Kostroma is a wonderful place to visit any time of the year, but never more so than during the holidays. There are few sights more enchanting than taking a walk along the riverfront promenade with ...

Russian History, Vol. 46, No. 4, Special issue: Artistic Communities and Educational Approaches in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Russia (Dec 2019), pp. 276-291 (16 pages) The character of ...

The city is one of two in Russia that makes a claim to one of the main protagonists of the New Year’s holidays. “Snegurochka,” or the snow maiden, is from Kostroma and maintains a residence here.

The snow maiden, innocent enchantress of the forest, is destined to melt away with the spring sunshine. Like many other sets of incidental music written to accompany plays, Tchaikovsky’s Snegurochka ...