Moscow Digest #18 | July 4th&5th

Edition 019 July 04th&05th

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Moscow Digest JAZZ Real Jam concert p. 18 FAIRY TALE Golden Cockerel p. 28 WONDERFUL Flower Festival p. 18

TOP7 BEST BEAUTIFUL & QUITE PARKS IN MOSCOW

Dear Friends, Time to get ready for the weekend! Moscow Digest is your source of interesting events for the holidays!

This time our main themes are: Festivals in Moscow, Fairs, Expos, Music, Kids with our monthly Fairy tale and the TOP section that will offer you a choice of the Best 7 Beautiful gardens and squares of Moscow.

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Contents: Festivals in Moscow 04 u Festival Moscow Flower Show 06 u Festival “Gardens and People” 07 u Kremlin riding school Performance 08 u TOP7 Best Beautiful and Quite Parks in Moscow

Fairs in Moscow 11 u Fair of amazing things “Emerald City”

Expos in Moscow 13 u Exhibition TobeUs 14 u Chinese photographer Almond Chu “Between emotion and quiet”

Music & Arts in Moscow

19 u Festival “Summer Ballet Seasons” 20 u Placebo Concert

Kids in Moscow 24 u Day of Family, Love and Loyalty in Sokolniki park 25 u New “PandaPark” in Mitino Area 26 u Exhibition Animatus 28 u The Fairy Tale - Tale of the Golden Cockerel

18 u Real Jam Concert

Cover: TOP7 Best Beautiful and Quite Parks in Moscow (see p. 08)

Moscow Weather source: gismeteo.ru

July, 4th +18 +29 Sunny

July, 5th +19 +26 Sunny/Rain

Festivals in Moscow This week the festivals will be all about Nature.

Welcome two amazing festivals about Flowers and the Kremlin Riding School Performance in one of the Moscow Parks.

And find our TOP7 Best Beautiful and Quite Parks in Moscow

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This year the festival moved to a new place, now it will be held in the Park of Arts “Muzeon”.

Renowned landscape designers, florists and architects from Russia and Europe will participate in the Moscow Flower Show. They will show to Moscow Residents its ability to create fabulous gardens.

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To create the unique magical atmosphere in the Park are used more that 30 000 flowers and plants. The guests will have the possibility to stroll through the recreated landscape designed like the painting “The meeting of surfaces” by Kadinsky, visit the “Garden of forgotten books”, or breathe the scent of fresh berries in the garden “Sphere”.

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As 2015 is declared the Year of literature in Russia, the main theme of the festival will be - “Poetry of Flowers”. The Park will meet with writers, literary readings and presentations of new books.

A special place in the Moscow Flower Show takes the presentation of a new variety of rose “Princess Charlene of Monaco”.

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For children will be prepared a special program with games, competitions and master classes. For gardeners and “green” lovers will run a special market where you can buy decorations for the garden and home design accessories, as well as get a snack at the food court.

Open time: 10am-10pm flowershowmoscow.ru Park Muzeon 2, Krymskiy val str. m. Oktyabrskaya, m. Park Kultury www.muzeon.ru

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Gardens and People Catch the last Days of the Festival!

Hallmark of the festival will be the exhibition of gardens in the park “Sokolniki”, which has opens its doors on June 25. The exhibition of gardens is an international competition for the landscape design to introduce visitors to the author’s gardens, garden installations and unusual art objects.

Guests will be met by a small copy of the railway with trains and miniature houses, which are conveniently located among the trees of the garden.

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Everyone will be able to attend master classes of painting, ice cream manufacturing, flowers and paper bouquets creation. The master class «PRO carving” you will learn to do the culinary delights of fruits and vegetables. Younger guests will also not be bored at the festival; the most curious is waiting for the show “carnivorous plants” and soap bubbles.

In addition, the opening day of the exhibition will be a charity project - Julia Snigir and landscape architect Anna Adasinsky create a part of the garden, “Above the Clouds”, which later

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adorn the rehabilitation centre “Russian field”.

Everyday the visitors of the garden will find there fair of garden plants and other goods, lectures on the care of plants, photo exhibition “Rural life of Muscovites” and live music under the stars.

Until July 5th Start: 10am Entrance fee: up to 300RUB 0+ Sokolniki Park m. Sokolniki 1, Sokolnicheskiy Val str., bld.1 www.park.sokolniki.com

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Kremlin riding school Performance

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At the Manor “Vorontsovo” will take place a performances of the Kremlin riding school. The team presents a program of the series “Russian Traditions”.

cavalry horse breeding.

