The press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region, referring to the governor Sergei Tsivilev, said that after World War II. He reported that the International Yuri Gagarin Festival unites all workers’ cities in Russia and 19 countries.
“Last year we organized the first international Yuri Gagarin festival, this year all 53 valiant cities of the Russian Federation participated. I congratulate you on this holiday. “We must all work for peace, the prosperity of civilization and the friendship of all peoples,” Tsivilev said.
II. The “Space Week” of the International Yuri Gagarin Festival ended with the “Time of Winners” gala concerts. Flight into the future. They were held simultaneously at the “KuZbass” Ice Palace in Kemerovo and at the Kuznetsk Metallurgists Arena. Oleg Korolenko in Novokuznetsk.
The guests and participants of the gala concert were representatives of the state institution Roscosmos, heads of laborious cities, famous cosmonauts. Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Alexander Oleshko and Dmitry Dyuzhev led them. Delegations from 19 countries, including Armenia, India, People’s Republic of China and Kazakhstan, came to Kemerovo.
For the audience of the gala concerts, the festival hymn specially written by Yuri Gagarin for the first time was performed by a joint choir of children and youth.
In Kemerovo, singer SHAMAN and Alla Dukhovaya’s performance ballet TODES, in Novokuznetsk – performer of the role of Yuri Gagarin in the film “Gagarin”. The first in space” Yaroslav Zhalnin. In total, more than 500 artists participated in the concert programs, including from the DPR.
II. Within the framework of the International Yuri Gagarin Festival, a total of 190 cultural, scientific, educational and sports events, 10 of which were international, were organized in the region.