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A Trip Around Russia on New Year's Eve

Revelers watch fireworks over central Moscow during New Year's celebrations. Marina Lystseva/ TASS
A young couple rings in the New Year. Marina Lystseva/ TASS
Fireworks over central Grozny, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. Yelena Afonina/TASS
Children ride a merry-go-round in central Grozny. Yelena Afonina/TASS
People light sparklers during New Year celebrations in Chernoye Ozero Park, Kazan, Tatarstan. Yegor Aleyev/TASS
St. Petersburg Palace Square decorated in Russia's tricolor. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS
People watch President Vladimir Putin's traditional televised New Year address. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS
And then the clock strikes twelve on Palace Square! Alexander Demianchuk/TASS
Fireworks light up a residential area in the city of Omsk in Siberia. Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS
People light sparklers during New Year celebrations in central Novosibirsk. Kirill Kukhmar/TASS

Some 8.6 million people took part in street celebrations across Russia on New Year's Eve on Dec. 31.

Revelers in the Far East were first to ring in the New Year, with the capital Moscow following some nine hours later. 

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