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Skiing and skating are great choices for winter Moscow, but indoor sports, such as table tennis, remain popular whatever the weather. Fans of table tennis now have the opportunity to play for free at Tsvetnoy mall in the city centre.

VDNH, a huge exhibition space with lots of beautiful Stalinist architecture, monuments and museums, has recently been renovated. This winter it offers a wealth of attractions including a skating rink and some remarkable exhibitions.

Each country’s past is unique and unites the people who live in it. In an article taking readers back to the good old Soviet times Maxim magazine remembered the things that make post-Soviet people feel nostalgic.

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art has launched a series of lectures on Russian Art of the 20^th and early 21st centuries for an English-speaking audience. 

In October 2015, the Museum of Moscow will exhibit a unique collection of images of pre-revolutionary Moscow from Sergey Chelnokov’s archive, available for the first time for the general public. Most of the photos were made using the then-unique technique of ‘stereo-pairs’, which require the images to be viewed through a special device, creating a 3D picture. A series of lectures ‘Photography and Cultural Memory’ will run alongside the exhibition.

We’d like to recommend an English-language online resource that includes hundreds of walks, stories and photos of Moscow’s historical landmarks.

Everything in the world has a reason, and every choice you make could change your life radically. The main thing is not to miss a chance. For example, there is HSE Day, there’s you, and here are seven reasons why you shouldn’t miss this event. You might find your one true love while speed dating at HSE Land, become a renowned orientalist thanks to ‘The Whole World at HSE’ venue, or fall in love with Russian rock music.

From 9 June–30 August 2015, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is presenting a retrospective of Alexander Calder in an unprecedented exhibition dedicated to the acclaimed and influential American artist whose illustrious career spanned much of the twentieth century.

Evgeniya Tsibina from San Diego State University, US, has spent her summer on an internship at HSE Summer University as part of her international experience. She shares her impressions of Moscow in her blog.

The educational project ‘Moscow Through the Engineer’s Eyes’ has launched tours of the famous House of Narkomfin, now half-abandoned and awaiting reconstruction. It is a world-famous piece of Soviet avant-garde architecture, and was intended to teach Soviet citizens how to live in a socialist utopia.