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Editor’s Choice
Beauty and the Beast in Moscow! Bossa Nova Festival. Goran Bregovic and Alcohol. Amfest 2008. Jazz ‘08
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October in Russian History
Important Dates in History.
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Novelties |
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Cinema review
Still Art House after All These Years: Perceptions of Russian Cinema Abroad
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Book review
An Historian’s Foray into Fiction
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Music review
They’re Coming ... Can’t You Hear Them?
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Russian Lesson
How to Say: Excuse Me
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Alexei Aizenman
The end of the 20th century saw the start of an interesting process in the artistic worlds of Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Music |
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The New Folk Music: A Primer
Folk music conjures images of old bearded men in chunky knit sweaters tapping out the beat with sandaled feet (and socks, of course), right?
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Architecture |
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An American Architect in Moscow: Frank Williams
Architect Frank Williams battles challenges as he builds a tower in Moscow that is to be Europe’s tallest.
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Russian Reality Television
“We don’t want the television script good. We want it Tuesday.”
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Pagan Russia
A pantheon of pagan gods, deities, and spirits ruled over Slavs’ souls in Kievan Rus (the political ancestor of today’s Russia) up until the 11th century A.D.
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City Beat |
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Day Out in Moscow
Ostankino Tower
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Star Interview |
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Salon Magnate Alexander Glushkov
Do you like French Impressionism? Are you a fan of Claude Monet? Do you ever go to the beauty salon?
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Real Estate |
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The Feng Shui of Moscow is about to Change
For much of the past year, airwaves and fiber-optic cables worldwide were filled with words and images of the construction going on in Beijing in the run-up to the Olympic Games this past August.
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Travel |
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Astana
Kazakhstan’s capital city is 10 years old!
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Recreation |
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Parachuting
It’s all too easy to get lost in Moscow’s urban jungle, with the natural world being something half-remembered from the airplane window on descent into Sheremetyevo.
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Sport |
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CSKA’s Trajan Langdon
As basketball season begins, the 2007-08 European champions Moscow CSKA (pronounced tse-SKA) are gearing up for another successful run.
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Wine |
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In Grand Havana
This month’s wine tasting was held at Moscow’s Grand Havana Room, a private cigar club off Slavyanskaya Square.
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Hospitality News |
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Hospitality News
Artistic Tea Drinking. Opening of the new KAI restaurant at Swissotel. Dymov 1. Casta Diva. Marriott Courtyard. New Menus at the Baltschug Kempinski...
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Restaurant Review |
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Long Awaited
Floridita has been long in coming to the Old Arbat, now about three years since first announced.
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Community |
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Lipp Service
As summer faded away in Moscow, I made a trip out to my favorite outdoor “activity” park.
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View from the Top
The Jetsons and the Flintstones met when child prodigy Elroy Jetson first broke the time barrier, and Bedrock hasn’t been the same since.
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That Hollywood Smile
There was a time — and many of us remember it — when unattractive, uncomfortable orthodontic devices were an unavoidable fixture of the pre-adolescent experience.
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Legal Line |
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Daniel Klein’s Legal Line
Each month Daniel Klein fields corporate legal questions posed by Passport’s readers.
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Out and About |
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The British Business Club
The British Business Club held a superb Garden Farewell Party in honor of the outgoing HMA Sir Antony Brenton in recognition of the vigorous support to the Business community in Moscow.
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Design Act 2008
Design Act 2008 Each year, Moscow’s Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art gathers together design ideas from all corners of the world for a three-day forum called Design Act.
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The New Adventures of Italians in Russia
It’s been a long time since we heard the name.
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Nurturing Young Collectors
Pop/Off /Art Gallery has taken upon itself the important mission of supporting and nurturing the next generation of art collectors.
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What do professional ice hockey players do when they retire?
They make wine. Or at least that’s what Soviet and Russian hockey great Igor Larionov does.
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Mega Fashion Tour
The Mega shopping mall chain kicked off its autumn season with a fashion show tour of Russia’s biggest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, and Yekaterinburg.
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Autumn Marathon
The 28th Moscow International Peace Marathon was held on Sunday, September 14, bringing together runners from 400 Russian cities, over 40 countries, and five continents.
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The Best of Geo’s Photos
The photographs on display represent some of the best work published in Russia GEO magazine.
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Kudrinka Kids
This summer, young members of the Kudrinka Dance Ensemble traveled from Moscow to Cincinnati.
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The Last Word |
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Passport Poll
If you could make one change to the city of Moscow, what would it be?
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