The general director of the Bolshoy Theatre Anatoly Iksanov was promoted to the Knights of the Order of the Legion of Honor.

The Archeology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences summed up results of 2012.

The Moscow Polytechnic Museum has been closed for reconstruction till 2018, with its exposition temporarily moved to a pavilion of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre.

The conception of the development of the territory of one of the oldest and largest Russian enterprises - confectionery factory Bolshevik – was announced.

In the Roman apartment where Nikolai Gogol lived in the years 1838-1842 and wrote Dead Souls, The Overcoat, the novel Rome, the latest edition of Taras Bulba the salon-lounge of his name will soon be open.

The branch of the All-Russian Museum of Fine Arts Hermitage is planned to open in the Moscow region, as the Minister of Culture of Moscow Region Anton Gubankov announced.

The artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev in cooperation with the director of the film Avatar James Cameron are working on the 3D-broadcast of the ballet Swan Lake

Anatoly Kaplan's (1902–1980) exhibition in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, has been arranged not in a too complicated way.

One of the most successful animated series in Russia today is Masha and the Bear, which owes its appearance to a girl, whom the artist initially wanted to depict as a hybrid of a froglet and a piglet.

The concert in support of the duet’s recent album will be held in Crocus City Hall on June 5, 2013, the Pet Shop Boys website reports.