Life in Moscow

This hiking route in the Moscow region attracts not only Orthodox pilgrims, but also hikers and tourists from different countries interested in exploring Russian nature and history.

The first month of summer may have already passed, but there is still time to discover and enjoy Moscow’s varied cultural programme. This year, public spaces and parks have prepared a flower festival, a brass band festival, open theatre rehearsals, and a Russian cuisine festival.

On June 18, the HSE Art Gallery opened a new exhibition, Comrades of Light, a full-scale installation simulating the space of a Soviet apartment with barely noticeable mutations and distortions. Within this space an alternative history of the Soviet Union unfolds on a sequence of matchbox labels, some of which are copies of real labels from the 1950-80s, and some of which are the creations of project authors Alexandra Kuzetsova and Darya Dolgopolova.

We have already told you about some of our favourite technology and art museums in Moscow. In this, the third installment of our museum guide, we ‘d like to tell you about some Moscow museums that are great for literature and history lovers, as well as a couple of unusual museums that used to be home to prominent writers, artists and composers.

If you’ve been to Moscow, you’ve probably noticed a lot of automated bike rental stations in the centre (in 2019, they are grey bikes branded with VTB bank ads). Bike rental is a great option for short trips around the city in the warm weather. Below are some brief instructions on how to use these bikes.

From June 20 to 27, the Museum of Moscow and the HSE Art and Design School will hold the HSE ART AND DESIGN Festival 2019, a graduation show. The project authors and curators for the event are HSE Art and Design School students, graduates and lecturers.