Moscow and Beyond
Laaaadno (The choir concurs)
April 18, 2009 at 8:48 amTretyakov, Tango, Theatre (Bolshoi)
Moscow Sports Obscurities
April 16, 2009 at 12:46 pmExploring two of Moscow's less popular sports, handball and basketball, has led to several fascinating cultural experiences.
The "Cleansing Monday" neighborhood
April 16, 2009 at 11:55 am“Beyond one window, a huge panorama of the city sprawled far beyond the Moscow River, all of it blue-grey under snow. The other window, to the left of the first,…
A Cathedral, A Novel and Sports
April 14, 2009 at 3:05 pmThe outside of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is almost as beautiful as the inside. Constructed of a pearly white stone with gold gilding on the five onion domes,…
A Cathedral, A Novel and Sports
April 14, 2009 at 3:03 pmThe outside of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is almost as beautiful as the inside. Constructed of a pearly white stone with gold gilding on the five onion domes,…
Palm Sunday on The Arbat
April 14, 2009 at 9:13 amLast Sunday (April 12) was Palm Sunday according to the Russian Orthodox Church calendar. It also happened to be the nicest day of our trip yet. With these two events…
The Cathedral and Three Less Academic Experiences
April 14, 2009 at 8:31 am-Christ the Savior Cathedral
-Kenny goes to a banya
-Kevin remembers Izmailovo Market
-Shane picks a soccer team
Crowns, Concerts, and Composers, Oh My!
April 11, 2009 at 5:23 amThe architecture of Moscow's center
April 9, 2009 at 11:22 amThis weeks excursion was a somewhat impromptu tour of Kitai Gorod, after finding out that the museum we had planned on visiting was closed.
Kitai Gorod, or “China…Lifestyles of the Rich (if not famous)
April 9, 2009 at 9:21 amMoscow has become a city of fabulous wealth since the fall of communism. Even before the Bolsheviks came to power, Moscow had a sizeable upper-class population, which spent untold amounts…
Making friends with Old Believers
April 7, 2009 at 11:11 am"Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver and the other gold."
1666: A Time of Troubles
April 7, 2009 at 10:01 amIn 1666, the Russian Orthodox Church experienced a schism, leading to the formation of an exiled segment of the church population - known as the Old Believers. The Old Believers…