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14/06/2013

Take a look at Mariinskiy Theatre!

Built in 1860 and named for the beloved wife of Alexander II, Maria Alexandrovna, Many foreigners know this theatre by its Soviet era name, The Kirov.
The same architect that built the Bolshoy in Moscow, Albert Kavos, erected the building in 1860. Between 1883 and 1896, Viktor Schroter remodeled the Neo-Renaissance façade. It was during this remodeling that most of the exterior ornamentation was added.
The interior auditorium is a pale blue and gold, with the imperial eagles marking a recent return to the royal box.
While this theatre is known worldwide for it ballet company, the Mariinskiy is also one of Russia's leading opera houses. Most of the great 19th century operas made their debut here.
A visit to Saint Petersburg is simply not complete without an evening at the Mariinskiy, where formal attire is still considered appropriate.

11/06/2013

Top 5 Travel Attractions, Moscow (Russia) - Travel Guide

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11/06/2013

Great places to visit in russia:

Novgorod Veliky

The history of the city is closely connected with the history of Russian statehood, of which one of the pillars is Orthodoxy. For this reason, you can find lots of churches, monasteries and other places of worship in Novgorod Veliky. The most extraordinary is Sofiysky cathedral, which was built in the 11th century. It contains the remains of six Russian saints and many important icons, including the miracle-working icon of Our Lady of the Sign.

Source:
http://www.visitrussia.org.uk/travel-to-Russia/toplocations/

11/06/2013

Great places to visit in russia:

The Golden Ring – onion-domed churches

Fans of Russian Orthodoxy who wish to experience the calm and profundity of the Russian faith often go on tours around cities which are famous for their unique monasteries and churches of the 12th-17th centuries. These cities have rather poetic names: Sergiyev Posad, Alexandrov, Kostroma, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Uglich, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Rostov Veliky, Suzdal and Vladimir.

Source:
http://www.visitrussia.org.uk/travel-to-Russia/toplocations/

11/06/2013

Top 10 Locations in Russia

Great Places to Visit:

Kazan – the oldest capital city

Kazan is officially called “the third capital of Russia”. In 2005, the city turned 1000 years. Despite its impressive age, the oldest Annunciation Cathedral, Kazan Kremlin, and the core of the old city, the Old Tatar Settlement and iconic buildings of the century-before-last, are still preserved in the centre of the city. There are also many modern architectural monuments in Kazan. The symbols of Kazan are the “Frisbee” of the circus and the modern Qolsharif Mosque. You can see how Christianity and Islam coexist in the architecture of Kazan. The decoration of Orthodox churches contains elements of Asian pomp. Raifsky Bogoroditsky Cathedral has a miracle-working icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, which is kept with special reverence.

Source:
http://www.visitrussia.org.uk/travel-to-Russia/toplocations/

In his book “The Genius of Place”, the famous writer Pyotr Vail wrote: “The stereotypes where inevitably lies the route of any journey, if you are not a path breaker, of course, and you are not a path breaker, of course, are the clusters of human experience, the concentrate of historical wisdom”. I...

11/06/2013

Great places to visit:

St Petersburg - The cultural “Northern Palmyra”

Formerly the Capital of Russia, St. Petersburg was the home of the Tsars who wanted a capital that reflected a European version of Russian culture. The historic center of Saint Petersburg and its related monuments have been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city, also known as the Venice of the North, has many noteworthy attractions, but its crown jewel is the State Hermitage Museum.

11/06/2013

Great places to visit:

Moscow is the financial and political centre of Russia and the former Soviet Union, with a population of around 13 million, and covers an area of around 1,080 km². One-tenth of all Russian citizens live in the metropolitan area. Moscow is in GMT+4 time zone.

For many years since the break up of the Soviet Union, the economy has improved, and the modern era has brought upon a wide variety of construction projects, modern architecture and quasi-modern transport systems.

Moscow's long time mayor, Yury Luzhkov initiated these changes during his time in office, but was fired in September 2010 for allegedly insulting the president through a scathing letter.

His successor, Sergei Sobyanin, has begun to gradually relax Luzhkov's construction plan, and a majority of Luzhkov's plans have been stopped or abandoned.

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11/06/2013

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