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In its 10th anniversary year, the Museum of Russian Impressionism, together with the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve, will host the "Metropolitan Jam" exhibition (June 13 – September 20) and the "Apple Sound" music and gastronomic festival (July 17–18) in Rostov the Great. The medieval Metropolitan Garden, a focal point for residents and visitors, brings together Russian art from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the culinary traditions of one of Russia’s oldest regions, music, and crafts.

The Metropolitan Garden of the Rostov Kremlin is a rare example of a scientific reconstruction of the landscape art of medieval Rus’. Conceived in the late 17th century by Metropolitan Jonah Sysoevich, this "earthly embodiment of the heavenly gardens of Eden" featured apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees, as well as berry bushes, vegetables, and medicinal herbs, whose beneficial properties were studied by monks. Today, the Metropolitan Garden preserves local cultural traditions, connecting the past and the present.

The "Metropolitan Jam" exhibition is the first of four regional projects planned by the Museum of Russian Impressionism for its anniversary year. From June 13 to September 20, works by Igor Grabar, Vladimir and Alexander Makovsky, Konstantin Yuon, and other artists from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries will be on display in the Stable Yard of the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve, creating a portrait of an ancient city that has preserved a sense of old Russia for centuries. Complementing the paintings are botanical atlases and illustrated herbal guides, culinary recipes, and musical pieces, offering insight into the traditions of plant cultivation, herbal collection, and jam-making.

The first section of the exhibition invites visitors on a picturesque journey through Rostov the Great. Visitors see the city as captured by artists at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries: with its churches, Kremlin walls, and merchant estates that remain intact. The exhibition opens with paintings whose artists repeatedly revisited the imagery of this provincial town: Konstantin Yuon’s "Gates of the Rostov Kremlin," one of the central paintings in the collection of the Museum of Russian Impressionism, and an autumn view of his hometown by Rostov native Pyotr Petrovichev, from the Rostov Kremlin collection.

The following sections are dedicated to the role of gardens in Russian culture. Visitors will learn about the development of botany and medicine in monastery gardens, as well as the beauty of everyday scenes such as trees in bloom, walks, and picnics, beloved by artists of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition concludes with a discussion of the practical uses of gardens, from the fruit of which jam was made, and of traditional Russian tea drinking, which was incomplete without a fruit or berry dessert. The aromas and musical accompaniment help immerse visitors in the atmosphere of an ancient garden.

The exhibition brings together works from 30 public and private collections. In addition to pieces from the Museum of Russian Impressionism and the Rostov Kremlin State Museum-Reserve, the museum-reserve’s Stable Yard features items from the State Russian Museum, the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, the Murom History and Art Museum, and other Russian museums with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture.

To accompany the exhibition, the "Scene 23" Theatre Salon presented "Sketches from Dacha Life" — theatrical miniatures based on the works of Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, and Alexander Pushkin. The production will be performed in Rostov the Great several times throughout the summer.

The Apple Sound Festival invites you to discover and reimagine the rich history of Rostov the Great through key elements of its intangible heritage: gastronomic and horticultural traditions, crafts, and music. Over the course of two days, from July 17th to 18th, the city will host musical performances, master classes from chefs at leading restaurants in the Yaroslavl region, craft workshops, a food market featuring local producers, as well as lectures and tastings for children and adults.

The "Metropolitan Jam" exhibition and the "Apple Sound" music and gastronomic festival are part of the "Garden of Eden in Rostov the Great" project, implemented by the League of Heritage Guardians with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.

Exhibition curator: Yulia Petrova, director of the Museum of Russian Impressionism.

Age restriction: 6+. Tickets available at rostov.rusimp.su.

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The All-Russian classical music marathon "Cantata. Russia" will launch in Rostov the Great and other regions of the country alongside the exhibition. People’s Artist of Russia Lyubov Kazarnovskaya will perform at the concert on Rostov the Great’s Cathedral Square. The marathon is part of the VI International Classical Music Festival "Cantata," which will take place from June 12 to 16, 2026, in the Kaliningrad Region. The marathon concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan, Cherepovets, Yoshkar-Ola, Ryazan, Khabarovsk, and other Russian cities will feature works by Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Sviridov — composers whose works form the foundation of the Russian academic musical tradition.