Moscow Digest #014 | May 1st, 2nd & 3rd

Edition 014 May 1st, 2nd & 3rd 2015

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Moscow Digest THE SPRING AND LABOUR Day celebration p. 04 JAZZ STORIES Alexei Kozlov p. 16 ROYAL SHOW in the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard p. 20 GOLDEN FISH Monthly fairy tail p. 24

TOP5 BEST AQUA-PARKS IN MOSCOW

Dear Friends, Welcome the first long weekend of May with the celebration of the Spring & Labour Day! 3 days of holidays to enjoy Moscow with us!

We selected the best events for you in the following themes: Festivals in Moscow, Expo in Moscow, Music in Moscow and Kids with the traditional Monthly Fairy tail and the TOP5 of the best Aqua parks in Moscow.

No time to sit home!

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Contents: Festivals in Moscow 04 u The Spring and Labour Day celebration 05 u The opening of the summer season in the Hermitage Garden 06 u Opening of summer season in “Muzeon” 07 u The opening of the summer season in the park “Sokolniki” 08 u The opening of the summer season at VDNKH

09 u Master class “Jazz vocals” in Gorky Park

Expo in Moscow 12 u Exhibition Life Zone 14 u Exhibition on the nominees for the Xth All-Russian competition in the field of contemporary visual art “Innovation”

Music in Moscow 16 u Jazz Stories by Alexei Kozlov 17 u Oleg Kireyev and “Exotic Band”

Kids in Moscow 20 u Royal show in the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard 22 u TOP5 Best Aqua Parks in Moscow 24 u Monthly fairy tail Golden Fish

Cover: The Spring and Labour Day celebration (see p. 04)

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Festivals in Moscow This weekend while the city celebrates the Spring and Labour Day - most of Moscow Park decided to celebrate Summer!

What a funny decision;) Find the most interesting “Summer season opening� and a great Master class of Jazz vocal.

Labour Day in Russia Labour Day in Russia is celebrated on May 1st.

Interestingly enough; it has been called many different names in Russia. This holiday is often referred to as Pervomay, May 1st. and The celebration of the Spring and Labour Day. Its official name is International Workers’ Solidarity Day. Do you know when Labour Day started to be celebrated?

On May 1, 1886, American workers in Chicago organized a strike demanding an 8-hour working day.

The police broke up the strike and the demonstration.

A few decades passed before the beginning of the Labour Day celebration in Russia.

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In July 1889 the Paris Congress of International II decided to hold annual demonstrations on May 1st in commemoration of the Chicago strike, thus celebrating International Workers’ Solidarity Day. Later it became an official holiday in many countries.

Labour Day in Russia has been legally observed since 1917.

In the former Soviet Union it was one of the major holidays and was celebrated with official parades, organized street demonstrations, and marches in many Russian cities.

On Labour Day in Russia workers carried banners with slogans such as “Peace, Labour, May!” For a long time this holiday was a symbol of the revolution.

Today in Russia it’s a non-working day and is pretty much just associated with the start of spring.

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This year’s spring-summer season in the garden “Hermitage” opens a large sweets festival. A real treat for the sweet tooth will be the original desserts, candies and lots of natural chocolate.

Guests of the festival will be able to enjoy music from popular music bands, visit the useful workshops and enjoy street theatre performances, as well as try different chocolate, honey and caramel delicacies.

Only here the professional pastry chefs will be ready to reveal to you the secrets of the culinary arts and tell exciting stories about the most famous sweets of the world. Great art object in the form of candy, set in a park, will take all the guests of the festival in the sweets dreamland.

On May 1st Open time: 2pm-5.30pm Entrance fee: free Hermitage Garden 3, Karetny Ryad str. m. Pushkinskaya, m. Mayakovskaya www.mosgorsad.ru

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Opening of summer season in Muzeon Park

Park of Arts “Muzeon” opens the summer season by a French multimedia theatre performance by Luc Amoros. This show is a kind of mix of surrealist theatre, painting, live music, dance and elements of magic.

or an original comics. And so no one will get bored on the presentation, the actors will entertain the guests of the theatre with dances and songs.

This show will be held in Russia for the first time.

At the end of the show you will see the original painting, created with a compilation of light, colour and music.

The performance “White paper” is about the aesthetic of modern cities.

On May 1st Open time: 9pm-10:30pm Entrance fee: free

The performance on itself on “scaffolding”, and the role of the Workers’ will be taken by the Amoros’ team.

Their task in a fairly short period of time to build a real art object.

