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The description of the holiday given on the occasion of birthday Vsevolozhsk, in Ryabov in October, 1822 has remained: ' 24th by own actors ' New Paris ' the opera-vaudeville, music of Maurera at 6 o'clock have been p.m. given. At 10 o'clock a prologue: ' the Traveller or preparations to imjaninam ' house representation in 2 parts (on the set proverb: ' Kind imjaninnika celebrate three days ')

In Petersburg Vsevolozhsk arranged in the palace holidays which were served by serf actors. To visitors submitted in December fresh wild strawberry, on a table put sturgeons who hardly lifted four men.

Between tropical plants in a hall arranged ' fairs ' with benches and buffets where sold the products ' representatives of various nationalities '. In these pavilions whimsically shined with various colour small lamps and the improvised caravans-sheds sat changed clothes by Chineses, Persians, Turks, Armenians of the servant Vsevolozhsk. ' Chineses ' sold tea, ' kamchadaly ' - ice-cream, ' Turks ' - coffee and tobacco, etc.

Musicians Vsevolozhsk executed dancing music, actors took part in the entertainments named ' of a charade in operation '. Their essence consisted that to any barin of high society came a little disguised the person. In the middle of a hall put a chair, in it the sultan ' or ' the pasha ' took seat ', and actors accompanied by a serf orchestra sang or danced. Female roles in these scenes executed men. (It is known, that at execution ' Don ZHuana ' in a role donny Annas has acted once in a female wig, with the dismissed hair composer M.I.Glinka.)

Similar amateur theatricals always came to the end with ballet divertissements (Russian dances in country clothes were executed).