Dear all,
let me present you another museum, which shows a lot about the Russian history: The Kremlin Armoury.
Travel tips
Museums in Moscow Part II: Tretyakov Gallery
Dear readers,
today I want to present you the second part of the series Museums in Moscow and I will provide you some information about the world famous Tretyakov Gallery.
Museums in Moscow Part I: State Historical Museum
Dear readers,
welcome to a new series, in which I will present you the museums of Moscow.
From time to time, more museums will be added to this series and I hope it will help you to make a plan, what you want to see when visiting the capital.
Today I will start with the State Historical museum:
Excursion tip: Pushkin
Dear readers,
today I will take you to a place, which is perfect for a day long excursion from St. Petersburg: Pushin with the beautiful Ekaterinski Palace with the world famous amber chamber and the Lyceum where Pushkin studied.
Insider Tip: How to save 50% on train tickets
Dear readers,
today I want to present you a trick, how you can save 50% on a train ticket from anywhere to anywhere in Russia.
Day trips from Moscow Part III: Zvenigorod
Dear readers,
welcome to another part of the series “Day trips” from Moscow!
Today we will take you to Zvenigorod, a small town about 50km west of Moscow. It is one of the oldest towns in Moscow Oblast.
Some historical background
The town exists since the 12th century, and it first appeared in written papers in 1338. The town’s name comes from either a personal name (cf. Zvenislav, Zvenimir) or on a hydronym (cf. the Zvinech, Zvinyaka, Zveniga Rivers); the derivation from “town of ringing (bells)” is a folk etymology. But this isn’t confirmed. Continue reading
Day trips from Moscow Part II: Istra
Dear readers,
Today I want to tell you something about another interesting day trip destination from Moscow: Istra
Istra is a smaller city around 60km away from Moscow with 35.000 habitants and lays right next to the river, which gave the city the name; Istra.
Some historical background
Known since the 16th century as the village of Voskresenskoye, it was later renamed Voskresensk, granted town status in 1781, and became the seat of an Uyezd. In 1930, the town was renamed Istra, after the river which flows through it. As a result of short-term occupation during the Great Patriotic war from November 25 to December 11, 1941), the town was severely damaged. After the war, Istra became a center of research in the area of electrical power engineering. Continue reading
Rare aircraft in Russia Part 1
Dear readers,
Today I want to present you some options to fly rare aircraft from Moscow.
The easiest way to book those, is either to use the airline websites or to book with a russian booking engine, such as agent.ru.
Red Wings TU205 at Domodedovo Continue reading
How to apply for a Russian visa?
Dear readers,
Today I want to explain to you how to apply for a Russian visa.
But before let us see which countries can enter visa free to Russia. It is a lot more than you might expect!
(By Albatalab – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24214471)
One of the nicer cinemas in Moscow
Hi guys,
some days ago we decided to go to cinema in Moscow and we decided to go to the cinema in GUM, directly at the red square.
It is a small cinema, but in my opinion well worth it. The cinema has three rooms, one is a normal typical one with nice red chairs, then the second one, is a children’s one, where only big pillows are put and the third one is a special room with sofas.
I have been to all three of them and every has its charm on its own.
The prices vary from 500 RUB in the big room to maximum 1500 RUB in the special room, but well worth it if you want to not only watch a movie, but to spend it in a nice atmosphere.
Below the link of the cinema, so you can check on your own if there is a movie which you fancy!
Thanks for reading and cheers,
Johannes 
(credit to gum.ru)
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