Park of Arts “Muzeon” 2, Krymsky Val str. m. Oktyabrskaya, m. Park Kultury

However, for this they do not need to lay bricks, against the background of each of the actors plays a role. In the eyes of the audience the performance-constructors will represent a whole mural

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The opening of the summer season in Sokolniki Park

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The park “Sokolniki” is actively preparing for the summer season.

This year, more than 70 services will delight guests of the park. The beginning of the summer season will mark the opening of the summer cinema “Pioneer”, which will be located away from noisy places. About 300 people will be able to visit the theatre and enjoy movies as in 3D, as well in a classic way.

“Pioneer” is built on the site of an historic theatre, that worked in the park in 7080th. The new theatre will run from May to October and will give to the audience not only the long-awaited premiere, but also popular films of the past years. In addition, on that day will be held on-site lectures, master classes, concerts and theatrical performances for children and adults. In summer in addition will be open a children’s creative centre.

Another important change will be the restoration of the main entrance to the park, recreating the architecture of the 30s.

Circular benches will be installed in 4 circles. The new design is ideally accentuate by original night lighting.

Central flower beds of the park will be changed on interesting “vintage style” ones.

Especially for the event they were remodelled in the 50s style and even the plants are from the 50th. As well as the design will lightly talk to you about the past land-shaft styles, as it’s reconstructed from historical sketches.

On May 1st Start: 9pm Entrance fee: free Sokolniki Park 1, Sokolnitchesky Val str. m. Sokolniki

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The opening of the summer season at VDNKH Summer season officially opens on May 1 in the VDNKH complex.

On that day guests of the festival can ride a bike or roller skates that will be possible to rent, or make a work out in the open sports grounds or visit a concert in the Green Theater.

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Those who are in lack of extreme may be the first to visit the rope park Skytown: find there 93 trails, located on a 15-meter height.

And for lovers of reading are created special “Relax reading Rooms” where you can relax with one the five thousand books available there.

The visit of the Skytown for children will cost from 600 to 900 rubles, and for adults 900-1200 rubles (3 hours).

Younger guests will like the “Urban Farm” where all year round you will find usual farm animals like bulls, cows and chickens.

On than holiday will also start the season the famous fountains, among which “Friendship of Peoples” and “Avenue of Fountains”.

Last year seventeen fountains was repaired, so now is the perfect time to see the park.

For those who prefer active sport are now open playgrounds for mini football, basketball and volleyball.

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Young Naturalists will be acquainted with rare species of plants and vegetables in a huge greenhouses, there is even allowed to feed the fish.

On May 1st Open time: 10am VDNKH 119, Prospekt Mira, m. VDNKH

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Master class “Jazz vocals� in Gorky Park Master Class - a lesson that teaches skills in this art form.

Unlike the conventional approach, the lesson is:

workshop provides an opportunity not only to learn the most, but also observe how the teacher teaches others.

Many motivated performers and their teachers believe master classes are one of the most effective methods of skills along with competitions, exams and regular practice.

Master class today is one of the main way of rapid development of new techniques in the selected direction and improving professional skills.

Master classes from the vocal studio creative development SunBeamMusic different professional approach to training and a wide variety of stylistic directions. A unique approach to master class provides an opportunity not only to learn, but also to get positive emotions.

The program of vocal master class include: - Posing singing breath; - Articulation exercise; - Develop a sense of rhythm; - Removal of muscular jaws; - Monophonic & polyphonic singing; - Discover and explore different vocal techniques; - Songs practice.

Vocal master class studio SunBeamMusic - is, above all, practical training, where one can not only listen to the necessary theoretical minimum, but most importantly, immediately apply it in to practice.

On May 1st Open time: 2pm – 3.30 pm Entrance fee: free Gorky Park 9, Krymsky Val str. m. Oktyabrskaya

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Expo in Moscow Exhibition section this week will be all about contemporary Art. Find an amazing exhibition that was so popular that it was prolonged until the end of the next month and also welcome an interesting exhibition about innovations.

Hurry up! the expo will end on the 3rd of May.

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Exhibition Life Zone A two-storey labyrinth of interactive installations, video and sound art where the viewer can, coming into contact with any of the elements, change the “sound” of the whole exhibition. The exhibition Life Zone is extended until May 31!

Centre for Contemporary Art M’ARS completely changes the concept of it’s work, moving into the actively developing media art. The first draft of the “renewal” of the centre is the exhibition Life Zone.

“Electromechanics”) and other interesting figures of contemporary culture.

