YEREVAN, April 19 (Noyan Tapan). Russian cultural days in Armenia will start with gala-concerts at the Cultural Center after Karen Demirchian on May 26. According to the Press Office of the RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs, Nadezhda Babkina and the "Russkaya Pesnya" ("Russian Song") group, the "Vivaldi" orchestra and "Phonograph Jazz-Band" group, and the ballet theater of classical dance art will be performing during the May 26-30 cultural days. Famous humorists Semyon Altov and Efim Shifrin will also participate in the Russian cultural days. The Armenian spectators will have an opportunity to watch the performaces of the Moscow "Igrok" ("Player") theater at the Russian Dramatic Theater after Al. Stanislavsky these days. In addition, Russian Cinema Days will be held and an exhibition of Chairman of the Painters' Union of Russia V. Sidorov entitled "On Hot Ground" wil open at the exhibition hall of the Painters' Union of Armenia. According to the same source, Russian art will also be shown in Gyumri, Spitak and Vanadzor these days: Nadezhda Babkina and Efim Shifrin will perform in Gyumri on Apirl 27 and 28, in Vanadzor and Spitak on April 29.

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