I am not the only one who likes to keep up with our Russian guardsmen of the era of Peter the Great friends you know - lots of - well some - folks like to see what is going on over there as it usually looks fun and there's usually a spectacular element to it. These pictures are great - they are celebrating the founding of a town in 1703 - certainly looks quite different to here anyway...
More here have a look at them rowing and having fun
The town Petrozavodsk was founded in June 1703 and in festivities this weekend.