Moscow Events
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55.75 37.583302 | 1 Maslenitsa (literally 'Butter Week') was founded on one of Russia's oldest folk traditions - celebrating the end of Russia's long winter. Modern celebrations have incorporated the Christian… |  |
55.754041 37.620415 | 2 Golden Dolphin is Moscow's international diving festival, held at Gostiny Dvor, near the Kremlin. Exhibitors promote a great range of diving equipment, while an amazing underwater film and… |  |
3 Defenders of the Motherland Day Solemn wreath-laying ceremonies commemorate the creation of the Red Army at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, after which the monument is surrounded with a spectacular carpet of flowers. | ||
55.822736 37.639698 | 4 Vyugovey Ice Sculpture Festival Muscovites take advantage of the winter freeze with Vyugovey, a spectacular exhibition of ice sculptures. Admire intricately-crafted works, illuminated by coloured lights and preserved in… | |
55.820739 37.34597 | 5 Taking over halls 12 and 13 of the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, the Moscow Boat Show presents the latest in marine technology. Sailing and motor vessels, navigation equipment… | |
55.671171 37.671067 | 6 The chief holy day of Orthodox Christianity - Paskha (Easter) - is marked by a ritual procession and a service in the Church of the Ascension. Witness the atmospheric Orthodox rituals in the… |  |
55.764297 37.564487 | 7 The Russia-wide Festival of French Jazz pays a visit to Moscow's Sixteen Tons club, bringing a taste of Paris to the Russian capital. A host of jazz musicians play to a glamorous crowd… | |
55.820739 37.34597 | 8 Canon, Nikon and Pentax are just some of the world's leading manufacturers exhibiting at Photoforum. Attracting a photography savvy public, this fair fills two halls of Moscow's Crocus Expo… | |
55.754041 37.620415 | 9 A deeply patriotic affair, the Victory Day holiday is as much about celebrating Soviet victory in the Second World War as remembering Russia's fallen soldiers. A major parade is held on… |  |
55.758973 37.617831 | 10 ¡Viva España! Flamenco Festival ¡Viva España! brings some of the highest quality flamenco dancing to one of Moscow's most impressive stages, the Russian Academic Youth Theatre. Attendees can expect not just colourful… | |
55.731749 37.606201 | 11 The centrally located Central House of Artists is the venue for Arch Moscow, the city's annual international exhibition on design and architecture. Striking installations and shows, along with… | |
12 The Usadba.Jazz festival takes place within the green surroundings of 18th-century Arkhangelskoe Manor, just outside Moscow. Some 30,000 people party around five stages to the sound of classic… | ||
13 The Moscow Yacht Festival in Gorky Park features charity concerts, boat racing, competitions and entertainment for the whole family. Yachts are on offer to buy and owners can even bring their… | ||
55.754041 37.620415 | 14 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour International freestyle motocross riders rev it up in Moscow's Red Square and the Kremlin at the adrenalin-packed Red Bull X-Fighters. Competitors bring breakneck speed and breathtaking air… |  |
55.75 37.583302 | 15 Moscow International Film Festival Set up in 1959 with the aim of promoting cultural exchange and co-operation within the film industry, the Moscow International Film Festival is a major competitive event in the cinematic year.… | |
55.75 37.583302 | 16 Qui Vive? International Biennale for Young Art Young artists from Russia and beyond gather at Qui Vive? International Biennale for Young Art. Held at various art institutions around Moscow, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the… |  |
55.715604 37.5532 | 17 City rivals Spartak and CSKA meet in Russia's most hotly contested derby match. It's one of the handful of games a season when Moscow's 80,000-seater Luzhniki Stadium is sold out, so football… |  |
55.629522 37.498397 | 18 'Dikaya Myata', literally 'wild mint', is a folk music festival set in the bucolic Park Troparevo in the south of the city. Escape Moscow's urban hubbub for a laid-back day of music and… | |
55.820739 37.34597 | 19 Moscow International Motor Show First held in 1997, the Moscow International Motor Show is the longest-standing and most prestigious show of its kind in Eastern Europe. It brings exciting automobile action to Moscow's Crocus… |  |
55.760278 37.618611 | 20 The Russian National Orchestra opens its season of performances in Moscow with the RNO Festival, held at the city's Bolshoi Theatre. The festival presents a good opportunity for audiences to… |  |
55.75 37.583302 | 21 Moscow International Peace Marathon Open to anyone over 18, the 42km Moscow International Peace Marathon starts in Red Square, passing the city's most iconic places and ending at the Kremlin. A 10km race caters for younger athletes. | |
55.696248 37.544403 | 22 Preserving Russia's cultural legacy, the Summer Ballet Festival presents a two-month classical repertoire enhanced by modern choreography. Performances by internationally acclaimed ballet… | |
55.74215 37.620619 | 23 All the world's a stage is a collection of 18th-20th-century engravings from the Tretyakov Gallery's Larionov Collection. Fascinating depictions of day-to-day life can be found among the 250… | |
55.731749 37.606201 | 24 The largest and most influential contemporary art fair in Russia, Art Moscow covers every aspect of modern art, from video and photography to painting, sculptures and installations. Forty… | |
55.760451 37.577236 | 25 One of the world's ten major fashion weeks, Russian Fashion Week comes to the World Trade Center Moscow. Eastern Europe's biggest style show invites dressed-to-kill celebrities, ever critical… |  |
