Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Moscow civil registry offices offer future spouses the option to choose a place for the ceremonial marriage registration and submit an application without leaving home. The service “Our Wedding” brought together urban venues for holding the ceremony on a single platform. Couples select an option based on individual parameters, and then proceed to document processing in digital format.
Previously, selecting a venue for the celebration required time and effort to organize. The service has replaced this process with a convenient online catalog where all available options are gathered in one place.
“Over three years of service operation, it has been used two million times, and this year alone — already 740 thousand times. It helps couples find exactly the venue that suits their request, whether it is a palace, museum complex, or metro station. The top 5 locations when choosing a place for such an important event for newlyweds today include the Spiridonov mansion, the South Butovo Marriage Palace, the A.S. Pushkin Library-Reading Room, Marriage Palace No. 1, and Marriage Palace No. 4 (main hall),” she noted
Elena Shinkaruk, chairman of the Moscow Committee for State Services.
As noted in the capital Department of Information Technology, just in the summer of 2026, the ‘Our Wedding’ service on the mos.ru portal was accessed 255 thousand times, which is comparable to the demand for the digital venue catalog during the previous summer season.
The service launched in December 2023 and became a detailed guide to places for weddings in Moscow. More than 60 options are available for newlyweds to choose from, including wedding palaces, mansions, observation decks, museum complexes, libraries, parks, stadiums, and even metro stations. Each venue has a detailed card with a description, contact information, and specifics of the ceremony.
“The service helps with preparations for the celebration from the moment of choosing the venue to the very day of the wedding ceremony. Couples can contact it at any time and get answers to their questions: whether there is parking, which is the nearest metro station, how to get in touch with the employees of the wedding palace, how early to arrive on the day of the registration. We see that interest in offsite ceremonies is growing: this summer a record eight thousand couples chose exactly unusual venues, so we continue to expand opportunities for future newlyweds by offering them new formats and unique places for the most important day, the first information about which appears precisely on the service “Our Wedding.” Just this year, six new venues have appeared on the service,” she said
Svetlana Ukhaneva, head of the Moscow Civil Registry Office.
The venue selection is based on a multi-level filtering system. Couples can specify the desired date, choose a district or the nearest metro station, and determine the type of venue. The interior style can also be set separately — historical, European, thematic, classical, or modern.
Additional parameters help take into account specific details important to the couple. Among them are panoramic views, live music, nighttime registration, availability of parking, and the maximum number of guests. It is also possible to choose event features such as an indoor venue, outdoor setting, or a ceremony on water. All venues are visually presented on an interactive city map. This allows for quickly assessing the location of each and comparing options.
To use the service on the mos.ru portal, simply enter the query “Our Wedding” in the search bar or find the “Family, Children” category in the services catalog, and then the “Marriage” section. After selecting the appropriate venue, the system allows you to immediately proceed with submitting an electronic application to the registry office. The entire preparation process can be completed digitally, without an in-person visit to the authorities.
The mos.ru portal is the core of the capital’s digital ecosystem. Today, it offers more than 460 services and features that help solve virtually any issue online. In a convenient digital format, you can pay bills, check your child’s school grades and schedule, submit meter readings, book a vet appointment for your pet, buy tickets for plays and concerts, and much more. To have reliable access to important digital services, experts recommend using the “Yandex Browser” or installing it on your device certificates of the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia.
The creation, development, and operation of electronic government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services and offerings in electronic form, correspond to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration.” More about the national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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