Even in the wealthy, eternally busy city of Moscow, the summer heat can’t be avoided. Just like anywhere else, people here love to swim, although not everyone has the opportunity to fly away to warm destinations. The city’s beaches therefore provide an essential escape.
As part of the its exhibition series featuring works by leading Russian artists, the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation presents a solo exhibition of Oleg Tselkov’s work, timed to coincide with his eightieth birthday.
On July 6-13, 2014 the third Moscow International festival of gardens and flowers Moscow Flower Show will take place in Gorky Park, where landscape industry professionals, architects, designers and specialists in floral decor from Russia, the UK, France, Italy, Japan, and other countries will meet and share their skills and experience with visitors and each other.
The love myth of Moscow, the beauty of the urban fringe and understanding the Luzhkov style – the editorial board of 'Interview' chose the most interesting books published over the last several years about the capital.
You are cordially invited to the next concert in the ‘Professors Wednesdays’ cycle, but this time, however, the concert will take place not on a Wednesday, but on Tuesday, June 10, 2014!
The Museum of the History of Russian Chocolate, which recently opened in the center of Moscow after several years as an exhibition in another museum, is a fascinating journey into the origins of Russia’s obsession with the black stuff. Here you can discover how Russian chocolatiers invented the precursor to the Kinder Surprise and other marketing gimmicks.
The Moscow Spring festival is being held from May 1-11. Twenty-three city fairgrounds, located in each district, feature six periods from Russian history — the Silver Age, the New Economic Policy during the 1920s, Industrialization and the Great Patriotic War, the Thaw, the era of developed socialism, and Perestroika.
