YEREVAN, April 27 (Noyan Tapan). Days of Russian Culture are being held in Armenia on April 26-30. They were initiated by RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication of Russia. RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Tamara Poghosian said during the April 26 press conference that singers, Nadezhda Babkina, people's artist of Russia, Yulya Nachalova, Alexander Buynov, satirists Semyon Altov, Yefim Shifrin, the Vivaldi orchestra, and Phonograph Zazz Band will participate in the gala concert at Karen Demirchian Sport and Concert Complex. Russian films will be shown at the "Moscow" movie-house of Yerevan, the "Igorki" theater will perform the "Behind Closed Door" play with participation of Irina Alfyorova at the Russian Dramatic Theater after K. Stanislavsky. An exhibition entitled "On Hot Ground" of V. Sidorov, Chairman of the Artists' Union of Russia will be opened at the Artists' Union of Armenia on April 28. The Ballet Theater of Classical Dance Art will perform the "Cinderella" ballet at the Opera and Ballet House on April 29. Arrangements will also be organized in Gyumrri, Vanadzor and Spitak within the framework of the Days of Russian Culture.

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