Mass Media Overview

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Issue 4791

By Alexander Winning

Ded Moroz, wearing a red rather than a Soviet-era blue robe, welcoming visitors to Veliky Ustyug, an ancient northern town that is known for old churches and silvercraft, not just his presents.

The Voice of Russia http://english.ruvr.ru/

Nov 18, 2011

by Maria Domnitskaya

Father Frost - the favourite character of all people in Russia - is receiving his birthday congratulations. Nobody knows though what his real age is but there's reason to believe that he is about 2,000 years of age. Several years ago Russian children proposed to celebrate Father Frost's birthday on November 18th.

http://www.acase.ru/

03.02.2011

The historical fiction movie with the working title "Journey to Santa Claus", currently in production of the "Avatar Film" and "Wilton Film" companies, may contribute interest to the city of Veliky Ustyug.

www.themoscowtimes.com

The Moscow Times

By Lena Smirnova

VOLOGDA - Last weekend's posh celebrations to mark Moscow's 864th birthday left no doubt where Russia's capital is located. But 460 kilometers away, another city also recently celebrated 864 years - and its residents remembered that instead of St. Basil's Cathedral and Red Square, the trademarks of Russia's capital could have been a tub of butter and a wooden house with a carved fence.

http://severstal.com

14.11.2011

OAO Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies, welcomed a delegation from India comprising high ranking government officials, the Honorable Minister of Steel Mr Shri Beni Prasad Verma, Honorable Secretary of Steel Mr. P.K.Mishra, the Chairman and Managing Director of NMDC Limited Mr Rana Som as well as other executives from NMDC.

http://www.guardian.co.uk

2011-09-05

Russian fertiliser group Phosagro plans to invest in a new $2.5 billion gas-fired chemical plant in Cherepovets, chief executive Maxim Volkov said on Monday.

http://www.metalinfo.ru/en/

23 August, 2011

Severstal North America Announces Successful Start-Up of New Pickle Line Tandem Cold Mill in Dearborn, Michigan.

http://rbth.ru/

September 1, 2010

William Brumfield

Among the numerous historic towns of the Vologda territory, Ustiuzhna is perhaps the least known.

Located on the Mologa River, a tributary of the Volga, in the southwest corner of Vologda Region, the town is often confused with Velikii Ustiug, which is situated almost 700 km distant in the northeast corner of the province.

http://rbth.ru/
June 25, 2011
William Brumfield
First mentioned in the Primary Chronicle in 862, Belozersk was an important point for those moving from central Russia northward
The origins and early location of Belozersk, a town of some 10,000 souls in the Vologda region, are dim and uncertain, but "Beloozero" is considered among the oldest recorded settlements among the eastern Slavs, mentioned in the Primary Chronicle under the year 862 as one of the five towns granted to the Varangian (or Viking) brothers Riurik, Sineus and Truvor who, according to the Chronicle, were invited to rule over the eastern Slavs in what was then called Rus'.

http://severstal.com
23.09.2011
An agreement to this effect was signed today in Moscow by General Director of Division Severstal Russian Steel Alexander Grubman and President and CEO of the Rütgers Group Mr. Henri Steinmetz.