Posted by admin on Сентябрь 29, 2009 under Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg's suburb | 
The pearl of Ekaterina’s palace is an Amber room.
The Amber room, the masterpiece of Prussian and after some time Russian art, is covered with many legends and myths.
The scheme of creating a cabinet decorated with amber panels is ascribed to Prussian Queen Sophy- Charlotta. Today it is known that the author of the project of the Amber room was a favorite architecture of Queen Eozander. The period of creating of the room concurs with the golden age of Prussian art at the end of XVII.
In November of 1716 year in the connection of concluding alliance between Russia and Prussia Prussian king Fridrich-Wilgelm the 1st gave some presents to Russian Emperor Peter the 1st. The Amber cabinet was amongst these presents.
The Amber room was assembled in Winter palace in S.-Petersburg. It was used for holding official party. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on Сентябрь 28, 2009 under Museums of Moscow |
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts consists of 6 buildings — four at the Volkhonka st., and two more in other parts of the city.
Museum Complex at Volkhonka includes Main Building, Gallery, Museum of Private Collections & Educational Center “Museion”. To visit all four at once you can buy a Guest Pass.
Guest Pass includes visiting of four building at the Volkhonka st.
Educational Art Museum of Casts named after Ivan Tsvetaev. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on Сентябрь 25, 2009 under Museums of Moscow |
Borisoglebskij Lane, named for the Church of Saints Boris and Gleb, the house number 6. Here in 1862, was built apartment house into four apartments. Apartment number 3 from 1914 to 1922 leased Marina Tsvetaeva. Not far from the Tver Boulevard, in Trekhprudny Lane, spent his childhood and youth of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Leaving the parental home after marriage, Tsvetaeva did not want to part with their homes, it is here looking for a house for his family.
From Cook’s Borisoglebskij led to the Arbat street, named for the Church of Boris and Gleb. Here in 1862 were built three of the mansion, the combined green courtyard with a well, services, and flower beds.
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Posted by admin on Сентябрь 22, 2009 under Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg's suburb |
Ekaterina’s palace is a part of state culture preserve Tsarskoe Selo and is located in Pushkin town, 25 km from S.-Petersburg.
This great palace was almost destroyed during the 2nd World War. A part of exhibits were taken away by workers of the museum and saved in S.-Petersburg until occupation of Pushkin town by fascists. Now 32 rooms of 58 have already been rehabilitated by Russian restorers. Regenerated from ruins palace makes you feel excited and charmed.
In 1717, when S.-Petersburg was founding on banks of Neva river, building of the first stone tzars’ house (called “Kamennye Palaty of Ekaterina the 1st”) begun in Tsarskoe Selo. In August of 1724 building was finished. At that time the palace looked like typical for Russian architecture of XVIII century small construction with two floors.
Ekaterina’s palace got its second birth during the reign of daughter of Ekaterina the 1st, empress Elizabeth. In the end of 1742 they decided to widen the palace. Building works were led by eminent Russian architectures. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on Сентябрь 17, 2009 under Parks of Moscow |
“The Russians can feel charms of nature, they can even beautify it. Take for instance Arkhangelskoye country house, only 20 kilometers from Moscow, which can amaze a British lord by its taste and splendor of its gardens. The fortunate and uncommon location of the estate only raises its charm.”
Karamsin N. M. “Tour around Moscow”.
The country estate “Arkhangelskoye” is a wonderful monument of Russian culture from the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XIX century. It is famous for the magnificent beauty of its garden and park ensemble and its splendid collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and pieces of applied art and apart from it the superb collection of rare books.
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Posted by admin on under Parks of Moscow |
Kolomenskoye is one of the most ancient places of human habitation in the area of modern Moscow.
Archaeological monuments located on its outskirts are the evidences of the Stone Age settlements (V-III thousand years BC). For the first time Kolomenskoye was mentioned in the Testaments (last will charts) of 1336 and 1339 of the Grand Moscow Prince Ivan Danilovich Kalita. During the reign of Tsar Michail Fedorovich Romanov Kolomenskoye became the favourite summer residence of the Tsar’s family. Later the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich turned the Tsar’s Courtyard in Kolomenskoye into an original «Kremlin in the Moscow vicinity».
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Posted by admin on Сентябрь 16, 2009 under Parks of Moscow |
In the southern part of Moscow, twenty minutes away from downtown by car, lay the lands of the State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno. Its nucleus is the largest palatial ensemble in Russia – the residence of Catherine the Great constructed between 1775 and 1796 by the famous Russian architects Vasiliy Bazhenov and Matvey Kazakov in the romantic “gothic taste”. A beginning of the XIX century landscape park is located nearby. Its trees overlook the waters of the Upper Tsaritsyno pond, which together with the Shipilovsky and Borisovsky ponds form the largest cascade of ponds in Moscow. Tsaritsyno is the largest museum-reserve and historical and cultural monument of the federal level in Moscow, occupying over 700 hectares. A tremendously rich complex of architectural objects is gathered here – the historic village sites, plowed fields, barrows dated from the VI thousand years B.C. to the beginning of the XII century. These parts remember the Streshnev family boyars, Golitsin and Kantemirov princely families, Catherine the Great and her brilliant associates, and many of the distinguished Russian statesmen of the XIX and XX centuries. Following the death of Catherine the Great the architectural idea was not completed. Over the two hundred years the palatial ensemble had turned into majestic ruins.
Posted by Olga on Март 2, 2009 under Have fun in Moscow |
This year we wanted to organize an unforgettable holiday for our 10-years daughter. Considering that she was highly impressed by excursion in «Boyars Romanovs’ Chambers» and growing interest to Russian history, we decided to celebrate our holiday in Moscow Historical museum.
Our program started in the hall of Historical museum, where a girl dressed like medieval “boyar’s wife” met us and led to the tsar. She was telling us stories about tsar’s live and some exhibits of the museum.
We found out a lot of new interesting things about birthday celebration in boyars’ and tsar’s families, about traditions and custom of Russian traditional families.
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Posted by admin on Февраль 5, 2009 under Have fun in Moscow |
Several times during our vacations we visited different shows with dolphins, and were charmed by these lovely, clever and cheerful animals. Since that time my daughter dreamed to swim with dolphins. We decided to organize such adventure for our daughter as birthday gift for her 10-year anniversary. Swimming with dolphins can be organized in the Moscow dolphinarium, which is situated on Mironovskaya street, b. 27 (metro Semenovskaya).
Experienced instructor met us in the hall and accompanied us to the swimming pool. Each person who is going to swim with dolphins has the right to invite one guest. All swimmers must have swimming suits, slippers and towels; all guests have to change their shoes. After visiting shower we went to the swimming pool. Dolphins were waiting for visitors and looked all over us with curiosity.
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