🗓 The St Petersburg International United Cultures Forum will take place on September 24-26, 2026.
Held since 2012, the Forum has established itself as a unique platform for cooperation in culture and the arts, as well as for open and substantive discussions of issues arising as the contemporary cultural landscape evolves.
The Forum will be one of the key events of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, proclaimed by Presidential Executive Order No. 962 of December 25, 2025.
The event is expected to bring together representatives of 70 countries, with 44 official foreign delegations confirmed, around 2,500 delegates set to attend the main programme and nearly 1,500 participants already registered for the Forum’s first-ever youth programme.
💬 Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, Chair of the Forum’s organising committee Tatyana Golikova said to TASS Agency in the run-up to the Forum:
We can see that attempts to cancel Russian culture and isolate our country have clearly failed.
The St Petersburg International United Cultures Forum reflects Russia’s unifying role as a spiritual and cultural guide and as a champion of traditional values.
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