Nashestvie
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Nashestvie (Russian: Нашествие, literally: "invasion") is the largest open-air festival of Russian rock music. It is held annually in August somewhere in the environs of Moscow. Its chief rival is the annual Krylya Festival (literally, "Wings").
- Nashestvie-1999: 10-11 December, Gorbunov Palace of Culture, Moscow
- Nashestvie-2000: 19-20 August, Ramenskoe Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast; 60,000 visitors
- Nashestvie-2001: 4-5 August, Ramenskoe Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast; 100,000 to 120,000 visitors
- Nashestvie-2002: 10-11 August, Ramenskoe Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast; 180,000 visitors
- Nashestvie-2003: cancelled amid protests of local inhabitants and terrorist attacks at the Krylya Festival in Moscow
- Nashestvie-2004: 7-8 August, Emmaus, Tver Oblast; 50,000 visitors
- Nashestvie-2005: 5-7 August, Emmaus, Tver Oblast; 53,000 visitors
- Nashestvie-2006: 4-6 August, Sredizemny Mys near Ryazan; over 100,000 visitors