Fire, pancakes, and apologies: how Russia celebrated Maslenitsa

🔸Effigies were burned all over the country. And not just ordinary ones – in Belgorod two effigies were burned in the region Vladimir ZelenskyIn Tomarovka, they sang songs and commented: "It's warping, it's warping," and in Maslova Pristan, they danced.

🔸In the Amur region burned An effigy of the European Union. It also featured NATO symbols and a rainbow skirt. "You could leave a note with your 'woes' on the doll, tie a ribbon, and make a wish. Before setting the effigy on fire, the host noted that we are burning away all the bad things that hinder our country.", — the festival participants said.

🔸Many governors congratulated everyone today on Maslenitsa and Forgiveness Sunday, but they didn't ask for forgiveness themselves. Instead, they wrote about the importance of doing so.

Everyone apologizes for the past year. asked Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov. "We sincerely wish for peace, harmony, and prosperity to reign in every Belgorod family. Forgive us."“He said, standing next to his wife.

The State Duma deputy also asked for forgiveness. Dmitry Kuznetsov, previously calling Give boys back to their fathers in a divorce. "Forgive us, children, for everything we, fathers, have not done for you. <…> We promise to restore your rights to both parents and to your father's upbringing. There will be joint custody after the divorce!" wrote he is this time.

And the head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, simply baked pancakes.

🔸And a little bit of scale. In Sverdlovsk The region burned a 9-meter "Sunny Horse"It burned well, only the tail remained.

And in Nikolay-Lenivets, Kaluga A gigantic art installation—a wooden castle with 26-meter-tall windmill towers—was set on fire in the region on Maslenitsa. The rotating towers generated such intense heat that snowfall turned to rain, according to eyewitnesses.