Interactive media maze Life Zone is built by the principle as dominoes, where only one change in only one element will result in a chain reaction.

The day off - Monday.

Until May 31st Open time: 12am-8pm Entrance fee: 450-550 RUB Centre for Contemporary Art “M’ARS” 5, Pushkarev Pereulok, m. Sukharevskaya, m. Trubnaya, m. Tsvetnoy Boulevard centermars.com www.marsgallery.ru

Life Zone (or “zone of life”) is a term used by astronomers to describe the field of space, the most suitable for life. Artists participating in the project reflect on the theories of origin of the universe and encourages the viewer to actively participate.

Eight halls of the two-story expo space M’ARS will be filled by media art works by Alexander Letsiusom (video artist, author of media installations in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg), Maxim Svishchev, Sergei Kuryokhin (laureate and member of the parallel program “manifesto”), Andrea Svibovichem (author of the project PoliarPoliar and participant of the festival 12

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“Innovation” Exhibition on the nominees for the Xth All-Russian competition in the field of contemporary visual art.

To date, “Innovation” is perhaps the main competition of contemporary art in the country, annually brings together the most prominent representatives of contemporary art in Russia.

The contest “Innovation”, which takes place in 2005, its main aim is to identify and support promising brightest artists and familiarity with the audience their works. Painting, drawing, photography, video, installation - event brings together a variety of artistic techniques. All the works that will be presented at the exhibition are set up in 2014.

Until May 3rd The day off - Monday.

Entrance fee: up to 150 RUB National Center for Contemporary Art (GSTSI) 13, Zoologicheskaya Str., Bld.2 m. Barrikadnaya, m. Krasnopresnenskaya www.ncca.ru

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Music in Moscow Jazz is a musical style that is based on rhythm and improvisations, born in the 30th it’s still one of the main musical tastes of many people.

This week we selected for you the best Jazz in Moscow.

Welcome one of the founders of Russian Jazz-Rock and probably the unique patron of Ethno-Jazz in Moscow.

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Jazz Stories by Alexei Kozlov

Renowned saxophonist and composer Alex Kozlov is known not only as an outstanding musician, but also known as the leader of the cult band “Arsenal”, one of the founders of Russian jazzrock, a specialist in computer-electronic technology, an author and a philosopher.

He is a unique individual with a wide vision with diverse interests, not by chance made his name in many musical encyclopaedias of the world.

He is also known as a devout advocate of jazz and other trends in contemporary music. For several consecutive years in the House of Music Alexei Kozlov tells about changing styles and genres in music of the

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twentieth century and the most important representatives of each direction.

Kozlov - a fantastic connoisseur of music history - is able to give a sense of the context of the time in which it occurred or that musical phenomenon. He generously shared with the audience, not only knowledge, but also unique video and audio, photo shows and music videos.

On May 1st Start: 8pm Tickets: 700-800 RUB “Club Alexei Kozlov” 16, Olimpiysky Prospekt, bld.2 m. Prospect Mira kozlovclub.ru www.intermarkrelocation.ru

Oleg Kireyev and “Exotic Band” Oleg Kireyev a known and versatile saxophonist. In the Russian jazz is probably the unique patron of ethno-jazz musical direction.

With his work he tirelessly promoted for two decades, and this original many-sided music, experimenting in the field of ethno-jazz-rock.

The music of “Exotic Band” clearly dominates Asia: meditative, throat singing.

Tatar-Bashkir motives oriental melodies replaced immediately SPLIT window in a dance turning into a free improvisation.

Ancient Asian motifs, plus the nerve of modern civilization, and it makes an unusual, bright music with furious energy.

On May 1st Start: 8.30pm Tickets: 500 – 2200 RUB Jazz Club “Academic” 1, Donskaya str. m. Oktyabrskaya

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Kids in Moscow “Adults are just out-dated children.”

– Unknown.

For the most important little one we selected an amazing Circus Performance, a cognitive fairy tail and our TOP 5 of the best Aqua-parks in Moscow.

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Royal show in the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard In the well-known and favourite circus of the Muscovites, this time, you will see something completely new!

One of the most large-scale show in the season is a unique virtuoso stunts, almost forgotten circus genre, fascinating story and performances of great beauty.

The show is the largest project of the Circus on Tsvetnoy - by duration, the number of actors and volume of money spent on its creation. The action is accompanied by a specially composed music and around 3 000 different costumes. Program with the participation of over 100 artists staged the famous Guia Eradze.

Viewers will see gymnasts, tightrope walkers and acrobats, and the clowns master Igor Yashnikov , that will for sure cheer up everyone.

