"Farewell of Slavianka" is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honor of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. The march was written and premiered in Tambov in the end of 1912. In the summer of 1915, it was released as a gramophone single in Kiev. Slavianka translates to 'Slavic woman'.
Presnensky District, commonly called Presnya (Пре́сня), is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 123,284 (2010 Census); 116,979 (2002 Census).
Spring Rhythms: Tbilisi-80 was a musical event held in Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union, from March 8 to March 16, 1980. It was the first official rock festival in the Soviet Union and is frequently considered the turning point in the history of Soviet and Russian rock music.
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,318,885, up from 1,109,121 recorded during the 2002 Census.
The year 1970 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian fine arts.
Alexey Vladimirovich Kravtsov is a Russian jurist, Chief Judge of the Moscow Court of Arbitration, and a member of the Expert Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is considered to be one of the founders of the current arbitration court system in Russia.
Botanichesky Sad is a station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro. Construction started on the station in October 2014 and the station opened in September 2016.
The House of Lopukhin was an old Russian noble family, most influential during the Russian Empire, forming one of the branches of the Sorokoumov-Glebov family.
Cyrillization of German is the conversion of text written in the German Latin alphabet into the Cyrillic alphabet, according to rules based on pronunciation. Because German orthography is largely phonemic, transcription into Cyrillic follows relatively simple rules.
Moscow City Day is a city-wide holiday held in Moscow. It is celebrated on the first or second Saturday of September. The celebration involves free cultural events, a parade and evening fireworks. The first city day was held in 1847 to celebrate Moscow's 700th anniversary.
Maxim Albertovich Amelin is a Russian poet, critic, essayist, editor, and translator. He was born in Kursk, Russia, where he graduated from the Kursk Commercial College and did his military service in the Soviet Army. He studied in the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow from 1991 to 1994, where he worked with Olesya Nikolayeva. He was commercial director and director of the St. Petersburg publishing house Symposium from 1995 to 2007 and has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Moscow publishing house OGI since 2008. He is married to the poet Anna Zolotaryova and lives in Moscow.
The State Museum of Modern Western Art was a museum in Moscow. It originated in the merger of the 1st and 2nd Museums of Modern Western Painting in 1923. It was based on the collection of paintings assembled by Sergei Schukin and Ivan Morozov. It was shut down on 6 March 1948 by Stalin and its works split between the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
Elena Victorovna Zhosul is a Russian journalist, television presenter, political scientist and media expert.
The Round Houses are two nine-floor residential buildings built circularly, in Western Moscow in 1970, according to a project by architect Yevgeny Stamo and engineer Aleksandr Markelov. They are located at 55°43′21″N37°30′49″E and 55°42′26″N37°28′14″E. They were built in a design very different from the regular panel block houses of the era.
Bibirevo ethnographic village is a park in the "Green zone of the Chermyanka river" in Moscow, stylized as an ethnographic village. The area of the park is 9.58 hectares, the total area is 12 hectares. It is located between Belozerskaya, Leskov and Korneychuka Streets in Bibirevo District.
The Center for Religious Studies in the name of Hieromartyr Irenaeus of Lyons is a Russian non-profit nongovernmental anti-sectarian organization engaged in research and information and consulting work on the activities of new religious movements and sects of a destructive and totalitarian nature. The Center was established in 1993 with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia and has been headed by Alexander Dvorkin since its founding. The Center is the nucleus of the Russian Association of Centers for the Study of Religions and Sects (RACIRS).
The Department of Transportation and Roadway Infrastructure Development of Moscow is a subordinate agency of the Moscow City Government that develops and implements the city's policy on transportation and road transport infrastructure—providing transportation-related public services, managing government transportation assets, and promoting transportation safety within the city of Moscow.
Bauman Culture and Recreation Garden is a garden and park complex located in the Basmanny District of Moscow, between Staraya Basmannaya and Novaya Basmannaya streets. Opened in 1920, the park was named after a revolutionary bolshevik, Nikolay Bauman. It included the garden of the former Golitsyn estate and territories of surrounding households. Since 1979, the garden has the status of an object of the cultural heritage of Russia.
Moscow City Duma District 37 is one of 45 constituencies in Moscow City Duma. Currently the district covers outer New Moscow, including all of Troitsky Administrative Okrug and parts of Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug.
Estates in Russian architecture are typically a settlement complex of residential, household, parks and other buildings, as well as a manicured garden. Estates first appear in the 15th century in the Principality of Moscow and are associated with the estate system.
