Архив за месяц: Октябрь 2019

Are you anticipating the approaching Christmas and thinking about an original present from Russia? 🙂 Ballet shoes are the most critical working tool used by a dancer during a performance. Pointe shoes are a type of ballet shoe especially hand crafted for a ballerina, by her own … read more →

Impressions of the tour by one of the previous participants: For sheer fun and exhilaration, driving in an ex Red Army Soviet-era amphibious armoured reconnaissance vehicle takes some beating. Driving the 18’ long, 7-tonne, all-wheel drive armoured car is one … read more →

The Nutcracker Ballet in the leading Moscow ballet Theatres ( various dates & price range) «Nutcracker suite» ballet will always be associated with Christmas celebrations and is a «must do» if you live in Russia 🙂 Christmas is time for … read more →

Leo Tolstoy came from an old, famous, aristocratic family. Born on the 28th of August 1828 in the estate of Yasnaya Polyana, he was the 4th child in the family.  His mother died when he was 2 years old. At … read more →

Stalins Bunker located in Izmailovo, Moscow was a backup Command Post for the Red Army Supreme Commander, Joseph Stalin, during the Great Patriotic War (Eastern Front of the Second World War 1941-1945) Built in the 1930s under a shroud of … read more →