ITAR-TASS Presents… Russian Cities Welcome 2015 with Fireworks and Sparklers

People wave sparklers as they celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF, 1 January 2015

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Fireworks explode over St Basil Cathedral on Red Square, Moscow

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New Year light show at Palace Square in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF

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Festive illuminations on Palace Square in St Petersburg

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New Year fireworks at the Central Square in Vladivostok (Primorsky Krai. Far Eastern Federal District)

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Festive illuminations in Vladivostok

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New Year celebrations at the Central Square in Vladivostok

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Fireworks in Vladivostok

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New Year’s Eve in an apartment in Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov Oblast. Southern Federal District) RF

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Local resident on New Year’s Eve in Rostov-na-Donu

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Ice town in Kemerovo (Kemerovo Oblast. Siberian Federal District) RF

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1 January 2015

ITAR-TASS

http://itar-tass.com/en/non-political/770219

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RT Presents… Firework Extravaganza Ignites 2015 New Year Celebrations

                                                          

Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the New Year on 1 January 2015.

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People watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana Beach during New Year celebrations at the Pavao Pavaozinho favela in Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State. Southeast Region) BRAZIL on 1 January 2015.

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Buddhist believers watch as fireworks go off during a ceremony to celebrate the New Year at Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul (Special City of Seoul) ROK on 1 January 2015.

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Fireworks burst over Marina Bay to mark the New Year’s celebration in Singapore on 1 January 2015.

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Fireworks explode near the observation wheel during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong PRC on 1 January 2015.

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Fireworks explode in the sky over Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang DPRK.

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People cheer in front of Rome’s ancient Colosseum as fireworks explode to celebrate the New Year on 1 January 2015.

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Fireworks explode behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London ENGLAND UK on 1 January 2015.

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New Year’s fireworks erupt over the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House in Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA during traditional fireworks at midnight on 1 January 2015.

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Fireworks light the sky over St Basil Cathedral during New Year celebrations in Red Square in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF on 1 January 2015.

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Holiday fireworks over Red Square in Moscow on 1 January 1, 2015.

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Fireworks over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Year celebrations in Sydney on 1 January 2015.

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1 January 2015

RT

http://rt.com/in-vision/new-year-2015-celebrations/

ITAR-TASS Presents… Russian Streets and Squares Decked Out for the New Year

Children on a merry-go-round in Red Square in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF

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Festivities at the Christmas Market in Red Square in Moscow

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A view of the Christmas Market on Moscow’s Red Square

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A view of the Christmas Market near the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow

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A couple at Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square

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New Year Tree on Red Square

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Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow decorated for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations

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A giant decoration made of 9.5-metre-long (31-feet-long) LED lights in Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square

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Most expect the decoration to enter the Guinness Book of World Records

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A high-wire trapeze performer in Moscow’s Red Square with the illuminated GUM department store in the background

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A musician dressed as Ded Moroz (Grandpa Frost) playing a tuba on Tverskaya Square, Moscow

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A Christmas Market on Moscow’s Tverskaya Square

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Moscow’s GUM department store, decorated for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations

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Children looking at New Year decorations in Moscow

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Visitors at skating rink set up by the GUM department store in Moscow

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Street decorated for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF

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A decorated New Year tree in Vladimir (Vladimir Oblast. Central Federal District) RF

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A decorated tree in front of the Gorsoviet building ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Oblast. Ural Federal District) RF

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Christmas Market on Pionerskaya Square, St Petersburg

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A giant decoration made of Christmas lights at Central Square ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Vladivostok (Primorsky Krai. Far Eastern Federal District) RF

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Decorated New Year Tree in Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District) RF

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Unlike in many Western nations, where Christmas is the main celebration, New Year is the main winter holiday in Russia. Lights and decorations, giant baubles and street artists, abound in public places ahead of the New Year celebrations.

22 December 2014

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http://itar-tass.com/en/non-political/765871

1 January 2015. RT Presents a Multimedia Presentation. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Videos of New Year Fireworks…

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Sydney offered some of this year’s most incredible fireworks display with over 100,000 pyrotechnic effects. An estimated 1.6 million people turned up to watch more than 10,000 aerial fireworks and 25,000 shooting comets over Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Over a billion people tuned in throughout the globe to watch Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, as the city takes pride in being one of the first major cities in the world to welcome each New Year.

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In Hong Kong, around 300,000 people crowded the city’s streets to watch fireworks and to see artificial snow effects that lit up the skies over Victoria Harbour in an eight-minute show.

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Despite terrible news of a stampede in Shanghai, hundreds of million across China tuned in to watch a stunning light show in Beijing, where a stunning light show happened at the Badaling Great Wall.

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The landmark skyscraper Taipei 101 was the center of attraction in Taiwan. Celebrations included pop singers and a firework display at midnight.

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In Dubai, spectacular fireworks display welcomed in the New Year from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, as thousands gathered to watch a display that featured portraits of United Arab Emirates emirs.

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In the heart of Russia, thousands of Muscovites gathered at iconic Red Square to start the New Year with a wonderful view of the fireworks over St Basil Cathedral and the Kremlin. Millions also tuned in to watch President V V Putin’s New Year address.

Read more:

“Landmark in Russian history”: President Putin’s New Year address

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Germans got a dose of wisdom from Bundeskanzerlin Angela Merkel, but as in the most of the world, the cheerful celebrations turned into a drinking fest.

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Even Novorossiya paused hostilities to welcome the New Year, for many, it signified a new start. Illuminating shells lit up the sky above Donetsk Airport, instead of the High Explosive shells that became all-too-familiar for the residents there.

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A few hours later, hundreds of thousands of people witnessed the best London has to offer over the River Thames as the fireworks display exploded to the midnight bongs of Big Ben.

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Rio de Janeiro’s main Copacabana beach is the venue for the country’s biggest New Year party, as it’s practically midsummer at the moment, which is why many partygoers come to Brazil to kick-start their 2015.

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From Sydney to Rio de Janeiro, millions of people kicked off their New Year 2015 celebrations under the night skies brightly lit with firework displays. Full of joy and hopes, people wished each other the best of luck in 2015. The party continues… stay tuned…

1 January 2015

RT

http://rt.com/news/219147-new-years-2015-celebrations/