Architecture and Ethnography (Semyonkovo)
Additionally, Vologda is home to a unique Russian private museum of political history�the Museum of Diplomatic Corps which highlights the short stay of diplomatic corps in Vologda in 1918.
Theaters
� Drama theater
� Theater for children and youth
� Puppet theater "Teremok"
� Chamber theater
� Philharmonic society of Valery Gavrilin
� Children's musical theater
Annual festivals
The following annual theater festivals are held in Vologda:
� "Voices of History" (the beginning of July, every year)
� Valery Gavrilin international music festival (every year, from October till December)
� �Summer in the Kremlin� (every even year, from June till July)
� The annual open international festival of multimedia art "Multimatograf"
Exhibitions
Among annual exhibitions which take place in Vologda are the following:
� "Russian Flax"
� "Russian Wood"
� "Gates of the North"
� "Your Home"
Literature
Many notable Russian writers and poets were born or worked in Vologda. The best known of them were Konstantin Batyushkov, Nikolay Rubtsov, and Vasily Belov. Contemporary literature of Vologda is represented by a number of authors which include Nata Suchkova, Maria Markova, Galina Schekina, and Anton Chorny