According to the Circus director - Maxim Nikulin, the new show “Royal Circus� does not look like a normal repertoire. But corporate identity and orientation of the circus remain the same, just opened their new faces.

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On the scene will be released over three hundred trained animals - except for zebras, porcupines, ostriches, lemurs and yaks are the ones the audience and did not expect to see at the circus.

The main aim of the show bring to the life of modern man brightness and positive feelings,- is confident Maxim Nikulin.

The show will appreciate both children and adults.

The duration of the show - 2 hours 20 minutes with intermission.

On: May 1st 7pm May 2nd 7pm May 3rd 2.30pm May 3rd 7 pm Until May 11th From 1000 – 3000 RUB Nikulin Circus 13, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, m. Tsvetnoy Boulevard, www.circusnikulin.ru

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Aqua-Parks in Moscow

Kva-Kva Park

With the first sunny day everybody start’s to dream about Sunny beaches and sea waves.

In Moscow nothing is impossible.

We carefully selected the best water parks of the capital, where you will always find agreeable for swimming water and funny entertainment.

“Kva-Kva Park” is one of the first water parks opened in Moscow in 2006.

Area water park is 4500 square meters.

The park is open for free visits.

Seven water slides water park will delight those who love speed and fun. With slides “Family” and “Multislide” good to ride for beginners. 12-meter water slide “wild river” with steep turns and slide “Tsunami” more appropriate to lovers of extreme. Unforgettable experience guaranteed by the descent into the darkness from the hill “Black Hole”.

For a more relaxing vacation is a wave pool. Paradise Lagoon area is cosy with a Jacuzzi and real stone grottoes. Those who are interested can visit one of many baths and saunas, as well as a spa. Light snacks and refreshing drinks are available at the restaurant “Etazh” (Hall “Troy”) and a beach bar. Young visitors will find much of interesting things in the children’s area. Where you can ride with low hills and shoot water cannons.

1, Kommunistitcheskaya Str., Mytishi city, Moscow Region GPS: 55.891641, 37.748699 www.kva-kva.ru

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“Fantasy” “Fantasy” is a water park and a entertainment complex for families. Water park was established in 2009.

The area of “Fantasy” is smaller than the “Kva-Kva Park”. The park is open for free visits.

The water park has five water slides. Direct a gentle hill “Fantasy” you can safely ride with the whole family. Get pleasure from steep turns and unpredictable turns can be on the slides “Toboggan”; “Barracuda” involves a descent into the dark abyss. For the most fearless designed slides “Kamikaze” and “stingray”.

For those who want to relax, we can recommend a bubbling pool “Bubbll-Bubbll” or the Jacuzzi.

In the wave pool you can feel the energy of waves.

Around the whole island takes “Slow River” - designed for a relaxing swim.

Maritime atmosphere is complemented by cafe and bar, located on the deck of an old ship. For younger guests operate children’s slides, a swimming pool kids pool with funny figures of elephants and dragons.

100, Lyublinskaya str. m. Maryino www.parkfantasy.ru

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“Caribia” is a water park located in a family entertainment complex. It was opened in 2012. The area of the water park is more than 1 000 square meters. The park is open for free visits.

“Moreon” is a water park, located in a fitness club.

The club opened its doors in 2013. The area of the water park is about 2 500 square meters. The park is open for free visits.

“Kimberly” is a water park, located a fitness club. The fitness club was opened in 2001. The area of the water park is more than 1 000 sq. m. Entrance is possible only by club card.

The “Caribe” has four water slides. Guaranteed smooth descent from the slide “Free Fall”, an immersion into the darkness and expect the unexpected turns on the slide “Black Hole”. A ride on the merry company can waterslide parallel tracks “Multislide.” The slide “Bodislayd” that is 8 meters high, will delight fans of speed.

In “Moreone” There is six water slides. For a relaxing ski suits wide cascade slide “Family”. Thrills are available during the descent from the slides, “Black Hole” and “Wings.” The slides “Innertyub slide” and “Body slide” provide unpredictable descent to inflatable circles.

The hill “Space saucer” resembles a funnel through which you can get to the pool. A distinctive feature of thr aqua park is that part of the three slides are placed in the open air, and before the end of the descent back into the room.

In the heart of the water park is located a wave pool.

In the “Lagoon” or magical “Grotto”, as well as a jacuzzi area you can relax your body and soul. At the water park is available a large spa complex. It is composed of a plurality of baths, steam rooms and saunas of various kinds. In the water park there are bars and cafes. For children in the park is open a special “kids town”. Here you can climb the masts, ladders, slides and go to play on the water body.

