The Exhibition Best of Russia – 2013 opens on March 26, 2014, at Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art. This year, over 300 photographs by recognized photographers and amateurs from all over the world will be on display at the exhibition.
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If Jane Austen had been an American living in post-Soviet Moscow, she might have made similar observations to those in Jennifer Eremeeva’s “Lenin Lives Next Door.” This entertainingly bitchy comedy of manners describes itself as “creative nonfiction”; it is clever, funny and rude about everyone.
Nothing in Russia says party like Maslenitsa, or Butter week. It is a week-long carnival that originated in pagan times as a way to mark the end of winter and beginning of spring. This year, the festival kicks off on February 24 to last till the start of the Orthodox Lent.
February 11 marked the 124th anniversary of the birth of Boris Pasternak, the famed Soviet author best known for his book Doctor Zhivago, which was published abroad after being banned in the Soviet Union.
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.
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’.