The folk art festival “Russian Mosaic,” held in spring 2025, received federal recognition after winning the VIII All-Russian Competition of Best Practices in the sphere of ethnic relations. This year, the competition brought together 497 projects from across the country, submitted by government bodies, state institutions, non-profit organizations, and initiative groups in the area of interethnic relations. The “Russian Mosaic” festival became one of the top 25 projects in Russia, taking a prize in the category “Best Practices of Government Agencies in the Sphere of Ethnic Relations.”

“Given the high level of competition, this result is particularly significant. It marks a systematic, professional, and thoughtful effort to preserve cultural diversity and develop traditions of folk art. I’m sure even more brilliant projects await us,” said Eduard Sosnin, the Mayor of Perm.

It is noteworthy that the first folk art festival “Russian Mosaic” took place in Perm last spring. The Theater Square hosted numerous platforms dedicated to Russian folk culture, forming one big interactive space where spectators of all ages could find something engaging for themselves.

On the main festival stage, popular Perm-based groups performed in the genre of Russian folk art: Quartet “Karavai”, Ensemble “Voskresenie”, choreographic ensemble “Solnechnaya Raduga”, Ensemble “Yarmarka”, balalaika player Andrei Kiryakov, Ensemble “Ivany”, folk group “Grusha”, and folklore ensemble “Voskresenie”. The modern interpretation of folk music was represented at the “Russian. Stylish” venue by the folk project “Variiya” and neofolk project “Balakir”.