In their performance, the riders will get tricks and elements of the military equestrian sports and crafts.

Spectacular riders of the Kremlin school skilfully own Cossack weapons and with pleasure will demonstrate it.

Guests of the estate will have the opportunity to take part in master class by the famous Pavel Polyakov.

This young man is an absolute three-time champion of Russia Jighitovka. The athlete will tell about the history of Russian Cossacks in detail and devote to viewers the particularities of Russian

On July 5th Start: 12 am Entrance fee: Free kremlin-military-tattoo.ru 0+

During special workshops children will learn from professionals how to brush and saddle the horses.

Vorontsovsky Park (Vorontsovo Manor) 3, Vorontsovskie prudy str. m. Novie Cheremuchki usadba-vorontsovo.ru

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TOP7 Best Beautiful and Quite Parks Summer is the best season for great walks and relax time in Parks. We found for you the TOP7 of Quiet and green place for a relaxing holiday, leisurely walks or just for reading an interesting book on the grass.

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Lilac Garden Gorgeous green oasis, located on the east of the capital at the beginning of the Shchelkovo highway. It was founded in 1975 on the basis of the nursery, pledged Russian breeder lilac Kolesnikov Leonid Alekseevich.

Originally the garden was 32 varieties of lilacs, personally derived by Kolesnikov. And today, in May and June you can walk among the lilacs of all existing colours - from dazzling white to maroon.

And in addition to lilacs there are growing a set of chestnut trees.

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Vorontsov Apothecary park and Garden manor Vorontsovo The green area in the south-western part of Moscow, which become a great area for recreation and outdoor activities. Manor, located in the eponymous park, is a real architectural monument of the late 18th early 19th century. Originally it belonged to the boyar Vorontsov - in the old part of the park are still oaks and lindens, which saw the first owner of these lands. Also, this place is famous for its ponds, from which originates the river Ramenka. In summer you can take a ride on a boat, and in winter is a real act of bathing point of “walrus� (people swimming in cold water during winter time). m. Novye Cheryomushki 3, Vorontsovsky Park str.

Pacific paradise, wonderfully lurking nears the noisy Prospect Mira. It is the oldest botanical garden in Moscow, lovingly manicured beds and beds that are constantly blooming something new, and where even in late autumn delight the eye evergreen shrubs and rhododendrons. Even here you can visit the new greenhouse with a collection of tropical plants and orchids, a unique exhibition desert plants, as well as a permanent exhibition of landscape aquariums. Entrance fee: 150-200 RUB 26, Prospekt Mira, m. Prospekt Mira

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Aquarium Garden The tiny park in front of the Moscow City Council theatre - one of the first pleasure gardens of the capital.

History Garden Aquarium can be calculated from 1893, when in the possession of a

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large Moscow homeowner engineer Malkiel opened garden “Chicago.” The main attraction of the garden - a sculptural fountain, “Apollo”, “creek” and “Satyr” that are great help to enjoy the heat of summer. For children is built a playground.

Besides the fountains, in the park you can enjoy fine views of the arches or visit a lovely grotto. The park is open around the clock, so in the evening and night-time the fountains are decorated by lighting that creates a fabulous atmosphere.

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Patriarchy Ponds One of the most famous “Bulgakov’s’ places of the capital, where the action begins the novel” The Master and Margarita “- is, in combination, green and cosy place of rest, where in the winter free skating rink, and in summer on a landscaped playground frolic children, and on the grass water resting youth. There are many shops, a lot of trees, whose age is estimated in decades, and the evening lights illumination and a pleasant soft light illuminates the

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park. On the leisure guests are well taken care of: at Patriarch’s Ponds are often fairs and big screen broadcasting of important events like the Olympic Games or the large-scale concerts.

The pond is cleaned regularly; you can feed the ducks, swans and other aquatic creatures.

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Novodevichy ponds Two beautiful pond located near the famous Novodevichy Convent. Curved track, elegant shops, an incredible silence - all this and attracts the romantic at heart people.

The route looped around the pond with a mandatory program - to sit on the bench, feed the ducks, to see locks on the bridge several times to stop and look at the white walls of the monastery with red openwork crown. The park is open around the clock, and at night it offers a magnificent view of the illuminated wall of the Novodevichy Convent, reflecting in water surface of the pond.

