First day of Maslenitsa on Red Square

Hundreds of Muscovites celebrated the beginning of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, on Red Square in Moscow. Visitors warmed themselves with hot pancakes, medovukha, the alcoholic honey beverage, and traditional Russian dances in the temporary village.

Hundreds of Muscovites celebrated the beginning of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, on Red Square in Moscow. Visitors warmed themselves with hot pancakes, medovukha, the alcoholic honey beverage, and traditional Russian dances in the temporary village.