16, Golubinskaya Str. m. Bitsevsky Park www.more-on.ru

In “Kimberley” you will find just two slides - “Family” and “Toboggan”.

But here it focused a lot of pools: a large swimming pool and 50-meter pool for competitive swimming. For children, a swimming pool, “Mother and Baby”, “Kids pool” and a special pool for new-borns.

Also there you can swim in the contraflow “Laguna”. Or you can visit a large bath complex (4 Russian baths, 2 Finnish saunas, 2 hammams). To conclude there is a bar on the water.

“Caribia”

On the Caribbean beach you can relax from the bustle of the city. Here you can enjoy a pastime in the whirlpool, plunge into the swimming pool with hydro massage and enjoy a relaxing swim in the “quiet river”.

Special waves are waiting for the visitors in a special marine basin. Particularly attractive baths and saunas (Russian, Japanese, Finnish, steam, kaldarium cold font). Grab a snack in the cafe located inside the park.

For children there is a children’s playground with a small slide.

10B(Б), Zeleniy Prospekt, m. Perovo karibiya.ru

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“Moreon”

“Kimberly”

24, Azovskaya Str. m. Sevastopolskaya www.kimberlyland.ru

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Golden Fish A.S. Pushkin (Russian original)

Once upon a time, on the island of Buyan, there stood a small tumble-down cottage; and in that cottage dwelt an old man and woman. They lived in great poverty.

The old man would cast his net and try to catch some fish; but all he caught was barely enough to keep body and soul together each day.

One day the old man cast his net, began to haul it in and felt something heavy in it; never had he felt the like before. He could hardly pull it in. Yet when he looked he saw the net was empty: except for a little fish. But it was no ordinary fish? it was golden. And it spoke in a human voice, “Don’t take me, old man! Let me go back to the deep blue sea and I’ll be useful to you: I’ll do whatever you wish”. The old man set to thinking, then said, “I need nothing from you: go back and swim in the sea”.

He threw the golden fish into the sea and turned for home. The old woman asked him how much he had caught. “Nothing but a single golden fish, and that I threw back into the sea”, he said. “It spoke in a human voice: ‘Let me go,’ it said, ‘into the deep blue sea and I’ll do whatever you wish.’ I was sorry for it, 24

asked for naught and set it free.”

“Oh, you old devil!” exclaimed his wife.

“Good luck falls from the skies and you haven’t the sense to grab it”.

She grew angry and cursed the old man from mom till night, giving him no peace.

“You could have asked for bread at least”, she yelled at him. “We won’t have a dry crust to eat soon, what’ll you do then?” In despatir the old man went down to the seashore to ask the golden fish for bread; coming to the sea-edge he shouted in a loud voice: “Fish, oh fish!

Stand with your tail on the sea and your head facing me”. The fish came swimming to the shore. “What do you need, old man?” it

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asked. “The old woman is angry with me and has sent me for bread”. “Go home, you’ll have bread aplenty”, said the fish. So he went back home and asked his old woman whether there was any bread. “Bread aplenty”, she replied. “But here’s the rub: my tub has sprung a leak and I can’t do the washing. Go back to your golden fish and ask it for a new wash-tub”.

Back went the old man to the sea. “Fish, oh fish!” he shouted. “Stand with your tail on the sea and your head facing me”. Up swam the golden fish. “What do you need, old man?” it asked.

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Back home went the old man; but before he had crossed the threshold, the old woman set on him again.

“Go back”, she said, “to your golden fish and ask it to build us a new house. We can’t live here any more, it’s falling about our ears”.

Off went the old man to the sea, calling, “Fish, oh fish!

Stand with your tail on the sea and your head facing me”.

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Up swam the fish, stood its tail on the sea and faced him directly, asking, “What do you need, old man?”

“Build us a new house”, he said, “the old woman is angry and won’t give me any peace. She says she won’t live in the old cottage anymore, because it’s falling about her ears”. “Cheer up, old man”, said the fish.

“Go on home and say your prayers; all will be done”.

So the old man returned and what should he see but a brand new house, made

of oak, with carved eaves.

And there was his old woman rushing at him, even wilder than before, cursing louder than ever: “Oh, you old fool! You don’t know good luck when you stare it in the face. You ask for a house and think that’s enough! No, you go back to that golden fish and tell it this: I don’t want to be a fisherman’s wife, I want to be a fine lady, so that good folk do as I tell them and bow low when they meet me”.

