White Nights in Petersburg

Photos: Maslenitsa (2008)

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Russian House celebrates Maslenitsa, the Slavic holiday marking the end of winter and the start of spring, with pancakes and the burning of an effigy of Lady Maslenitsa, who represents winter. (Spring 2008)

Lady Maslenitsa
 

Lady Maslenitsa's destruction threatens Prof. Hammarberg's Mini Cooper

 

Photos courtesy of Alina Romanenko and Mani Chadaga