Sergei Bodrov has disclosed the budget of his new film – a fantasy feature titled The Seventh Son.

Exhibition of the classic of Russian photography Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) - Collection of sights of the Russian Empire – has been opened in the exhibition centre Design Factory Flacon in Moscow.

In honor of the upcoming 200th anniversary since the birth of Russian writer Ivan Goncharov a museum-exposition will be created in his native town of Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk).

Saw and Axe Museum has been opened in Semenovsky Village, Pervomaisky District of Yaroslavl Region.

Archeologists have carried out excavations in Kideksha Village (Vladimir Region), the site of the Old Russian architecture monument – Sts. Boris and Gleb Church.

Novgorod archeologists have walked out of the Cultural Heritage Committee in protest against site development in historical area of Veliky Novgorod.

Chelyabinsk artists have decided to set a world record by drawing the world’s largest picture, with the area of 300 sq. meters.

Sequel of the cult Soviet adventure film Don’t be afraid, I am with you (1982) is going to be produced soon.

Annual music open-air festival Afisha Picnic will be held in the memorial estate Kolomna in Moscow on July, 23rd.

Building of a Buddhist temple-monument in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill can start this year already.