The festival also features several vendors that will sell a selection of imported Russian crafts and souvenirs, from lacquer boxes to nesting dolls, Christmas items, Faberge-style egg pendants, jewelry, wooden toys, books and porcelain. The white elephant booth, which tends to be one of the festival’s more popular features, will be back this year, with various knickknacks and treasures. Meals will include beef stroganoff, pirozhki (small pies), shashlyk (barbecued lamb), pelmeni (dumplings), stuffed cabbage and borscht (beet soup). A variety of Russian and international desserts will also be on hand.

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