Pancake Week kicks off in Moscow

Hundreds of people gathered on Moscow’s Red Square to mark the beginning of Shrovetide. Festival-goers warmed themselves with hot pancakes, mead and Russian folk dancing in tents set up especially for the event.

Hundreds of people gathered on Moscow’s Red Square to mark the beginning of Shrovetide. Festival-goers warmed themselves with hot pancakes, mead and Russian folk dancing in tents set up especially for the event.