SF fan club Solaris presents artistic members of the club:
There are lots of science fiction cons in modern Russia. Besides the oldest and most prestigeous "Aelita" that takes place yearly in Ekaterinbourg there are several others, that grew up over the last ten years. There is Volgacon, that took place in 1991, There are also Strannik (Wanderer) and Interpresscon, both take place in Saint-Petersbourg, Urania in Tomsk, Fandom in Perm and the youngest is RossCon in Moscow. In Kiev (Ukraine) there is "Star Bridge" con.New conventions arrive every year. For instance now Louise MacMaster Bujold`s fans can gather at yearly VorCon, Star Wars fan have their own StarCon held in Moscow or Saint-Petersbourg, also DonCon (Rostov-na-Donu), "Comissia" (ComicCon in Moscow), an a few others.
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