of Russians holidays. Its history goes back to pre-Christian
Russia: the main ritual of Maslenitsa is the burning of the straw figure of the Winter - an echo of pagan rituals.Although Christianity, which came to replace paganism, rejected all the old cults, this holiday could not be erased from people's memory – so much it has been favored by simple folk. Today, Maslenitsa is a symbol of Russian folk festivals with a millennial history. No country in the world does celebrate something like this!