People share a pancake 2 meters in diameter made during Maslenitsa festivities in Stavropol.14.02.2010#573884
Traditional burning of a straw scarecrow. Maslenitsa festivities in Veliky Novgorod.14.02.2010#573883
Veliky Novgorod residents at Seeing Off Russian Winter holiday (Pancake week) in the city of Veliky Novgorod.14.02.2010#573882
Muscovites warming themselves with pancakes at Moscow's Vasilyevsky Spusk during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573703
Visitors attaching coins at the Maslenitsa ice sculpture at Moscow's Vasilyevsky Spusk during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573702
Muscovites warming themselves with pancakes at Moscow's Vasilyevsky Spusk during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573701
Fathers Frost walking in a festive procession on Moscow's Varvarka street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573700
Visitors attend a festive procession on Moscow's Okhotny Ryad street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573699
Visitors attend festivities near Moscow's Museum of History during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573698
Participants attending a festive procession on Moscow's Tverskaya Street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573697
A man walking on stilts in a festive procession on Moscow's Tverskaya Street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573696
Guisers walking on stilts in a festive procession on Moscow's Tverskaya Street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573695
Guisers walking on stilts in a festive procession on Moscow's Tverskaya Street during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573694
Police providing security at a festive procession in downtown Moscow during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573693
Police providing security at a festive procession in downtown Moscow during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week.14.02.2010#573692
Muscovites warming themselves with pancakes at Moscow's Vasilyevsky Spusk during Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, the Russian holiday that celebrates the nearing end of winter.14.02.2010#573691
