ST. PETERSBURG EVENTS IN MAY 2001

| CULTURAL EVENTS | SPORT EVENTS |

9th International Festival 'VIVA RUSSIAN CINEMA!'
Dates: May 4-9, 2001
Venues: Movie Theaters of the city

37th International Festival 'MUSICAL SPRING IN ST. PETERSBURG'
Dates: May 8-26, 2001
Venues: St. Petersburg Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Cappella, St. Petersburg Cultural Center (Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace), Sheremetev Palace, the House of Composers, Evengelical-Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

BALL OF THE 'VENICE OF THE NORTH'. International Tournament of Sport Dancing
Dates: May 12-13, 2001
Venues: Small Arena of the Yubileiny Sports Palace

DAYS OF THE POLISH CULTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG
Dates: May 18-20, 2001
Venue: Alexandrinsky Theater, Hermitage Theater, Jazz Philharmonic Hall

International Festival 'VIVAT CONSERVATORY!'
Dates: May 18-25 2001
Venue: St. Petersburg Conservatory

'ADMIRALTY MUSIC' Festival
Date: May 23, 2001
Venue: St. Petersburg Cappella

3rd International Festival 'ITALY ON THE ITALIAN STREET'
(Italianskaya Ulitsa = Italian Street)
Dates: May 24 - June 2, 2001
Venues: Shuvalov Palace, Mikhailovsky Maniezh, the Italian Street

5th International Festival of Military Brass Bands
Dates: May 26-28, 2001
Venues: May 26 - parks of Pushkin and Peterhof
May 27 - Nevsky Prospekt and Palace Square
May 28 - Yubileiny Sports Palace

International Arts Festival 'PUSHKIN. PETERSBURG'
Dates: May 26 - June 6, 2001
Organizers: Non-profit organization International Fund for the Support of Fine Arts MASTER-CLASS (telephone: +7 812 279-3927)
Venues: Marble Hall of the Russian Ethnography Museum

DAY OF THE CITY: BIRTHDAY OF ST. PETERSBURG
Date: May 27, 2001
Where?: Celebrations on Nevsky Prospekt and the Palace Square
(see also: Military Brass Bands Festval)

ANNUAL GRAND OPENING OF FOUNTAINS IN PETERHOF
Date: May 27, 2001
Organizers: Non-profit organization International Fund for the Support of Fine Arts MASTER-CLASS (telephone: +7 812 279-3927)
Venues: Marble Hall of the Russian Ethnography Museum

Convention of the Association of Carnival Cities of Europe
Dates: May 27 - June 3, 2001
Where?: St. Petersburg and Pushkin (suburb)

12th International Festival of Flower Arrangements 'WHITE NIGHTS IN ST. PETERSBURG'
Date: May 28 - June 3, 2001
Venues: Marble Hall of the Russian Ethnography Museum

6th International Festival 'MUSICAL OLYMPUS'
Date: May 30 - June 5, 2001
Venues: St. Petersburg Philharmmonic, Hermitage Theater
Web site (new window): http://www.musicalolympus.spb.ru/indexe.htm

• St. Petersburg Jewelers at the Hermitage (Faberge and others)
  The State Hermitage Museum
• Treasures of the Golden Horde
  The State Hermitage Museum
• Under the Sign of Eagle: Empire Style in Russia
  The State Hermitage Museum / General Staff Bldg
• Christmas in Russian Icons of the 15th-18th Centuries
  The State Hermitage Museum
• St. Petersburg Video Fait
  Maniezh Central Exhibition Hall
More exhibitions

SPORT EVENTS:

Sport Dancing Tournament
Date: May 10-12, 2001
Venue: Yubileiny Sports Palace

NEVSKOYE KOLTSO (NEVA RING): 1st Leg of the Cup of Russia in Ring Car Races.
Date: May 20, 2001
Where: Around the Kirov Stadium

Police Force Multithlon Competition
Date: May 23-24, 2001
Venue: Yubileiny Sports Palace

Rowing Slalom: Cup of Russia
Date: May 26-27, 2001
Venue: Losevo (village north-west of St. Petersburg

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ANNUAL GRAND OPENING OF FOUNTAINS IN PETERHOF
May 27, 2001