News – Government of Russia

On July 8, on the day of family, love and fidelity, the II All -Russian Wedding Festival “Russia” started at the Russian National Center. Connecting hearts. ” As part of the opening of the festival, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergey Kiriyenko and Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova met with married couples in a cozy atmosphere over a cup of tea. The central topics of the conversation were love and family values. The participants discussed the measures of state support for young and large families, the secrets of family longevity and raising children, and also shared their impressions of the I and II All -Russian wedding festivals and suggested making this event annually.

In just one table, 12 different families gathered – young and already noted a golden wedding, large and only recently become parents. Welcoming the participants in the meeting, Tatyana Golikova focused on the fact that the All -Russian Wedding Festival has already become the prevailing tradition.

“Last year, 220 couples from all over the country have married at the Russian exhibition“ Russia “. Many young families have already appeared. It is very pleasing that Russia is returning to the traditions of a large family. If only 18% of our citizens have expressed a desire to have many children, now it is already 39%. And every second family believes that the ideal family is large. We will see how 200 more families from 78 regions will be marked in the same The National Center “Russia“. You charge the atmosphere with a special spirit, and this spirit of love, reliability, fortresses of the Uz is imbued with all the events of the All -Russian Wedding Festival. I wish the families that were born at the festival last year and which will appear this year to be strong, so that they create a real rear, who are on the front time, they know that they are loved that they love them. And they are waiting at home, ”said Tatyana Golikova.

In turn, Sergei Kiriyenko agreed that the family is of particular importance in Russia, and this is obvious at the state level.

“Last year, our president used the formula“ Russia is the family of families “, and the more you think about it, the more it clings. Indeed, the main value of Russia is every specific family. The stronger and happier each family separately, the happier Russia as a whole,” he said.

In the warm atmosphere of the couple’s tea drinking, which will register a marriage at the II All -Russian Wedding Festival, shared their impressions from the festival and love stories. Semyon Slepchenko and Oksana Leonova from the Irkutsk region met each other thanks to the “movement of the first” – they both work in the regional department. For a long time, young people were just colleagues, until one day, on the eve of the New Year, warm communication was started, which grew into love. Another New Year’s miracle happened to employees of the Starooskolsky District Children’s Hospital Sergei Ryndin and Natalia Ovsyannikova. Before the New Year, they prepared a holiday for small patients and at some point realized what they were created for each other. Sergey and Natalia brought postcards to the festival, which were prepared for all newlyweds by patients of the children’s hospital.

The basis for the creation of two families laid true patriotism. Miroslav Sconin and Angelina Denisenko from the DPR, which are in the Cossack intelligence brigade “Terek”, met and fell in love with each other in the war zone. Kaliningraders Alexander Dyachenko and Valery Kravchenko are ONF volunteers who help the families of the participants of Sv. Sevastopol residents Fyodor Bykovsky and Irina Nagibina serve the country, Fedor – a hereditary military, Irina – a public servant.

An example of another couple proves that a family is the basis for preserving the traditions of different peoples in a multinational state. Evgeny Fisikov and Olga Semenova, born and raised in Khakassia, honor national traditions, therefore, at the wedding ceremony, they will represent Khakass culture, national costumes.

The secrets of family longevity with the newlyweds were shared by Sergey and Irina Shirokhokiy from the Kursk region, who lived together 51 years. They saved their love and respect for each other’s interests.

Children are already born in families participating in the I All -Russian Wedding Festival. Elizabeth and Timur Badmaevs from the Republic of Buryatia are now raising the six -month son of Amir. They proposed to make the All -Russian wedding festival annual and lay the tradition – to transfer the family hearth of the “heart of Russia” from the couples of the last festival to the pairs of the present as a symbol of the continuity of traditions and a strong family union.

Other families with children shared their experience. The long -awaited son of Natalia and Konstantin Kainov from the Moscow region was born thanks to the social project “New Life”. Support measures help large families: the parents of five children Dmitry and Ekaterina Bauer became participants in the corporate demographic program “Our Children”, which operates at the Kemerovo enterprise “Azot”. And Irina and Maxim Moiseenko from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, representatives of the Teachers dynasty, winners of the All -Russian contest “Family of the Year – 2020”, are raising seven children in a creative atmosphere.

To adequately raise children, you need to maintain and maintain traditional values. This is confident in the factory and Isabelle Sorlin, who, 10 years ago with the children, moved from France to Russia. This year, all family members became Russian citizens.

Fabrice Sorlin made an offer to provide additional preferences to those owners who lease their property to large families, in particular, benefits for paying land tax. Tatyana Golikova noted that measures to support large families are the most important measures, and thanked for the offer.

At the meeting, young couples expressed their proposals and initiatives to improve social and family policy. Alexander Dyachenko and Valery Kravchenko made a proposal to create a project – a navigator in the world of patriotic education, so that students and colleges have the opportunity to quickly and easily choose the right direction. Sergei Kiriyenko approved the initiative and asked later to submit documents with the concept of the project. At the end of the meeting, Tatyana Golikova and Sergey Kiriyenko wished families to carry love through their lives.

The II All -Russian Wedding Festival is implemented with the support of the Presidential Fund of Cultural Initiatives and passes V NC “Russia” from 8 to 10 July 2025. These days, more than 200 pairs from all regions of the country will be registered here. The program of the newlywedsorNov-a walk on yachts along the Moscow River, a festive procession surrounded by their guests along the picturesque embankment to the National Center “Russia”, a photo shoot, registration of marriage in a festive atmosphere and the ceremony of the family of a family hearth.

Along with the solemn events for the participants of the festival, a cultural and educational program was prepared. For newlywedsorNOV and their guests are held by music concerts, which are popular artists and musical groups. Among them Nansi & Sidorov, NilettoUMA2Rman and other performers. Everyone can visit various master classes, as well as public-tooks, where famous historians, journalists, psychologists, musicians, stylists, beauty master and leaders of wedding agencies act.