The skating rink on Red Square opened to the public

GUM Skating rink and fairgrounds have started working in Moscow 's Red Square. Images from the opening are published by Izvestia.

Traditionally, festival decorations have a theme. This year it is gingerbread houses, in each of which guests can buy festive souvenirs and taste traditional New Year's treats.

In addition, during the opening ceremony, visitors could watch a show of figure skaters who performed numbers to compositions by Pyotr Tchaikovsky from the ballet "The Nutcracker". As figure skater Tatyana Navka noted, the athletes showed a new interpretation of the traditional story.

"A completely new reading. We took Tchaikovsky as the main motif, but there were also a lot of arrangements to his music, a lot of themes," she said.

You can celebrate New Year's Eve at Russia's main skating rink. The session will begin on December 31 at 22:00 and will last until 02:00 on January 1, the ticket price is 12,025 rubles.

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There are few free seats left, but they are still available, aggregators note

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 5 took part in the action "Christmas tree of wishes" and read the wishes of children. The head of state will traditionally take charge of their fulfillment.