How Russian cities decorated for the 2026 New Year (PHOTOS)

Alexander Melekhov / TASS
Alexander Melekhov / TASS
Streets from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk have been adorned with bright lights and New Year’s trees. Let's welcome in the New Year!

1. In Khabarovsk, the city center is decorated with matryoshka figures and a festive tree.

Konstantin Andreev / TASS
Konstantin Andreev / TASS

2. And this is how the center of Krasnodar looks.

Yuri Khodzinsky / TASS
Yuri Khodzinsky / TASS

3. The city garden in Volgograd has been transformed for the winter holidays.

Dmitry Rogulin / TASS
Dmitry Rogulin / TASS

4. Light installations in Belgorod.

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Pavel Kolyadin / TASS

5. Polar bears have appeared on Lenin Square in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

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Nikolay Mikhalchenko / TASS

6. The alleys of the resort town of Kislovodsk look simply magical in winter!

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Danil Kiselev / TASS

7. And this is how the center of Kaliningrad looks for the New Year.

Alexander Melekhov / TASS
Alexander Melekhov / TASS

8. The Kazan Kremlin in its New Year's decorations.

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Andrey Titov/Business Online / TASS

9. The New Year’s tree on the Yenisei River embankment in Divnogorsk.

Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik
Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik

10. The resort town of Kerch is also preparing for the New Year.

Maxim Churusov / TASS
Maxim Churusov / TASS