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Moscow Museums List - The first
museum-like institutions which stored relics and rarities were
vestries in churches, monasteries and the Armory which already
in the 17c. had a special exposition hall. In 1776 Moscow City
University (MCU) opened a Study-room of Natural History, which
was then transformed into The MCU Zoological Museum. This is
the starting point of the history of Moscow Museums. The Armory
became an Art Museum only in the 19c.
The first museums that were built to serve the task were the
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Moscow Art Museums List - Art
museums and Galleries. The art galleries listed here specialize
in paintings & graphics and often have exhibitions of contemporary
Russian painters. |
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Moscow Theatres List - Moscow theaters
begin their history from the German settlement where already
during the times of Tzar Mikhail Fyodorovich theatrical companies
performed before the foreigners living there. This was also
the place where the first professional company consisting of
peasants organized. The future artists were recruited in villages
for 25 years of service. The peasants were more afraid of such
recruitment than the army because they didn’t know where
they were being recruited. Illiterate peasants were locked up
in a barn until they learnt their text by heart. There were
even more deserters among the actors than among the soldiers.
The first theater in the Kremlin was opened at the end of the
17c. On the days of performances the entrance tax to the Kremlin
was lower - this helped to attract the viewers. Today together
with New York, Tokyo and London, Moscow is among the theater
capitals of the world. The number of theaters in the capital,
which are supervised by the Committee on Culture is 69. |
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Moscow
Banks List - Banks of Moscow serving individuals: addresses,
phone numbers, websites.
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Moscow
Internet Cafe List - Places in Moscow where you can rent
computer with Internet access and have a cup of coffee when
reading email or browsing web.
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Moscow Circus - Moscow Circus
is well known all over the world. Circus artists perform over
fifty specialized acts, ranging from clowning, juggling and
aerial gymnastics to bear and porcupine training acts.Performances
are held at the Great Moscow State Circus on a daily basis with
matinees starting at 3pm and night performances starting at
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Moscow Restaraunts List - Here
a just a few of the over 1000 restaurants in Moscow. They vary
from the numerous very basic, inexpensive cafeterias and fast
food restaurants such as McDonalds and Russian Bistro to the
most elegant restaurants in old palaces and hotels. Many good
"eateries" (restaurants, pubs, cafes) are in casinos,
nightclubs, music clubs, discotheques and bars. |
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Moscow
Night Clubs List - Moscow nightlife offers a great deal
of forms of entertainment. It abounds in concerts, cultural
evenings and theater to elaborate variety shows at restaurants,
striptease at nightclubs and intimate dancing at night bars.
There are hundreds of nightclubs and entertainment centers,
an abundance of casinos, and an enormous list of restaurants
which can suit any taste. Most nightclubs offer their customers
high-quality musical and variety shows. Some even competes with
restaurants offering superb cooking.
Among the great variety of clubs one can choose from such
categories as: dance clubs, club-restaurants, fashion clubs,
clubs for teenagers, jazz clubs, gay clubs etc., baring in
mind the fact that nightclubs frequently change their orientation.
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Moscow
Metro Map - Moscow Subway (Underground), called the Metro
for "Metropoliten", is the fastest and cheapest
way to reach many points in Moscow with 10 radial lines and
one circular (more are being constructed) and over 200 kilometers
of track.
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Moscow
Phone Directories - The following sites have databases
with phone numbers and addresses of enterprises, banks, foreign
firms and other organizations in Moscow.
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