In the evening on June 24 at Kremlin square of the city of Vologda the opening ceremony of the XII International theater festival "The Voices of History" took place – reports the official portal of the Government of Vologda region and the portal "Culture in Vologda region".

The festival lasts from June 24 to July 2 in the cities of Vologda, Cherepovets and Kirillov.

More than 130 artists from 18 creative teams of Vologda took part in solemn ceremony.

By tradition, to mark the opening of the event the standard with symbols of festival was launched into the sky.

The festival "The Voices of History" originated in Vologda in 1991 as presentation of professional theaters’ performances in historical and architectural environment. The unique ensemble of Vologda Kremlin is its main stage.

Over the years of the theater festival organization many famous and young Russian teams as well as theaters from abroad – Ukraine, Belarus, Italy, Greece, USA, Poland – have become the participants of "The Voices of History".

Today the international project may be well called the "postcard" of Vologda region.

The citizens of Vologda and its guests will see performances of Russian theaters, artistic meetings, master classes. From July 3 to 6 the performances of the programme "The Echo of the festival" will take place.

The festival founders are: the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, the Government of Vologda region, the Administration of the city of Vologda.