For the uninitiated reader, Georgian is one of the world’s greatest, and most underappreciated, cuisines. To help you get launched on your culinary adventures, here are several Moscow spots with some of the best Georgian food around.
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Catherine Brown, Senior Lecturer at New College of the Humanities, analyses how Russian writers saw the Caucasus and how it influenced their works.
A new book by former National Public Radio (NPR) Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer Russians: The People behind the Power is due to be released on February 18, 2014.
Fridays are free at the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation where you can see a new exhibition ‘Reconstruction 2’ about the Moscow art scene of 1990 - 2000. The exhibition which opened on January 24th is the second part of a show that presents the dynamic changes that were taking place in the heady rush of freedom and experimentation that seized Russian artists in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great for her personal art collection, the museum was first opened to the public in 1852, making it one of the oldest and most prestigious museums in the world.
The Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val recommences the ‘Late Thursdays’ option for the exhibition ‘Natalia Goncharova. Between East and West’.
In December 2013 the Public Broadcasting Service premiered the documentary ‘Russia’s Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin’, hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry.
Until January 22, 2014, the IV Moscow Christmas Festival of Sacred Music is running at the Moscow International Performing Arts Center.
The HSE's public lectures held in Gorky Park in summer are now continuing in Moscow museums.
From now until December 31, the best works of the social advertising festival LIME-2012 are being exhibited on the HSE campus in the building at 46b Volgogradsky Prospekt. The works are dedicated to the Arctic and global warming issues.