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Milutinsky Garden Milutinsky garden - a beautiful and well-kept park with flowerbeds and benches on Pokrovsky Boulevard, not far from the Kursk railway station. Swings, slides, sandboxes, playgrounds that’s why the garden is a favourite destination of living close to parents with children. Kids will take a lot of pleasure watching squirrels in a cage. Enthusiasts can work out at the ramp and roller skate.

Before the revolution of 1917 the park belonged to one of the Moscow office. And now for the children is created a special centre with English classes, dancing and chess.

There is a chorus circle “Skillful hands”, theatre & TV studio and basketball.

8, Pokrovsky Boulevard m. Chistie Prudy

1, Novodevichy Pereulok, m. Sportivnaya

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Fairs in Moscow This weekend we find for you an amazing Fair of special gifts, which will take place in the Design Factory Flacon.

Emerald City Everybody is invited to visit the fair of wonderful & amazing things “Emerald City�!

Visitors will be welcome by a friendly atmosphere, delicious food and aromatic coffee. During two days, you will have the possibility to buy nice crafts or even to have a talk with the artists.

Trading is welcome!

Any master will be happy to share the history of the creation of their unique crafts.

And also will give you a business card or contacts if you are interest in future cooperation or need any personalized crafts.

On that day on the street will play a variety of nice music!

The fair will feature works by artists of different directions: - Handmade jewellery; - Interesting gifts; - Knitted toys; - Various clothing; - Decoration of flowers and natural stones; - All kinds of accessories; - Home decor and more.

On July 4th & 5th Open time: 12am-9pm Entrance fee: Free 6+ Design Factory FLACON 36, B. Novodmitrovskaya str. m. Dmitrovskaya flacon.ru

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Expos in Moscow The Expo section, this week will offer you the choice between two very different exhibitions.

One from the famous project of wooden toys TobeUs and the other from a Chinese artist, that became famous after series of Military Parade photos and photos in Nude style.

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TobeUs TobeUs project combines the best designers from different parts of the world. The idea belongs to Matteo Rania. It is based on a desire to create a durable toy, as opposed to contemporary plastic. Clippers TobeUs made entirely of wood; it is very concise works of industrial design.

The best designers from 100 different countries designed 100 models, and formed the backbone of the exhibition. In each new city is added 10 new machines created by local designers. TobeUs already visited Milan, Toronto, New York, and this summer will visit Moscow. Nobody has seen the 10 machines, which will join the TobeUs in Moscow, they are kept in secret!

Open time: 10am-8pm Entrance fee: 100-200RUB www.tobeus.it www.100x100tobeus.it 0+ Polytechnical Museum VDNKH Exhibition Center, Pavilion â„–26 m. Botanitchesky Sad polymus.ru

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Almond Chu “Between emotion and quiet” 53-year-old Hong Kong photographer Almond Chu became world famous after large-format photographs of the series “Parade”, where the streets of industrial cities where crossed by ranks of identical cloned men and women, and black and white prints in Nude style.

According Almond Chu and in life and in the work he seeks to embody the idea of the Chinese simplicity and its principles of life are inseparable from his views of art. Key works keynotes Hong Kong photographer the perception of space, an understanding of the issues and the search for timeless aesthetics.

Besides the famous “Parade” in Moscow will be presented several conceptual series from the Hong Kong photographer.

The project Fabricated Mortals (2007) the author via digital unrecognizable blurs the image of a naked female body, thereby depriving the viewer to perceive its “typical” male gaze.

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The shot on Polaroid series The Bride with White Hair (2007) Almond Chu brings nude storyline - body movements and long white hair models are designed to show the beauty of the love of sorrow.

The exhibition presents a series of minimalist monochrome Horses (2008) and nude images from the project Nude.

Besides Moscow Residents will be able to see the conceptual colour portraits of Almond Chu compatriots - known Chinese actors, sculptors, photographers and representatives of other creative professions.

Open time 12am-9pm Entrance fee: 150-300 RUB www.almondchu.com 18+ Gallery of classic photo 23, Savvinskaya Quay, Bld. 1 m. Sportivnaya www.classic-gallery.ru

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Music in Moscow “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.�

- Plato This week we created one section for Music and Art. Welcome a worldwide group in tour in Moscow, a not less famous in Russian Jazz Band, that will play in a Moscow Park for free.

