Discover Russia 2017 Amazing Event For Foreigners in Moscow Overview

DISCOVER RUSSIA 2017

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«Discover Russia 2017» the brightest event-exhibition and show organized for foreigners living and working in Moscow on 18 June 2017.  Mission of the event was to draw the attention of international community to some positive and favorable aspects and facts about Russia, to let all foreigners - guests of the event get acquainted with Russian culture, national traditions, interesting facts, life style, regional and ethnic diversity, useful services, goods and offers essential to feel more comfortable in Moscow and Russia.

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«Discover Russia 2017» exhibition and show was organized in amazing Petroff Palace, outstanding and brilliant example of Russian architecture, located near the center of Moscow.

It was built at the end of the 18th century by famous Russian neoclassical designer and architect Matvey Kazakov upon the order of Catherine the Great the longest-ruling female leader and monarch of Russia. Petroff Palace used to be a residence for Russian nobles and important well known persons to have rest and leisure after long journey from Saint Petersburg to Moscow. Since 19th century Petroff Palace became a place where all Russian Emperors stayed before their official ceremony of coronation and accession to the throne.

During the Patriotic War of 1812 the Palace became a residence of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and later came back to Russian Sovereigns and nobles, to offer new regal receptions and celebrations of different important dates.

Discover Russia 2017 was organized by Diplomat Service Group LLC - the first company in Russia in charge of providing foreign businessmen, companies and representations with full set of legitimate service support, business mediation and exclusive VIP entertain

ment. D-S mission is to help foreigners understand better Russian culture, way of life, help them with their tasks and needs.

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Company has extensive experience in organizing diplomatic and business events for Embassies and privileged foreigners – over 7 years of successful work. Founders of company are former Russian diplomats whose vast experience, gained over many years of living and working abroad from Asia to Europe and Africa, offers legal, rapid and effective solutions to all concerned individuals.

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General partner of the event became the International Women’s Club of Moscow (IWC). The International Women’s Club Moscow (IWC) is the largest women’s club in Moscow since 1978 year with over 400 permanent members from around the world. Membership consists predominantly of diplomats’ spouses, women who have joined their partners in Moscow on business assignments and female business professionals in their own right.

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The purpose of the Club is to promote friendship and to further cultural activities among women of all nationalities residing in Moscow.

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International Women’s Club of Moscow (IWC) has over 35 years of experience and results with dozens of successful offline events for foreigners and Russians in Moscow, including such famous events like Diplomatic Ball or annual Winter Baazar with over 3000 visitors. 

Throughout the day guests enjoyed different shows and interactive areas including special children’s zone, charity tombola, carnival photo shooting, Russian art and culture special exhibition, traditional Russian music and dance shows, Russian regions culture and life style exhibition, national cuisine offers, important services presentation and gifts from partners of the event.

At the end of a day a special concert was organized to let all guests enjoy truly Russian Ballet, Opera and traditional dance shows. After the concert in accordance with best noble IWC traditions there was a charity auction to raise funds to be donated to charitable activities in Moscow, Russia.

It is impossible to Discover Russia without Russian Regions to read more visit official webpage of the event at Rus-a Media space www.rus-a.com

Exclusive Interview with H.E.M. Mohamed Elbadri - Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Moscow

Your Excellency, what made you decide to follow a career in diplomacy? How long have you been working in foreign affairs?

I joined Egyptian diplomatic service in 1989. Along before I wanted to be a diplomat, as my father was a diplomat. Later I also discovered that I could have other professional interests, which I developed gradually over time and learned to balance them with my primary career focus.

Have you ever been in Russia before your official mission? What had you known about the country and its people before coming?

This is a tricky question. Aside from being a diplomat, I am also a scholar, a university professor and an author of several books on history. Thus it comes as no surprise that even before coming here I was very well acquainted with Russian history and literature. In fact my PhD dissertation was on Russian history. That is why I could say that, in a sense, I was also very well acquainted with Russia overall, its culture and politics.With that being said, even though I had never visited the country before my mission, I never felt separated from it.

  

How would you describe living in Moscow? Winter, lifestyle, events? What else makes it unique?

The German philosopher Hegel once said: “Every nation has its own spirit”, - and in that respect Russia has a very intense, distinct spirit of its own. In this country, wherever you go, you can practically smell history. Being here, even during the toughest winter times, you are constantly in touch with beauty. Personally, I do not have any problems with dealing with Russian winter, after all, I am, thankfully, neither Napoleon, nor Hitler. On the contrary, I rather like it.

