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03/10/2018

The House on Ostozhenka Street is a part of a memotial museum dedicated to Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, a 19th-century famous Russian writer. May 1841 was the first time when he came here to visit his mother Varvara Petrovna, although he never remained there long. Turgenev described this house and his mother in his celebrated short story entitled Mumu: "a lady, a widow, surrounded by a numerous household of serfs”. It is here that Gerasim lived, and it is here that he brought from the Krymsky ford (on the site of the present-day Crimean Bridge) a puppy that he rescued from the mud.

02/10/2018

The Museum of Nomadic Culture in Moscow is another unusual place for you and your family. Having visited the museum, your children will come to love geography lessons, learn about the nomadic tribes' achivements and their unique ability to live in complete unity with nature. Here you will find the real traditional shelters of these peoples: the Kyrgyz and Mongol yurts, Native Americans' tepees, the Yakut yarangas. The visitors can shoot from a bow, taste traditional food or try on ethnic costumes. Here everything is authentic and everythig can be touched!

01/10/2018

To put together the whole of Moscow, its history and culture in a single museum? Why not! For 120 years the Museum of Moscow has been compiling a priceless collection of numerous documents and maps, paintings and photographs, archaeological findings, household items and clothes. Here you will find the reconstructed fragments and the early images of the Kremlin and some parts of the city centre. The collection also contains rare books from the 17th to 20th centuries, such as the original copies of works by M. Lomonosov and V. Tatishchev, and books autographed by S. Yesenin, V. Mayakovsky and A. Blok.

30/09/2018

Long ago, Sokolniki, which is now a huge park in the northeast of Moscow, were dense woods in the Moscow suburbs. In the 15th century, this forest land became the venue for grand-ducal falconry, which was especially popular among Russian nobles during the rule of Aleksey Mikhailovich. As legend has it, the Tsar had a falcon (Russian: "sokol") named Shiryay, which fell to its death during a hunt. Consequently, the Shiryaevo Field, Shiryaevskaya streets and Shiryaevsky passages were named after that very bird. This hunting place has been referred to as Sokolniki ever since.

29/09/2018

The Museum of Russian Chocolate History is a perfect place for a family visit, especially if you are fond of this world-famous delicacy. Here, you will learn the history of chocolat from the ancient civilisations to the present times. Thus, you will see how the Maya prepared their hot chocolate – a sacred drink with honey and pepper. You will also discover the processes of chocolat-making in the present Russia, in the USSR, in Europe and in the Russian Empire, which was one of the largest chocolat exporter in the world. Children will especially like masterclasses and the tasting of various chocolat sorts.

28/09/2018

The Crimean Bridge is rightly called one of the most beautiful in Moscow, moreover, it is often referred to as the city's symbol. Being an indispensible part of the Garden Ring, the bridge streches across the Moskva-river and links the Crimean Square to the north with Krymsky Val street to the south. It is a unique architectural site, because it is chains and not beams, that link the 4 pylons with each other. The construction, therefore, seems to be very light, although it weighs about 10 hundred tones. Besides, the legend has it, that one of the rivets was made of pure gold. Book an excursion to visit this wonderful site!

27/09/2018

When the Russians are talking about the place and want to point out that it is very remote, unimportant and far from large cities ('in the middle of nowhere'), they say that it is "u chyorta na kulichkakh" (literally: at devil's kulichki). Interestingly, noone knows exactly where the word 'kulichki' comes from. In general, its history is connected with the ancient Church of All Saints na Kulichkakh, which was built far from the Moscow borders, but now occupies the city centre. As legend has it, the parishioners often saw here a little devil, called Ignashka, who would always interfere in the church service.

26/09/2018

The Children’s Creative Centre in Sokolniki has been one of the main park's attractions since 2004 (opening hours: Mo–Sa from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.). It offers a variety of options for children’s leisure and education. Diverse events, development workshops, concerts and theatrical performances are held for little visitors of Sokolniki. Thus, for example, children can learn about the basic laws of physics and chemistry in the Innopark interactive museum. Here, every exhibit demonstrates a certain law of nature. You can trigger a wave, witness the centrifugal force action, or get into a giant bubble.

25/09/2018

Apart from the Bolshoi Theatre, in Moscow there is another ballet which is no less wonderful. Based on the troupe of the Bolshoi Theatre’s second stage, the Kremlin Ballet has become its serious rival, while the tickets are much more affordable. Besides, the Kremlin Palace auditorium is one of the world’s best ballet venues. For several decades, large-scale operas and ballets, concerts and government events have been taking place on the stage of the Kremlin Ballet, starring names such as M. Liyepa, V. Vasilyev, M. Plisetskaya, E. Maksimova, L. Semenyaka, and many others.

24/09/2018

Moscow buses can also be a way to explore the city. For these purposes you can use autobus route "Б" (sounds like the English ‘B’), which goes along the Garden Ring of Moscow and has no final stop. Letters "Бкр" (‘Bkr’) on a bus mean that it follows the inner radius of the Ring; letters Бч (‘Bch’) mean it goes along the outer radius. Catch this bus and you will get an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful views of this modern city through panoramic windows. A city tour like this would be particularly exciting at night or on the weekend, when there is no traffic jams. Making the full circle around the Garden Ring will take you about an hour.

23/09/2018

Russians adore Caucasian – in particular, Georgian – cuisine. Delicious satsivi, lobio and khachapuri are among the most popular dishes. In Moscow there are quite a few Georgian restaurants, where you can try kharcho (a traditional Georgian soup with beef, walnuts, rice and spices), khinkali, or Georgian dumplings, and mouthwatering khachapuris, or cheese-filled bread. Among the most famous restaurants there are "Aragvi" (Tverskaya Street), "Genatsvali" (Novy Arbat Street) and "Tiflisskiy dvorik" (32, Ostozhenka Street).

22/09/2018

A rare monument of the 17th century architecture and a unique private house — chambers of Kirillov, a clerk of the Boyars’ Council— is located on what is now the Red October Factory peninsula. It is a very elegant house with magnificent reliefs. Averky Stefanovich, a rich merchant and a major statesman, was cruelly murdered during the Streltsy Uprising of 1682 as one of the persecuted Naryshkins' cicles. The new owner of the chambers was Alexey Kurbatov, an Armoury clerk, who reconstructed the building in accordance with the style of Peter the Great’s era. The chambers have been home to Russian Institute of Culturology since 1941.

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