Over time, these pancakes became the festival’s signature food. Known as a blini, or dense and yeasty buckwheat pancake, these buttery treats can be crowned with a variety of sweet or savory toppings ...

People play a traditional game during Maslenitsa celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2026. Various events were held in St. Petersburg on Sunday to celebrate the traditional festival ...

Residents of Berestovitsa District immersed themselves in an atmosphere of fun and folk traditions at the Maslenitsa annual district festival.

Russians have been celebrating Maslenitsa, an ancient festival bidding farewell to winter that also marks the beginning of Lent. 1 Burning an effigy of winter during a celebration of Maslenitsa at the ...

Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday celebrated ahead of Lent, when people cook and eat a lot of pancakes, sing and dance. It originated centuries ago as a pagan ritual that was later absorbed ...

Russia's Pancake Week, begins in Russia on Mar. 11 this year. People are preparing for the arrival of spring by gathering with relatives to eat pancakes. Typically, Maslenitsa is celebrated with ...

Rex Features/Fotodom A day-by-day guide to the most interesting events. Maslenitsa week is one of Russia’s favorite celebrations. People bid farewell to winter and greet the approaching spring season ...

The program included folk rituals, concerts by folklore groups, workshops on making protective dolls, Maslenitsa games, pancakes on a log, and much more. The culmination of the festival was the ...

A vendor cooks street food during the Maslenitsa Festival to celebrate the end of winter and mark the arrival of spring in Riga, Latvia, Feb. 29, 2020. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua) People enjoy ...

People eat pancake during the Maslenitsa festival celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 29, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday to celebrate the beginning of spring, which lasts from Feb.