GUM-Fair ГУМ-ярмарка | |
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Nickname | Red Square Christmas Market Red Square New Year's Market |
Genre | Christmas market |
Date(s) | 11 December–1 March |
Location(s) | Red Square, Moscow |
Coordinates | 55°45′15″N 37°37′17″E / 55.7541°N 37.6214°E |
Country | Russia |
Years active | 2013–present |
Inaugurated | 1 December 2013 |
Attendance | Hundreds of thousands |
Capacity | 63 stands |
Website | gum-katok.ru |
The Red Square Christmas Market (Russian: Рождественская ярмарка на Красной площади, romanized: Rozhdestvyenskaya yarmarka na Krasnoy ploshchadi) or Red Square New Year's Market (Russian: Новигодная ярмарка на Красной площади, romanized: Novigodnaya yarmarka na Krasnoy ploshchadi), officially the GUM-Fair (Russian: ГУМ-ярмарка, romanized: GUM-yarmarka), is an annually held Christmas market at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, run by the Russian GUM department store that operates every day from December 11th to March 1st.[1] It's the most popular place to visit and buy New Year's gifts from in the winter in Russia and also the largest fair, with up to 63 stands attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.[2][3][4][5]