Krasnoyarsk region invites to participate in an active winter holiday! The educational forum "Surikov reading" will become the main event of the festival. Another highlight is the assault of snowy town – Siberian folk fun, made famous by the painter Vasily Surikov.

The first day of the festival will bring together creative people at the country-club "Buzim" where multi-format educational forum "Surikov reading" will be held.

Public lectures, master classes round table discussions and business consulting will provide pupils and students of art schools and institutions of Krasnoyarsk territory with creative charge for the whole year. Prominent figures of culture and art of Russia will participate in discussions.

The events of the second day of "Siberian Maslennitsa" festival will unfold at the central square of the village of Sukhobuzimskoye. That day will be devoted to outdoors activities for the whole families.

The guests of the celebration will be presented by folk rituals that were taking place since ancient time during the days of farewell to winter. Jolly ditties, carnival fun and large Siberian ring dance are also part of the event. Besides, performances by folk groups of the region, contests, sports and entertainment activities as well as riding husky sledge and Russian troykas will take place, too.

At the square an exhibition and fair of folk crafts will unfold. Alongside with it rural farmsteads where everyone can be treated with pickles and hot pancakes will be set.

The old Russian fun – "The assault of snowy town" – will be the culmination of the festival.

The Cossacks of Enisey Cossack Army Society will participate in the dramatized show.

Since 2013 the event is supported by the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation.