Art · Books · Moscow
Hooves were beating. As though they sang: "Mush- room. Plun- der. Tomb. Rude." Drunk with the wind, shod with ice, the street was sliding. A horse on her croup crashed down, and at once one idler after another idler, who had come to flap their trousers about Kuznetsky,
Moscow · Society
New rules for buying tickets to theatres and concert halls have taken effect in Moscow. To purchase tickets, one must now present a passport or other identity documents. The pilot project covers 99 institutions, including the Sovremennik theatre, the Lenkom of Mark Zakharov, the Zaryadye concert hall and the Moscow
Aristocracy · Archive · Faith · Moscow · Mores
According to the account of Elizaveta Petrovna Yankova, Apraksin and Dolgorukov had a rather peculiar agreement: whichever of them died first was to give a sign to the other, who remained among the living, and to appear to him three times before his death, to announce that the hour had
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums
A remarkable exhibition of the museum's collection, amassed over 25 years, is on at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art on Petrovka. MMOMA is usually perceived as a scattering of exhibition spaces across the city centre, and it is all the more interesting to make acquaintance with the
Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Education
On 12 March the 12th season of the Open Studios project began at the Vinzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. The participants of the new season are the artists Pavel Grishin, Katya Zhilina, Alina Zolotykh, Karolina Roslyak, Polina Rukavichkina, Tamara Serdtseva, Varvara Silantyeva, Lena Solovyeva, Andrey Soul and Maria Stadnik. Open
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
Snegirev House on Plyushchikha has been hidden under a canopy. In the neglected residence of Professor Vladimir Fyodorovich Snegirev, the founder of Russian gynaecology, repair work has been under way for several years now, though I am not sure it can be called restoration. Built in the Romantic style in
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
Restoration work has begun on the Rostokino Aqueduct in Moscow. The only surviving aqueduct in Russia, it is a cultural heritage site of federal significance and an important part of Russia's first water supply system, the Catherine (Mytishchi) Waterworks. The aqueduct was built in 1779–1785 and played
Archive · Moscow
It was 2 May 1934. Stalin and Voroshilov invited you to an evening at the Kremlin. In the name of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR. Entrance through the Spassky Gate (Red Square)
Art · Moscow · Museums · Society
Group Portrait of the Heroine Airwomen of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, Order of the Red Banner and Order of Suvorov, by Sergey Bocharov, 1985. The painting was acquired by the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics of DOSAAF, where it is on display to this day.
Archive · Moscow · Society · People
And then, when Stalin was being buried, I walked past the coffin. There was a terrible crush, and I reached the coffin only because I walked over people's heads. Quite literally. I was with a friend, a former soldier, who knew the area very well, since he lived
Archive · Moscow · Society
While in Moscow, Major Martin Manhoff of the US Army, attached to the embassy, was restricted in his movements, yet he managed to take unique photographs of a Soviet world of sharp contrasts. Major Manhoff served at the US embassy in Moscow from February 1952 until June 1954, when he
Art · Moscow · Museums · People · Society Pages
Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism. The works on show include, for instance, pieces from 1957 and 1958. The retrospective of Yurlov's career spans more than 70 years. But