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Moscow Flower Show in Gorky Park

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.

Six Books about Moscow

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.

‘New Russian Quartet’ and pianist Anna Manasarova

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!

Baroque Masterpieces at Arkhangelskoe

From June 4-10, 2014, the Arkhangelskoe Estate and Museum is hosting the ‘Baroque Masterpieces’ international festival of early music.

New Museum is a Sweet Trip into History for Chocoholics

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.

Moscow Spring Festival

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.

May Holidays in Moscow

This year Moscow residents and visitors alike will enjoy an interesting and varied programme of public holidays.

The XIII Moscow Easter Festival

The XIII Moscow Easter Festival — a peak event in the cultural life of Russia and one of the grandest musical events of the year — will take place from April 20th through May 9th 2014 with the support of the Moscow City Government, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.

Legend of the Bolshoi Theatre in Tretyakov Gallery

The first large scale exhibition dedicated to Fyodor Fyodorovskii is a joint venture between the Tretyakov Gallery, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum.

Pasternak Museum Near Moscow

The Pasternak House Museum is located in Peredelkino, on the outskirts of Moscow. It is in this house that Boris Pasternak wrote his Nobel Prize-winning novel,  Doctor Zhivago , and also where he died. Pasternak is buried at the cemetery in Peredelkino.