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Arts and culture of Leningrad region

In Leningrad region enjoys a developed and expanding network of cultural/leisure establishments including: theatres, museums, libraries, archives, and numerous educational art and musical centers.

The cultural potential of Leningrad region is a result of its rich history. It is difficult to overestimate the historical value of the Neva grounds for Russia. The foundation of Russian statehood was laid in Ladoga. It was in Ladoga the legendary Ruric reigned, called by the people of Ladoga to protect it with his army (since the beg. of the 18th century the town has been called Old Ladoga) - one of the largest of the medieval world’s trade centers which nowadays is rightly recognized as the ancient capital of Northern Russia.

The return of the Tikhvin Icon of Our Lady to the Tikhvin monastery of Our Lady's Assumption in the summer of 2004 was a cultural and historical event of global importance. It has become famous for many miracles of healing, but is especially esteemed as the guardian of the Northwest boundaries of Russia. For more than 60 years, since the time of the Second World War, the icon was in the USA. Its return became a symbolic event - portraying the continuity of historical events which is expressed in the preservation of the cultural and spiritual heritage of our ancestors. Hundreds of thousands of people welcomed the relic all along its way to Russia, in the USA, Latvia and in Russia.