What places of interest are worth visiting for foreigners, what places of interest can you recommend to visit to your compatriots?

I think I will not be original with my answer. I love visiting St Petersburg, especially the Hermitage. As far as this museum goes, I, as a historian, place a particular importance on what it represents from the historic point of view. There you can grasp the feeling, the idea of who the magnificent leaders, such as Peter the Great or Catherine the Great, truly were. To me, this city is one of the most glamorous cities of Europe.

I am also very much in love with the Byzantine time Orthodox architecture in this country. While it is Christian in itself, it is also very unique on its own and merely majestic. I can never resist visiting a cathedral here, as I always feel as if I get in touch with something exceptional in its character. I get a similar feeling going to Russian museums as well. However, it is the Kremlin that, among all other places, fascinates me the most, as I have the necessary knowledge to understand all the history that is behind it, and that understanding captivates me.

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Russian Language – Survival Guide

When foreigners arrive in Russia first and foremost they face with Cyrillic language. Those, who have not been studying Russian language before, feel serious difficulties. We don’t write in Latin words (in English for example) names of most important locations, and unfortunately we have no translation. Thus in modern Russia start to appear language assistance for foreigners like information English speaking offices or subway English Language assistance it is still pretty difficult for a foreigner to navigate in Russia without knowing out Cyrillic alphabet and key words.

We recommend everybody who doesn’t speak and know Russian to learn Russian Cyrillic alphabet and some key words / Symbols like Вход (Entrance), Выход (Exit), Аптека (Pharmacy), Метро (Subway), Магазин (Store), Улица (Street) and others. It also helpful to get a good dictionary with pronunciation examples for your mobile phone (easy to find in phone applications stores) and to find Russian mate who will help you with linguistic barrier.

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Discover Russia

The Kizhi Museum

The Kizhi Museum is one of the largest open air museums in Russia. This unique historical, cultural and natural complex is a truly cultural national heritage. The Kizhi Ensemble – is the UNESCO World cultural and natural heritage.

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Monuments of wooden architecture are popular among tourist from all over the world. Unique historic monuments and architecture reflects of traditional culture of the peasant population of Olonets province XIX century their everyday life.

Museum is located at Karelia region.

To get more information visit official website http://kizhi.karelia.ru/index_en.html​

Rhythmic Gymnastics in Russia

Rhythmic gymnastics is a harmonious combination of art and sport: it is not only about endurance, strength and agility, as, due to the inherited from ballet tradition of choreography being closely intertwined with music, it requires a unique sense of rhythm and musicality. This sport is a women-only event that involves gymnasts performing individually or in a group on a floor with rope, hoop, ball, clubs or ribbons.

There is a widespread belief that Russian rhythmic gymnasts are customarily among the strongest athletes in this particular field. Some explain it by the history behind how this sport has been established and has evolved within the country. Even though as a discipline rhythmic gymnastics is rooted in Europe, it was adapted as a truly competitive sport and Olympic sport in the USSR. In fact, the latter was the first country to ever host an international rhythmic gymnastics competition. Consequently, the Soviet Union had accumulated an impressive advantage in training and technical knowledge over the decades to follow, and, once it collapsed, the Russian Federation was the one to be passed on to all those resources and experience.

Ever since in 1964 Ludmila Savinkova became the first world champion during the international rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Budapest, Russia has been continuing its so-called golden streak in this discipline. Of course, some of Russian gymnasts’ names are more easily recognized than others. For instance, Alina Kabaeva is one of the most decorated sportswomen in history, whose name is inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records and who became the absolute European champion among adults at the age of 15; Svetlana Khorkina, also carrying an unofficial title of “the Queen of the parallel bars” because of having performed the toughest moves’ combination using them, was the first gymnast to ever win three all-around titles at the World Championships; Yevgeniya Kanayeva is the only individual rhythmic gymnast to win two Olympic all-around gold medals, and she was also the one to set the all-time record by winning six gold medals out of six possible during the 29^th World Championship in Japan; Lyasan Utiasheva, world champion, six-time all-around European champion, has invented four rhythmic gymnastics’ elements who are now named after her.