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Back he went to the sea and said in a loud voice, “Fish, oh fish! Stand with your tail on the sea and your head facing me”. Up swam the fish, stood its tail on the sea and faced him directly.

“What do you need, old man?” it asked. “The old woman gives me no peace,” he said. “She’s gone raving mad: she’s tired of being a fisherman’s wife, she wants to be a fine lady”. “Very well, cheer up. Go home and say your prayers; all will be done”.

So the old man went home and was surprised to see a big stone house in place of his hut, rising up three floors; with servants running about in the yard, cooks in the kitchen, and his old woman sitting on a high chair in a rich brocade dress, giving orders. “Hello, wife”, the old man said.

“What impudence!” the brocaded lady cried. “How dare you address me, a fine lady, as your wife. Servants!

Take that silly old dolt to the stables and give him forty lashes till he’s sore”.

all day sweeping out the yard, and if he missed a speck of dust he was hauled off to the stables for a whipping. “What a witch!” he thought. “I bring her good fortune, and she sticks her nose in the air, doesn’t even consider me her husband.”

By and by the old woman grew tired of being a fine lady, had the old man brought to her and ordered him, “Go back to the golden fish, you old devil, and tell it this: I don’t want to be the Governor’s Lady, after all; I want to be the Queen.” So the old man went down to the sea and called, “Fish, oh fish! Stand with your tail on the sea, and your head facing me.” Up swam the golden fish, asking, “What do you need, old man?”

“My old woman has gone even further round the bend; she doesn’t want to be a fine lady, she wants to be the Queen.” “Cheer up,” said the fish.

“Go home and say your prayers; all will be done.” So the old man returned and instead of his former home saw a towering palace with a roof of gold; guardsmen with rifles marched up and down; behind the palace were elegant gardens, while in front was a big green meadow on which troops were parading. The old woman, all dressed up like a queen, appeared on the balcony with her generals and governors, and began to inspect her troops and take the salute.

Right away the servants came running in, seized the old man by the scruff of the neck and hauled him off to the stables. There he got such a thrashing that he could barely stand. After that the old woman made him her yardman; he was given a broom to sweep the yard and made to eat and drink in the kitchen. What a life the old man led:

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The drums went bang and the music rang and the soldiers shouted “Hurrah”.

By and by the old woman grew tired of being the Queen.

She ordered a search for the old man so that she might set eyes on him again. What a fuss there was! The generals buzzed about, the governors huffed and puffed. ‘What old man could she mean?’ Finally he was found in the back yard and brought before the Queen. “Listen, you old devil”, the woman said. “Go to the golden fish and tell it this: I don’t want to be the Queen any more, I want to be the Mistress of the Sea, so that all the seas and all the fish obey me”. The old man tried to object. www.intermarkrelocation.ru

But what was the use? If he didn’t go he’d lose his head!

So, reluctantly he went down to the sea and called, “Fish, oh fish! Stand with your tail on the sea and your head facing me”.

But this time no golden fish appeared. The old man called it once more? and again no fish. He called it a third time? and suddenly the sea began to murmur and seethe. Where the waters bad been clear and blue, they were now black as pitch. Up swam the fish to the shore, asking, “What do you need, old man?”

“The old woman has gone even madder”, he said.

“She’s tired of being the Queen and wants to be the Mistress

of the Sea, ruling all the waters, commanding all the fish”.

The golden fish said nothing to the old man, just turned tail and vanished into the depths.

The old man went back and could scarce believe his eyes: the palace had gone, and in its place stood a small tumble-down cottage.

And inside the cottage sat his old woman in a ragged sarafan.

They began to live as before.

The old man set ! about his fishing, but no matter how often he cast his net into the sea, never again.

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Moscow Digest Edition 014.2015 May 1st,2nd and 3rd 2015 Intermark Relocation 7/1 Kropotkinsky Pereulok, Moscow, Russia, 119034 Office: +7 495 502 95 53 www.intermarkrelocation.ru www.facebook.com/IntermarkRelocation

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Photography source, not indicated inside the Moscow Digest: www.bluewavewaterslides.com www.jazzmap.ru/ www.sunbeatmusic.ru www.zamuj-krasivoy.ru www.rus-img.com www.ppjournal.ru www.ocka3ke.ru www.myltfilmu.ucoz.ru www.parttv.ru www.1990e.com www.nice-places.com www.background.uz Russian Fairy Tail source: www.russian-crafts.com/russian-folk-tales/

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