Russian immersion students celebrate Orthodox New Year's in Anchorage

Updated: February 3, 2017 Published: February 3, 2017

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Russian Immersion students from Turnagain Elementary School finish their performance at the 2017 New Year Celebration at Romig Middle School in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, January 14, 2017. Kindergarten through 12 grade students and their families attended the Russian New Year Celebration. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

Russian Immersion students from Turnagain Elementary School, Romig Middle School and West High gathered with their family and friends — and Father Frost and Snow Maiden — for a 2017 Russian Orthodox New Year's celebration at Romig Middle School in Anchorage on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.