It's well-known there is no proper holiday without proper preparation. Find out how Russia looks at the New Year's eve.
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Scuba divers from the Aqualung Diving Center in Novosibirsk getting ready to dive into the water with a tree to celebrate the New Year.
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The Christmas tree opposite of the Bolshoi Theatr in Moscow
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Siberian Father Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka congratulating Novosibirsk residents at a railroad station.
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Salesman packing fir-trees at one of the Christmas tree bazaars in Moscow.
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View of Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg
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One of the Christmas trees on Moscow's streets
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Fathers Frost in the town of Alexala in the Olonets Region participate in the role-play program Winter Fun with Fathers Frost, part of the Fathers Frost Olonets Games in the republic of Karelia.
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A glimpse of Christmas in a cafe window in Moscow
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The main NewYear's holiday tree in the center of Grozny. The mosque named after late former Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is in the background, along with the set of high-rise buildings "Grozny City".
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A glimpse of Christmas in a cafe window in Moscow
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A baby sitting in a shop trolley at a Christmas tree shop in Omsk
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Workers install a New Year's holiday tree on Victory Square in Kaliningrad.
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Father Frost with children in an Olonets city park during the Pakkaine's Frosty Fun sports and recreation competition, part of the Fathers Frost Olonets Games in the republic of Karelia.
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Workers decorate a New Year's tree on Sobornaya Square in the Kremlin.
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Musicians dressed as snowmen at the Christmas market opened on Dec. 21 on the Ostrovskogo square in St. Petersburg.
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The Christmas tree on the Ostrovskogo square in St. Petersburg
