In the village of Krasnovidovo a museum-folklore festival "Yablochny Spas( Apple Savior)" to be held

9 August 2018, Thursday

On August 19, in the village of Krasnovidovo, the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan together with administration of the Kamsko-Ustinsky District, Krasnovidovsky village settlement and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan will hold a folklore museum holiday  the "Yablochny Spas in Krasnovidovo". This year it is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of A.M. Gorky.

Almost 40 years in the village of Krasnovidovo the Museum of A.M. Gorky - a branch of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan is working.  During these years, it was visited by more than half a million people interested in the work of the great Russian writer A.M. Gorky. The staying of young Alexei Peshkov occupies a special place in the history of the village. Here he arrived in the spring of 1888 at the invitation of his friend, the revolutionary populist M.A. Romas, who was running a business  in the village, a grocery store, and engaged in revolutionary agitation among the peasants. A.M. Gorky in My Universities later recalled: "Apple trees are blooming, the village is shrouded in pinkish snowdrifts and a bitter smell, it penetrates everywhere."

The famous village of Krasnovidovo is located on the picturesque bank of the Volga of Kamsko-Ustinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan and has long been famous for apple orchards, fishermen and beekeepers. All the charm of these places can be felt, plunged into the atmosphere of the folklore festival of the "Apple Spas in Krasnovidovo".

During the holiday one can make an excursion around the Museum of A.M. Gorky, the memorial store of the XIX century and the Gorky places of the village.

All the guests will witness a folklore festival in which rural groups from Apastovsky, Kamsko-Ustinsky, Alekseevsky, Buinsky and other regions of the republic will perform.

Admirers of creativity А.М. Gorky will be able to visit the literary venue of LITO after M. Zaretsky "Meadow flowers" at the museum M. Gorky and F. Shaliapin. Performed by famous Kazan writers and poets B. Weiner, R. Khuzakhmetov, N. Akhunov, S. Suleymanov, etc.,there  will also be an exhibition and sale of art and local history books.

At the festival there will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the objects of peasant life at the museum exhibition of agricultural implements "Without tools and not there, and not here", where it will be possible to grind the flour on millstones.

For children, a special interactive program with games, contests and round dances has been prepared. All interested persons will be offered a variety of museum master classes on gold sewing, weaving belts, riding shoes, etc.

Traditionally, the festival will be run by the Fair of Folk Crafts, where farmers and gardeners will offer their guests to purchase honey, fish and agricultural products at low prices and, of course, a tasting of various dishes from apples! All the  guests are invited to tea at the "Samovar" with Russian pancakes, jam and of course, pouring apples, and the main gift will be rest on the picturesque bank of the Volga River.

We are waiting for all on August 19 in the village of Krasnovidovo Kamsko-Ustinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan! Do not forget to wear comfortable shoes and hats.

The telephone of the press service of the NM RT: +7 (843) 292-32-18

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