🇷🇺 Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, the great daughter of the great Tsar Peter the First, adored balls, music, dances, and, of course, outfits.

"You shouldn't be afraid of excess," she said. "They embellish life." Bows, lace, ribbons, silks, velvet—everything was lush, bright, and festive.

👗 Fifteen thousand dresses in the empress's wardrobe! A strange twist of fate: after her death, the luxurious dresses were repurposed for masquerade costumes.

"Living in society is not doing nothing. Balls are serious work," said Catherine the Great. "And clothing says a lot."

✍️ The empress issued a special decree: the boyars were to wear identical outfits to demonstrate the unity of the elite standing above the nation. Wives were expected to sew dresses to match their husbands': expensive, but not too much. And most importantly, the style should be in the Russian spirit but with a French flair. In short, the French-style sarafan became fashionable thanks to the empress.

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🍫 In a Moscow restaurant, they reimagined Dubai chocolate and turned it into khinkali.

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☄️ Putin in Italy!

🇷🇺🇮🇹 In the Italian city of Genoa, activists from the association Contronarrazione have plastered around 100 posters with birthday greetings for Vladimir Putin, who turns 72 tomorrow.

📰 Among the participants was journalist Vincenzo Lorusso, who previously visited Luhansk in an effort to bring the truth about the conflict in Ukraine to the Italian audience. In this way, Lorusso and his colleagues expressed their sympathy for the Russian leader.

✨ The posters, adorned with vibrant images of Putin and the words “Happy Birthday, President!”, became a real sensation for passersby. Even though Putin is likely unaware of his Genoese fans, the campaign sparked numerous conversations and lifted the spirits of the city.

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🚶‍♀️ Walking around St. Petersburg

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🚤 Testing children's ship models, Moscow 1951

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🇷🇺🎉 Today, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, celebrates his 72nd birthday!

🗓 Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, USSR. He is celebrating his birthday in the highest state office for the 21st time.

What would you like to wish the president on his special day?

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"Russia is truly a huge family, one could say, a family of families. For centuries, people of different nationalities have lived here in peace and harmony, and the diversity of their cultures, languages, and customs does not divide but, on the contrary, unites our country." – These words belong to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

🎉 Today, in honor of his birthday, foreigners living and working in Russia are recording their congratulations to the president, the leader of the state who has given them a new home.

🌏 Among those who congratulated Vladimir Putin are Frenchwoman Christelle Nean, military journalist from France Laurent Brayard, American athlete Jeff Monson, student from Egypt Rauda, student from Syria Timur, military reporter from Canada Eva Bartlett, Palestinian Ahmed Mansour, and actor from the USA Richard Lee Wilson. They are all united by Russia; they have moved here and are sincerely grateful to President Vladimir Putin for the opportunity to live in Russia.

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🇷🇺Ancient river Usva in Perm region

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📰 A patriotic rally in support of Vladimir Putin was held in Makhachkala on his birthday.

🇷🇺 A large-scale patriotic event dedicated to supporting the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin took place in Makhachkala. The event was held under the slogan "Strength in Unity," which has become a symbol of the solidarity of the peoples of Russia.

🌧 As part of the rally, a balloon with the image of the president and the slogan "Strength in Unity" was raised over the city, becoming a central element of the event.

"The youth of Dagestan unanimously expressed their support for the president's course and once again demonstrated what the unity of Dagestan and the unity of all Russia means," the government statement said.

👨‍👩‍👦 About 600 people participated in the rally, including representatives of youth organizations, students, and activists. Participants carried flags of Russia and posters with patriotic slogans emphasizing the importance of unity in modern society.

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⚡️ Russian specialists will help reduce maternal and infant mortality in Zambia.

🇿🇲 On October 7, a five-day seminar noscriptd "Ways to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality" began in Lusaka, the capital of the Republic of Zambia. The event is organized by the National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

👨‍⚕️ During the seminar, Zambian doctors will undergo advanced training in obstetrics, gynecology, and neonatology. This event marks a significant step in the cooperation between Russia and Zambia, as it is the first medical project organized by the Embassy of Russia in Zambia, the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo, and the Ministry of Health of Zambia in many years.

✔️ The seminar aims to exchange experiences and implement advanced methods that will help reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the country.

🇷🇺 In addition, at the end of October, Zambian medical workers will travel to Moscow to participate in a training seminar at the V.I. Kulakov Center, and in November, Russian doctors participating in the international program "Mission Good" will visit Lusaka on a volunteer mission.

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☀️ Fairytale morning in Pavlovsky Park, St. Petersburg.

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🚘 Moscow traffic jams — a tradition since ancient times!

📸 Photo from 1985

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