russian rock music Kino, Aquarium, Zoopark, Alisa and Nol’ created their albums, might be closed due to disputes about the building where it rents a premise.

A number of public patriotic organizations want to establish a monument to Patriarch Hermogenes in Red Square.

Imperial Faberge Easter eggs from the collection of Peterhof Memorial Estate are on display in the Moscow Kremlin.