55.781786 37.626671 | 26 Thirty-two players compete in the singles event and 16 pairs in the doubles at Moscow's Olympic Stadium during the Kremlin Cup, Russia's biggest tennis tournament. The US$2.34 million prize… | |
55.822718 37.639975 | 27 IgroMir is Russia's first exhibition of interactive entertainment, consoles and computer games. Visitors to Moscow's All-Russia Exhibition Centre get the chance to see for themselves the… | |
55.781474 37.598367 | 28 Exploring different models of artistic production, Moscow's New European Theatre Festival gives the audience a taste of modern theatre from Russia and Europe. Several venues, including the… | |
55.820739 37.34597 | 29 Raise your glass to exceptional produce from around the world at the Russian Wine Festival. Held at Moscow's Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre, the event includes useful master… | |
55.690044 37.560303 | 30 Taking place on Russia's Mothers' Day, the Gorlitsa Festival is a day of musical events in aid of women's and children's charities. Acoustic performances from female musicians take place in… | |
55.715604 37.5532 | 31 City rivals Spartak and CSKA meet in Russia's most hotly contested derby match. It's one of the handful of games a season when Moscow's 80,000-seater Luzhniki Stadium is sold out, so football… | |
55.75 37.583302 | 32 A multidisciplinary festival, Art November brings a host of special exhibitions and performances to a range of locations across Moscow. From contemporary painting to photography and spoken… | |
55.75 37.583302 | 33 New Year's Eve, or Noivy God as it is in Russian, tends to be celebrated amongst family inside homes until midnight. As New Year arrives, people take to the streets and go calling on friends… |  |
55.747097 37.605546 | 34 An idea by Svyatoslav Richter, December Nights is one of Moscow's most prestigious cultural events. Throughout December, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts fills with some of the best classical… | |
55.822736 37.639698 | 35 Vyugovey Ice Sculpture Festival Muscovites take advantage of the winter freeze with Vyugovey, a spectacular exhibition of ice sculptures. Admire intricately-crafted works, illuminated by coloured lights and preserved in… | |
55.754041 37.620415 | 36 Moscow's Red Square may conjure up images of Soviet military parades and commemorations to leaders of the Communist Party, but it is also the site of some of Russia's cultural and historical… |  |
55.752484 37.623144 | 37 Gaudy and garish, the multicoloured cupolas of St Basil's Cathedral rising out of Red Square have been one of Moscow's most striking and enduring symbols for five centuries. It was built… | |
55.751752 37.616844 | 38 The Museums of the Moscow Kremlin Red Square's Museums of the Moscow Kremlin's attractions include Ivan the Terrible's throne and the Tsars' tombs in the Cathedral of the Archangel. Morning tickets for the Armoury's Fabergé… |  |
55.764057 37.62034 | 39 North of Red Square at Kuznetsky Most, the Sandunovsky Baths are Moscow's oldest, with a marble pillared swimming pool and vodka on demand from the on-site restaurant. Private baths (banya)… |  |
55.760278 37.618611 | 40 Home to the famed Bolshoi Ballet Company, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre stages world-class opera and ballet in ornate surroundings. Dominating the city centre's Teatralnaya Square, the magnificent… |  |
55.747097 37.605546 | 41 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, in Prechistenka, covers art from Ancient Egypt to Grand Masters including Rubens and Breughel. A user-friendly modern building houses its Impressionists… |  |
55.74215 37.620619 | 42 Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery holds the most important collection of Russian painting in the world, with more than 130,000 works of art from the 10th century to the present day. Don't miss… |  |
55.753624 37.619826 | 43 Lenin's Mausoleum, on Red Square, houses its famous corpse within a 1930s Constructivist masterpiece. Visitors include fewer die-hard Bolsheviks than tourists these days, but the whole place… |  |
55.756546 37.621629 | 44 The Moscow Metro comprises 12 lines criss-crossing the Russian capital. While underground travel in other cities is often direct and simple in style, using the Moscow Metro is a truly… |  |
45 The magical Kremlin in Izmailovo is a cultural entertainment complex bustling with things to do for the whole family. Museums, palaces, markets and restaurants are just a few of the… | ||
55.766072 37.601737 | 46 Museum of Contemporary Russian History Moscow's Museum of Contemporary Russian History is housed in what was - between 1831 and 1917 - the Moscow English Club. It now displays a huge collection depicting life in Soviet and… |  |
55.760446 37.610664 | 47 While you will find top-end designer names there, Moscow's main thoroughfare, Tverskaya Ulitsa, is actually a democratic jumble of Russian and international chains. Zara, Monsoon and Benetton… | |
55.671171 37.671067 | 48 Cherished as a natural haven at the edge of Moscow since at least the 13th century, Kolomenskoe is packed full of superb historical buildings. The oldest is the 16th-century Church of the… | |
55.759341 37.629965 | 49 Moscow's Mayakovsky Museum opened in January 1974, creating a new way of paying tribute to an artist's legacy. Both anarchic and accessible, the building is worth visiting even if you have… |  |
55.726626 37.555732 | 50 Novodevichy Cemetery contains many famous graves including those of Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Chekhov and Prokofiev. Once used to confine miscreant noble wives, including Peter the Great's first… |  |