Or Enjoy 2 month of everyday Ballet in the heart of Moscow.

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Real Jam Concert Jazz mood will for everyone from the famous in Russia jazz band Real Jam on the summer radio station “Mayak”. This peculiar band is performing retro-jazz, in which the old music comes to life, and the listener is transferred in the days of black and white film and vinyl records.

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Amazing arrangements, the mastery of musicians and vocals - that’s what helped Real Jam occupy a special place among Russian jazz performers and become a popular musical group in Russia.

Most prestigious jazz venues in Moscow are happy to accept Real Jam at to please the audience with their music.

Each of the concerts is a journey in time, together

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with the best jazz songs from Chicago-style jazz to boogie.

Sunday On July 5th Start: 9pm Entrance fee: Free http://radiomayak.ru/shows/ episode/id/1210750/ 0+ Sokolniki Park m. Sokolniki 1, Sokolnicheskiy Val str., bld.1 www.park.sokolniki.com

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Summer Ballet Seasons Moscow audience for two months will be able to enjoy the masterpieces of world choreography. Daily on the stage of the Russian Academic Youth Theatre will appear stars of world ballet.

Traditionally, the festival will open the famous ballet

by PI Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”. The real surprise for the audience becomes a ballet staging of the novel MA Bulgakov’s “Master and Margarita” - a unique choreographic fantasy Gorodnitski Boris and Esther May Murdmaa.

Find at the festival artists from Paris “Grand Opera”.

The festival will feature leading soloists of Theatre Ballet from St. Petersburg and Moscow.

All performances will take place with the accompaniment of an orchestra, which will be guided by a talented Russian conductors.

Start: 7pm Tickets: From 1600RUB http://ballet-letom.ru/ Russian Academic Youth Theatre 2, Teatralnaya Square, m. Teatralnaya www.ramt.ru/

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Placebo Concert Sometimes, when listening to a song or group you just want as quickly as possible to turn it off and put something else – that was the reaction on Placebo some years ago in Russia.

Speaking back in 2001 in Russia, Placebo was met by more than cold. No one knows at that times if the boys are unlikely to be able to reach out to the Russian audience.

Now time changed, they have plenty of fans from Russia, and now they returned here as winners.

Sincere and sensual lyrics, mesmerizing music and the fullness of emotions awaits all visitors at the concert.

On July 4th Start: 8pm Tickets: 2800-4000RUB placeboworld.co.uk 18+ Gorky Park – Green Theatre 9, Krymsky Val str., bld.33 m. Frunzenskaya greentheatre.night.ru

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Placebo are an alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal.

The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996

by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt was fired from the band in 2007 and replaced by Steve Forrest in 2008, who left in 2015.

Placebo are known for their androgynous image and musical content. To date, they have released seven studio albums, all of which have reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom, and have sold around 11 million records worldwide.

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Kids in Moscow This week is held the Day of Family, Love and Loyalty, find an amazing event in a Moscow Park to celebrate it.

As a plus, this weekend will be open a new Panda-Park for kids and adults.

But if you wander to find something really interesting and special – visit the exhibition Animatus.

And to finalise the section, find our monthly Fairy Tale to read to your little one:)

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Day of Family, Love and Loyalty in Sokolniki park

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In honour of the Day of Family, Love and Loyalty in the park “Sokolniki” will be held diverse events.

educational quizzes and quests. If you speak Russian, you can visit interesting lectures.

This weekend guests may expect a rich cultural and entertainment program.

Family workshops on drawing and cooking will wait for their members on Fountain Square.

The musical part of the festival will present DJ Kostas and DJ Fenix.

For lovers of outdoor activities are recommended “Zumba» lessons, Club Dance and Jazz Funk, yoga, sports races, family games and some funny contests.

For the curious will be held

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Saturday 4th of July Open time: 12am – 9pm Entrance fee: Free 0+ Sokolniki Park m. Sokolniki 1, Sokolnicheskiy Val str., bld.1 www.park.sokolniki.com

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New “Panda Park” in Mitino Area Park staff have prepared for you and your children a real holiday with a variety of contests and giveaways.

You are awaited for new routes that stretched high above the ground, and incredibly exciting adventures outdoors, allowing spending time with health benefits!

This is an excellent way to actively spend time with your family.

