Cherepovets City Day: events, program, interesting facts

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Cherepovets is a large city in the Volgograd region. This year he turns 240 years old. When and how the Day of the city of Cherepovets is celebrated will be discussed further.

Events in the city

City Day is celebrated in Cherepovets on November 4th. The busy schedule included more than two hundred celebrations this year, with the main gala concert of local creative teams on the central square.

Demonstrations of the fruits of creativity of artists and masters of the art of photography were included in the plan. There were meaningful conversations with readers in libraries and informative stories in museums.

The performances of theater workers, as well as the festival of culinary delights, became the decoration of the grandiose action. The works of folk craftsmen were presented at fairs. It was not without spectacular sports competitions and charity events.

The idea of organizing a holiday

Celebration of Cherepovets City Day is a tradition. It is now supported by numerous large settlements of the Russian Federation. Such events are usually held inholidays.

On this date, mass celebrations of the townspeople and specially arrived guests are held. Large-scale projects are carefully thought out in advance and carried out with pomp, originality and charm. Each city, when organizing such events, tries to bring its own unique "zest". Cherepovets was no exception.

The administration made significant efforts to surprise the population. To do this, a fair amount of enthusiasm and playful moments were introduced into the plan. Each resident was involved in the festivities among the participants of the provided program or as ordinary visitors.

The holiday is not complete without official speeches of the leadership, noisy parades, processions, sales at fairs of treats and entertainment in the form of concerts of pop stars and colloquial genre. Out of habit, the festival expected all year round will be marked by an enchanting performance and an unforgettable, impressive fireworks display. In Cherepovets people start celebrating this event on Saturday. The festivities continue on Sunday.

Exciting facts of history

On City Day, Cherepovets remembers important pages of its history. On a significant date, the townspeople visit the Resurrection Monastery founded by the monks Theodosius and Athanasius. The monks appeared in a distant land from the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. By the decree of Empress Catherine II in 1777, the settlement turned into a city. Since then, its existence has been counted.

The development was influenced by the appearance of a shipyard, a harbor, a dock for repairs,enterprises for the construction of courts, educational institutions, a museum, a financial institution and other important facilities. At the beginning of the last century, it was decided to build the Volga-B altic Canal to move ships along the rivers and now a well-known metallurgical plant in the country.

Attractions

Cherepovets City Day celebration program is interesting and varied. Visitors and residents can visit a number of attractions. Significant objects in the city are the Rybinsk reservoir and the port on the Sheksna River.

Cultural traditions are honored by the following theatres:

• Music for children.
• Russian with national status.
• Chamber sound.
• Improvised scenes.

There are numerous museums. For guests of the city and tourists, the Galsky estate, the monument to Athanasius and Theodosius and the former estate of V. Vereshchagin, which has become a museum, are of interest.

2017 Program of Events

Events for the City Day of Cherepovets in 2017 were also varied and interesting. They certainly remained in the memory of local residents and visitors for a long time. During the day, the administration of Cherepovets, with the support of various organizations of the city, consistently implemented the points of a predetermined plan. On the fourth of November, according to the established schedule, took place:

• Gourmet Food Festival.
• Event of treats on Milyutin Square.
• Milyutinskaya Fair on Cathedral Hill.
• Concert on Milyutin Square in14:00.
• The Belfry Festival of Orthodoxy dedicated to the celebrations.
• Variety performance "Songs of our cinema".
• Show "Anniversary Cascade" in the open space near the Palace of Metallurgists.
• Fireworks at 20:00.

The eve of the celebration was also varied. The plan included many activities. Of these, residents and guests really liked the retro-style evenings "Komsomol Youth", art nights at the art museum.

As part of the celebrations, residents and visitors were pleased with the screenings of films from the cycle "Cherepovets Region in Antiquity and the Middle Ages" and "October in Cherepovets". The exhibition of original paintings by V. Vereshchagin with the touching title “It seemed that the world would be small for me…” aroused great interest among the townspeople and guests.

Also, a series of evenings of creative communication with theater artists “From Heart to Heart” was held, timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Komsomolets cinema. It was possible to visit the exhibition with a passage of photographs by Vyacheslav Terebov "Industrial Cherepovets".

Fans of painting had the opportunity to visit the exhibition "Autumn-2017", and lovers of theatrical art - the play "Save the Super Squirrel" at the Chamber Theater. As you can see from the review, the activities were quite diverse, so every resident of the city can find something interesting.

End of the holiday

Despite the fact that the peak of events and celebrations fell on November 4-5, visitsome events accustomed to the City Day could still be done within a week. So, on November 11, residents of the city had the opportunity to attend the XVI Chechulin Readings on Local History. The evening and solemn week ended with a concert program dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Symphony Orchestra at the Chamber Theater at 18:00.

City Day in Cherepovets is celebrated on a grand scale, and the festive program is not limited to traditional fairs and concerts. Quite a lot of cultural events are organized: exhibitions, readings, theatrical performances, creative evenings, etc. The city will be of interest to tourists. Having learned in advance about the holiday program, you can plan your visit to Cherepovets.