
Maslenitsa Spring Festival (Russian: Ма́сленица, also known as Butter Week, Crepe Week), is an Easter Slavic religious and folk holiday in Russia, Ukraine and Belarusian. It corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival. It is the brightest and funniest festival among Russian holidays. It begins at the 8th week before Orthodox Easter. This year 2015 it will be celebrated from Feb. 16 to Feb. 22. Origin Of Maslenitsa Spring Festival In … Continue Reading