Worth mentioning separately are the athletes who took part in the most recent Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, as they made an unimaginable five consecutive Olympic triumphs in both individual and group events, therefore not only repeating, but surpassing the success of London 2012 Summer Olympics. Margarita Mamun, who is sometimes adoringly referred to as “the Bengal Tigress” due to her Bangladeshi roots and passion for what she does and is the current Record Holder under the 20-point judging system with the highest all-around total of 77.150 points, won the gold medal with her individual performance in Rio. Yana Kudryavtseva is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, the youngest in the history of rhythmic gymnastics. Russian team which got gold in the group competition in Rio consisted of such talented young sportswomen as Anastasia Maximova, Anastasia Bliznuk, Vera Birukova and Maria Tolkacheva.

Russian gymnasts themselves, though, do not pride themselves with being the leaders. They believe in constantly working on themselves, discipline, integrity, and have utmost respect for their competitors: while Russian rhythmic gymnastics school is considered to be the best one out there and provides its young athletes with all the conditions for success and personal growth, they are also taught to stay humble and focused, after all, – their main rivals are themselves, and only by conquering their own insecurities and fears, they can win the hearts of judges and the audience.

-          Dilyara Gafurova 

Сapital News Express

Investment: Moscow attracted 500 billion rubles

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For the last six years Russian Capital attracted 400 billion rubles of private investment. Construction, transport and infrastructure are the main spheres where national and foreign businessmen prefer to invest most. Innovation clasters, such as Skolkovo and service sphere are on the second place.

Moscow industrial areas acquired new look

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For the last 5 years Moscow industrial areas has changed their appearance. Old locations became a home for new modern buildings with different office lofts and apartments. Moscow Government actively renovates old industrial zones and builds large complexes with well-developed infrastructure including social infrastructure. Since 2010 in the city is already built over 400 new buildings with a total area of 10 000 000 sq. m. Some popular locations are near Paveletskaya, Savelovskaya and Belorusskaya metro stations.

Moscow prepares for FiFa 2018

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Moscow city is preparing for World Football Cup that will take place in Moscow in 2018. Manejnaya Square has host big countdown clock, Triumfalnaya Square has received big promo arch and special advertisement billboards are installed across the city. Moscow has already opened center of football fans registrations where citizens and guests of the city can get their football fan passports (Fan ID).

Address: Letnikovskaya Street, 10, building, Moscow.

Hotels audit and stars verification in Moscow

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Since January 2017 Moscow tourism department started process of verification of Moscow hotels and hostels. Today in Capital there are dozens unreliable and problematic hotels which pretend for some starts but in fact has nothing in common with good service and traditional Russian hospitality. Legal big hotels will be also checked for star numbers correspondence.

Foreign bookstores in Moscow

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When summer ends, Muscovites start to read more. Instead of walking under the rain we prefer to hide in cozy cafes with warm drinks, interesting books and dreams about next summer. So do many foreigners and expats who live in Russia. In Moscow there are some approved offline places where a foreigner can buy book in English and in some other languages. 

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First bookstore is located at Kuznetsky Most Street. We have already mentioned it in our article about Kuznetsky Most Street. It is the oldest one. It works since the beginning of the 19th century. Here you can find more than 20000 books on different languages from Russian classics to modern fiction and cookbooks. Average price of the book is about 15-20$ (USD).

Today this shop is called House of the Foreign Book (Dom Inostrannoy Knigi). You can find it at 18/7 Kuznetsky Most Moscow (Nearest Metro Station is Kuznetskaya). To get more information about this store you can call +7 (495) 628-20-21 or visit webpage

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Another one good shop is named The Moscow House of Books and is located at Novy Arbat. It is one of the biggest with many new books and journals and different media files. In this shop there is a place for reading and a cafe. Average price of the book is about 11-15$ (USD). Moscow House of Books is situated at 8 Novy Arbat, Moscow. Nearest Metro Station is Arbatskaya. To get more information about this store you can call +7(495) 789-35-91 or visit webpage

Moskva bookstore is also a good bookshop with many foreign books located in city center. Official address is 8/2 Tverskaya Street, Moscow. Nearest Metro Station is Tverskaya, Mid price for one book is about 13$ (USD).

You can call at the shop + 7 (495) 797 87 17  or visit its website http://www.moscowbooks.ru/

By Rus-a first Information Guide in Moscow and Russia