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A New Year's Eve Trip Around Russia — and Into 2019

Street festivities take place across Russia each year on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve.

The first to ring in the New Year are those in the Far East, before the celebrations reach Moscow some nine hours later. 

Revelers watch fireworks at Red Square during celebrations in Moscow Marina Lystseva / TASS
The Moscow fireworks seen from Poklonnaya Gora Tatyana Belyakova / TASS
A young couple rings in the New Year in Kazan Yegor Aleyev / TASS
President Vladimir Putin gives his traditional televised New Year's address Valeri Matytsin / TASS
Tourists celebrate with locals in the Far East city of Vladivostok Yuri Smituyk / TASS
Revelers at Palace Square in St. Petersburg Peter Kovalyov / TASS
The festivities also took place in Suzdal, a historic town 200 kilometers east of Moscow Valeri Sharifulin / TASS
The Siberian city of Tomsk also got in on the fun Taisia Vorontsova / TASS

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