From right: Sergei Ustyugov (Russia), Finn Hagen Krogh (Norway) and Andrew Newell (United States) during the men's sprint finals at the Tour de Ski in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.30.12.2017#3268793
The Church of St. John of Kronstadt in Moscow. An abnormally warm rainy weather reigns in Moscow prior to the New Year.30.12.2017#3268755
UNICS players Yevgeny Voronov and Keith Langford(left) and Panathinaikos player Ioannis Boubourusis (from right to left) in the Euroleague regular season match between UNICS (Kazan, Russia) and Panathinaikos (Athens, Greece).30.12.2016#3005869
Road police officers in Vladivostok dressed up as Father Frost and Snow Maiden wish a driver a Happy New Year.30.12.2016#3005618
Chief Engineer at Granit-Agro agricultural enterprise, Andrei Polinsky is seen dressed as Father Frost in a cow shed at a dairy farm in Grodno Region's Krutilovichi village.30.12.2015#2768305
Children in a bomb shelter at the Chelyuskintsev coal mine. Four families that lost their homes in the air strikes on Donetsk by the Ukrainian army are going to celebrate New Year's Eve in a bomb shelter.30.12.2014#2552162
The crash site of Red Wings' Tu-204 plane at the Vnukovo airport. The plane went off the landing strip and caught fire at Vnukovo. Four killed, four hospitalized.30.12.2012#1329169
Members of the Spektr cold training club and Polar Dolphins winter swimming federation, dressed as Father Frosts, starting their New Year race at Blyudtse Lake in Novosibirsk.30.12.2012#1329127
A public rally in Vilnius during the extraordinary meeting of the Baltic republics' Supreme Soviets.30.12.1990#860739
December 30, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after delivering a speech at the New Year's reception in the Kremlin.30.12.2009#543215
December 30, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin before the final government meeting in 2009.30.12.2009#543098
The New Year ball party of naval officers in the year of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. Variety show entertainer Boris Brunov welcoming the participants. The Column Hall of the House of Unions.30.12.1996#507883
The Tretyakovsky Lane arch in Moscow is one of the few old local buildings that remain intact.30.12.1943#491261
Actors from a folk theater in Chisinau taking part in a New Year’s festival Malanka, a Moldavian village. 30.12.1994#175262
Opening ceremony at Ploshchad Nogina [Nogin Square] subway station [renamed Kittai Gorod in 1990]. Hero of Socialist Labor and Metalworker Frst Class S. Minayev cuts ribbon in front of first train.30.12.1971#138524
Theatrical performance during New Year's Eve party at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. 30.12.1972#141401
Father Frost and the Snow Maid at children's New Year party in a Moscow cultural center30.12.1960#92091
Tatiana Averina, speed skating champion of the Twelfth Winter Olympics, with photo correspondents.30.12.1984#57963
A professional rock climber dressed as Grandfather Frost rappeling down a house wall. 30.12.2002#45964
Jack Frost and Snow Maiden in the street congratulating a little girl on the New Year. 30.12.1985#43145
Fathers Frost holding the banner "Everything will be O.K." in front of the building of the Russian federation State Duma30.12.1998#41358
Father Frost congratulating a winter swimmer, winner in the New Year competition, the Moskva swimming pool.30.12.1969#32279