Theater Music and Art

You can date the Kolomenskoe palace back as far as the Stone Age, but it became really popular under the Russian Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich. The Tsar commissioned his Palace which was finished in autumn of 1640. The Romanov dynasty had … read more →

This is one of Moscow’s newest museums, created in 2006 to commemorate the heroes of all the Soviet Republics and Russia (after the collapse of the Soviet Union). This is a place where visitors can learn about numerous acts of … read more →

In 1931 the Soviet writer Gorky returned from abroad to the Soviet State, to lead the Writers Kolkhoz.  There is a story that upon his return to the USSR, Stalin asked him about the living standards of foreign writers.  Gorky … read more →

Mikhail Bulgakov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the beginning of the 20th century. The Master and Margarita novel made him world famous. This book is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. … 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 →

Anton Chekhov was an outstanding Russian writer, an internationally renowned author of classic world literature. Chekhov is one of the most important Russian scribes and his works are translated into a 100 different languages. His most famous plays,  «The Seagull», … read more →

Why did they decide to build an underground mass transit system (METRO) in Moscow? How did they build it? How did the ‘METRO’ work during the war? How do modern trains differ from the old ones? Why don’t the trains … read more →

Ostafievo was a country estate belonging to  Vyazemsky and his descendants. Vyazemsky (1792-1878) was a Russian count from a well-known aristocratic family. He was poet, writer, historian, interpreter and a political leader. The estate was frequently visited by poets from … read more →

An Open Air Railway Machinery Museum at the Rizhsky railway station is an extraordinary  place. All the machinery is well-maintained, with many Engines still in working condition. Some of these locomotives were kept in the War Reserve until 1991; after … read more →

The State Central Theater Museum,  named after Bakhrushin, is unique. The museum was  founded in the end of the XIX century by private collector and art patron Alexey Bakhrushin, who was truly passionate about the theater. He was collecting pictures, … read more →