Moscow tour overview
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Moscow tour overview
You are a lucky person, you have a good chance to know more about this great city, which is as beautiful as ever, despite all crises and misfortunes! Russia travel agency Nordway is the best starting point for your Moscow travel. Read it, enjoy it and feel happy and confident.
Moscow is one of the oldest and one of the most beautiful Russian cities. The city has absorbed many different styles that strike the visitors with their variety. The great number of churches and cathedrals in the Russian capital amuses Moscow visitors.
Magnificent stone churches and cathedrals with multiple golden, blue and white domes towering everywhere over all other buildings and structures. Even in the heart of Moscow, in the Kremlin, old churches compete with the immense Congress Palace for space. Despite its size (about 900 square kilometers) and the scale of many of Moscow buildings and avenues, the general layout is easily grasped - a series of concentric circles and radial lines, emanating from the Kremlin - and the center is compact enough to explore on foot. We display everything required by any traveler who plans a trip to our wonderful city.
Bolshoi Theatre
The word 'Bolshoi' means 'big' in Russian... so this is literally the 'Big Theatre'. The theatre is considered to be the second largest of Europe after the famous "La Scala" Theatre of Milan. Widely considered one of the most beautiful performance houses in the world, the Bolshoi Theatre stands as a testament to the enduring nature of the Russian character. For more than two-hundred years through monarchies, revolution, totalitarianism, socialism, and war the Bolshoi has been a symbol of the grand character of the Russian spirit expressed in architecture, dance, and opera. Over 800 opera and ballet performances have been staged in Bolshoi Theatre since its foundation. Nowadays the theatre's auditorium seats over 2000 people. Its stage is 18 metres wide and 22 metres deep. In some opera performances the stage seats up to 400 performers at a time.
The Great Moscow State Circus
The Great Moscow State Circus was opened on 30th of April 1971. It has been designed and built by a group of the architects and engineers under the leadership of Mr. I.Belopolsky and still today it strikes everyone with its technical possibilities. There wasn't and still there isn't a similar circus anywhere in the world. Its auditorium represents a 36 meters high amphitheatre consisting of 23 rows totaling to 3400 seats.
Five interchangeable rings are located in a huge machine hall at the depth of 18 meters. All five rings were used in many shows of the Circus: horse ring, water ring, ice ring, illusion ring light ring and rehearsing one.
The artistes of the Great Moscow Circus take part in the most prestigious international festivals and contests winning highest awards. The whole programs and separate acts tour every year in more than 20 countries of the world performing not only in the circuses, but on the theatre stages, in the cabarets and in the theme parks. From the moment of its birth the Circus presented to the spectators over one hundred different programs including theme shows and divertissements performances where best Russian and foreign circus artistes took part.
Christ Savoir Church
Christ Savoir Church has very tragic and typical for Russia history .
It was constructed at the expense of treasury with attraction of people's donations and the most famous Russian architects took participation in this work. It was the most important Cathedral for celebrations, its walls were listening the music of such composers as P.I. Chaikovsky, P.G. Chesnokovwae, the voice of famous F.Shaliapin. In December, 5 1931 the temple was blown up as many churches in Russia. Subsequently the foundation ditch was used for the construction of swimming - pool "Moscow ". In 1994 the pool was closed. In January, 1995, the solemn laying of the revived temple took place.
Now the construction is completed. The temple has active museum, excursions are held and the viewing platform is arranged.
The Cathedral of Christ the Savior commemorates the Divine Intercession that lead to the Russian victory over Napoleon. Thus, it is both a religious and a historical monument. Therefore, the frescoes include both religious and historical figures and events. The two-story galleries surrounding the main church are devoted to the history of Russia and the War of 1812, specifically. Marble boards on the first floor commemorate the participants of the War of 1812. The frescoes in the second-store gallery depict various historical events and personages that played a decisive role in the Orthodoxy Church or in Russian history.
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