Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) visits the residence of Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, in the town of Veliky Ustyug, in the Vologda region, about 300 miles north of Moscow, ...

Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), who like Santa Claus gives children presents during the festive period, receives almost 200,000 letters annually. Children usually ask for gadgets, while adults "order" ...

Ded Moroz on a flying carpet (All images courtesy Katya Zykova, soviet-postcards.com unless otherwise noted) Santa, poised over the mission control center, peering at a gleaming satellite on the ...

People take a selfie during the Ded Moroz festival in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2019. The Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost or Santa Claus in Russia) festival took place on Saturday in Moscow. (Photo by ...

The train is a special project of Russian Railways and the government of the Vologda Region, introduced on December 5, 2021 TASS, November 9. Ded Moroz's (Russian Santa) fairy-tale train from Veliky ...

What's the holiday season like in Moscow? There's traffic…consumerism and… Ded Moroz. Ded Moroz is Russia's Father Frost, who brings presents on New Year's Eve. He looks a lot like his Western ...

Several area children received an unexpected visit this Christmas Day from Ded Moroz and his granddaughter, Sngurochka. Ded Moroz, which means “Father Frost,” a figure very similar to Santa Claus, and ...

His traditional New Year's outfit is decorated with an army astrakhan collar and he wears a hat with a red star. One has to not only read poetry and dance, but also to pass the "Cheerful Snowman" test ...

Around the world there are different versions of the jolly, bearded man who gives gifts to children in December or, in some countries, January. Unlike the bloated, red-coated father Christmas of the ...