The 5 Best Opportunities to Participate in a Subbotnik

By The Moscow Times

April 17, 2015

For Clean Art Subbotnik at Muzeon

April 18

Noon to 5 p.m.

Bring your friends to this work day in which volunteers will clean the sculptures to the sounds of local bands.

10 Krymsky Val

Metro: Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya or Polyanka

Subbotnik at Sokolniki Park

April 18 and 25

9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Help get the park ready for spring by picking up trash and loose tree branches as well as painting and cleaning the buildings.

1 Sokolnichesky Val

Metro: Sokolniki

Expat Subbotnik at Novodevichy Park

April 25

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This subbotnik will involved general cleaning of the park along with a yard sale, food, and crafts for kids. For more information, contact Ksenia Mershina at k.mershina@korsamedia.ru.

1 Novodevichy Passazh

Metro: Sportivnaya

The Village Subbotnik at Park Krasnaya Presnya

April 25

11 a.m. to close

The popular website The Village sponsors this subbotnik, which will feature games, lectures and prizes as well as food from My Big Greek Falafel and Puff Point.

5 Mantulinskaya Ulitsa

Metro: Ulitsa 1905 Goda

Subbotnik at Krylatskoe

April 18 and 25

11 a.m. to close

Two subbotniks will be held in the Krylatskoye neighborhood in western Moscow focused on cleaning up green spaces and planting flowers. On April 18, the cleanup will take place in the People's Park and on April 25, at Serebryany Bor. Tools will be available from the local administration at 27 Krylatskoye Hills Boulevard, Bldg. 1.

Metro: Krylatskoye

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