At a concert in the archbishop’s chamber with girls from the Nadezhda children’s home attached to the St Trinity monastery.
The head of state saw monuments of ancient Russian architecture and the work of Suzdal and Vladimir restorers, while he also laid flowers at the grave of Dmitri Pozharsky. Vladimir Putin attended a Christmas concert that included spiritual music, as well as folk and soldiers’ songs. The President also discussed prospects for developing the tourism industry with N. Vinogradov, governor of the Vladimir region, and Suzdal’s mayor, A. Ryzhkov.