New obstacles will make you check yourself for strength, but do not be afraid, all the routes are designed to meet state standards, SNIP and European standards, and the reliability of equipment and experienced instructors will take care of your safety.

The variety and complexity of the barriers will help you find something for everyone, both children and adults.

Go through all the routes to feel a lot of new emotions!

Open time: 1pm-4pm Entrance fee: 200-300RUB 6+ Landscape Park “Mitino” Penyaginskaya str. m. Mitino

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Exhibition Animatus

Polytechnic Museum, and Gorky Park invites you to visit the exhibition Animatus

by Korean artist Hyungko Lee. The Master is interested by unusual anatomy of cartoon animals. He studied the structure of skeletons of many animals, and certainly watched plenty of cartoons

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and so he creates the skeletons of famous cartoon characters.

Here you will see how in reality can look skeletons of the Jerry the mouse or rabbit Bunny; What structure have beaks ducks Huey, Dewey, and Louie?;Why does cat Tom can walk upright like a man and more.

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The work on the skeletons of the author applied the method of reconstruction of the fossil appearance, which allows you to restore the exterior of the animal.

At that time, scientists are studying the skeleton to recreate the appearance of fossil, Hyungko Lee cartoons studying the habits

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and movements of cartoon characters.

The master wants to prove the possible existence of fictional characters in real life, for that he even does not mention by name the works prototypes. Visitors must have guessed what kind of heroes, by carefully looking closer. For the most Hyung

ko it just “animatuses�.

Open time: 11am-8pm Entrance fee: 400-800RUB Gorky Park 9, Krymskiy Val Street m.Oktyabrskaya, m. Park Kultury www.park-gorkogo.com

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Tale of the Golden Cockerel

Once upon a time, there was a proud and warlike tsar named Dadon. When he was young, he had a penchant for invading and destroying neighboring lands. As he grew older and his strength began to fail, Dadon wanted peace, but now his enemies sensed his weakness and it was their turn to wage war on him. For advance warning of invasion, he asked for help from his court magician, who gave him a present--a golden cockerel. If any enemies approached, the cockerel, sitting on a spire atop Dadon’s palace, would see them and crow loudly in warning. The tsar was very pleased with the magician’s gift and promised to grant him any reward he desired.

For two years Dadon’s people lived in peace as the cockerel did its job, crowing

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whenever there was danger.

One day the golden cockerel cried out more loudly than ever before and Dadon sent a great army, under the command of his elder son, to seek out the danger.

Nothing was heard of them for eight days. The cockerel cried out again and the tsar sent out more troops, led by his younger son. There was no news again for eight days and then the cockerel cried out for a third time.

Tsar Dadon, with a small contingent of his best warriors, decided to go investigate for himself. After several days’ march, he came upon a terrible battlefield where both of his armies and his two sons lay slain.

At the edge of the battlefield he saw a tent with a woman of stunning beauty inside.

Her name was the Queen of

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Shamakha. She invited him into the tent with a bewitching smile, and Dadon stayed with her for a week. Madly smitten with love, he then took her back home to his kingdom.

The magician appeared at the gates and asked the tsar to pay for the golden cockerel by giving him the Queen of Shamakha. Infuriated, Dadon hit the magician with his staff, wounding him fatally. The golden cockerel left his spire, flew down and pecked Tsar Dadon to death.. The Queen of Shamakha then disappeared, as if she had never been there.

Dadon had learned too late that the most dangerous enemies are not without, but within.

- The End-

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Moscow Digest Edition 019.2015 July 04th & 05th Intermark Relocation 7/1 Kropotkinsky Pereulok, Moscow, Russia, 119034 Office: +7 495 502 95 53 www.intermarkrelocation.ru www.facebook.com/IntermarkRelocation

Numerous sources were referred to in the making of this publication.

Photography source, not indicated inside the Moscow Digest: www.2do2go.ru 2.bp.blogspot.com pichost.me kultura.mos.ru poshvu.ru www.matteoragni.com amazonaws.com ucclub.ru explorussia.com xplorussia.com morelandcattlecompany.com mg3.goodfon.su www.pandapark.org torvet.ru enterlink.ru The Fairy Tale source: www.tradestonegallery.com From a poem by the Russian poet Aleksander Pushkin. Copyright 2001. Narrative by Andrew and Tatyana Stonebarger. Editor: Donna Richardson.

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