Festival in Alexandrov - a holiday, had been waiting for

city of Alexandria Vladimir region for the ninth time spent in May Festival "Alexander Sloboda-2001. Its main events unfolded in the Alexander settlement - in the Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve, which celebrates this year its 80 th anniversary.

On this occasion the townspeople and visitors Alexandrov received gift - a new exhibit "The Tsar Alexander's court in the settlement," which tells the story of the brightest pages of Russian history, coupled with the name of the first Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Presentation of the exhibition and opened Alexander's Festival at the Sloboda ensemble. This event was a playwright Vladimir Zaviktorin dedicated his play The Trial of Ivan the Terrible ", which was played in the original white stone the king's chambers.
This year's festival once again pleased with the guests the opportunity to meet with the masters of the scene of the best theaters in the capital. Theater by Yermolova shown in the wards of the first Russian autocrat play "Tsar's game", where an impressive recreate the dialogue of Ivan the Terrible and Elizabeth English.
This holiday enriched innovation - within the historical and cultural festival held children's writing contest, "I came into a museum. " And in the exhibition hall Museum opened an exhibition of children's creativity "Peace Museum Children's Eyes" - a tradition of holding in Alexandrov retained.
Against the background of the white stone walls of the Kremlin Alexander, Crucifixion in the belfry, one of the hosts traditional festival days historical costume contest. The footpath is important to pace himself Ivan the Terrible with henchmen, society ladies and gentlemen, epic heroes, Peter and sister Martha, provincial coquette XIX century ... Music, choreography, theater, folk song - all interwoven in a reliable picture of historical epochs.
Festival program has completed the Big museum tour. " Musical framing this unique immersion in the story provided an ensemble of sacred music "Svetolitie, who served under the ancient arches of ancient chants and verses.
Historical and cultural festival of farewell to the ancient walls of suburban until next summer. But the celebration initiation to the great past continues ...