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If you would like to develop your business, find new opportunities and achieve success in Russia, remember that Russia is not 'a mix of vodka, severe winter and corruption'. To understand Russia and the Russians you should know the Russian culture, traditions, the Russian way of thinking (mentality) and national values. Just explore Russia with us to navigate your way to success.

We provide personal, flexible tours with expert tour guides.

For the first-time visitor:

Moscow Sightseeing Tours, Museums, Galleries:

The Moscow Kremlin (the Kremlin) is the Russian national sanctuary and a unique creation of world culture. The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes four palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of Russia. In 1990, the architectural ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin and its treasures, Red Square and Aleksandrovskiy Sad (the Alexandrov Gardens) were included into the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

It will be interesting to know and have a look: Many scientists, historians, archaeologists, journalists are have tried to reveal the Kremlin's secrets... An icon of Jesus embedded in a Kremlin gate used by the Soviet leaders but bricked over in the 1930s during communist times was restored in August 2010 to public view. The "Saviour Smolensky" icon has been covered for more than 70 years and had been regarded as lost. The icon, which is 2.2 by 1.5 m (yards) wide and depicts Jesus holding open the New Testament, with Russian saints below him.

The Kremlin itself, which lies in a historic place, the Borovitsky Hill, is a triangle structure with the area of 27.5 hectares. From the south it is bordered by the Moskva River; from the northwest it is limited by the Alexander Garden, and from the east – by the Red Square.

Use the Moscow Kremlin map for better navigation

The Moscow Metro.

Don't bother with traffic jams in Moscow - catch the Moscow Metro. The Moscow Metro is the easiest and best way to get around the city. Its stations are well worth your time and effort, just take your chance to see the busiest urban rail system in the world, with about nine million passenger trips a day! Opened in 1935 with one 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. Currently, Moscow Metro has 182 stations. Its route length is 301.2 kilometres (187.2 mi). The system is mostly underground, with the deepest sections located at 60 metres (200 ft) below ground.

Revolution Square (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) Metro station is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro Each arch is flanked by a pair of bronze sculptures depicting the people of the Soviet Union, including soldiers, farmers, athletes, writers, aviators, industrial workers, and schoolchildren. There are a total of 72 sculptures in the station. A tradition exists to rub the dog sculpture's nose for good luck, as it is kept very shiny!

See the Moscow Metro Map in English here:

Interesting to believe but impossible to see: Metro-2 in Moscow, Russia, is a purported secret underground metro system, which parallels the public Moscow Metro. The system was supposedly built, or at least started, during the time of Stalin and was codenamed D-6 by the KGB. The length of Metro-2 is rumored to exceed that of the public Metro. It is said to have four lines, and to lie 50 to 200m deep.

The Moscow Triumphal Arch

The Triumphal Arch is a beautiful symbol of victorious Moscow, imbued with the idea of the triumph of the Russian people. It is the main monument of the Patriotic War of 1812 in the Russian capital of Moscow. In this monument, the architectural and sculptural conception are in absolute unity. The arrangement of the sculptures of the arch, conceived and executed with virtuosity, takes into account the play of light and shadow. One is easily convinced of this, if one walks around the arch at sunrise or at sunset, that is, at its maximal illumination. The pillars and the figures of the warriors are not contiguous with the walls of the arch, so it is as if the light flows around them and, reflecting from the white walls, additionally lights the black figures from behind and from the sides. The Triumphal Arch is located near the Victory Park Metro Station in Moscow.

Interesting to note: It is a little ironic that this arch resembles the Paris Arc de Triomphe, which Napoleon built between 1806 and 1836 to celebrate his French victories.

Moscow Museums and Galleries:

The State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Arts. The best collection of Russian art is really at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The Gallery's historic building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok displays Russian art works, ranging in date from the 11th to the early 20th century, while the newer building of the Tretyakov Gallery at Krymskiy Val houses Russian 20th century art.

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

 

 

For a regular visitor:

Business and Travel support in Russian regions with expert interpreter/legal support.
Russia Sightseeing Tours: the Golden Ring

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So, you have never been to Russia but you heard from your colleagues and friends that "Russia is a very big country; it has a lot of oil and gas. Saint-Petersburg is a very beautiful city and…." Do not stick to boring images and impressions, tourist sites and views. Our travel guides will help you to find your great way to experience the entire country!

Are you in desperate need of translators or travel guides? Looking for translators and interpreters in Moscow? Or you do not know how to find a good and reliable translator in Moscow? Just contact us and take your tours with our expert guides and enjoy your traveling!

It is funny: How do you know you're a Russian:

1. Your car costs more than your college education
2. Your blood has a permanent vodka content level, no matter you have been drinking or not
3. Any outfit you wear involves leather (even in the summer even when no coats are worn)
4. Your idea of a normal Friday or Saturday night is spending it raving with 200-300 of your closest friends
5. Your idea of a love song is Track 1 of the New York Underground Party Volume 3 CD.
6. Things you can't live without include food, water, and a cell phone
7. Instead of notes during class you write text messages to your friends in Russian font
8. You come home at 3am and your parents are still out partying with all your friend's parents
9. People are always asking you if you can get them a cheep deal on something…and you can
10. Every sentence you say or hear starts with "blyat" and ends with "nahuy"
11. You know the new line of Nokia's 3 months before they come out on the market
12. You can't go to the movies on Sunday night without having to save 20 seats for your late friends cuz they're buying semichki
13. You don't mind family get-togethers because you know the grandmas will be making dinner
14. You know all the cops by their first names
15. You know someone who works at a dental lab
16. You are somehow related to most of the people you know
17. On the weekends your place of residence is the pool hall, and every 10 mins the tolstii pon'chik tells you to pick up line 2
18. You drive a Honda (or, in the EXTREME worse case a Nissan), and your windows are tinted to twice the legal limit
19. Your Honda has either a RU (Russia) or UA (Ukraine) sticker on the back bumper
20. Your Honda is a 5-speed stick shift, and you laugh at anyone driving an automatic by calling them lohs
21. At any given moment you are carrying at least a dime bag of shmal'…
22. Your uncle is in the Russian Mafia or is a former employee of the KGB
23. You have been kicked out of the JCC at least twice for trying to sneak in without paying.
24. You can be identified as "Russian" by your scent (D&G or Aqua de Gio cologne).
25. The waitresses at Omega know your order even before you say anything. Most of the time you get "Gypsy".
26. You met your girl playing strip durak at the last party you went to.
27. Everyone you know has a ruchka of smirnoff in their trunk.
28. You wake up on a saturday morning, unable to remember which one of your friends gave you a ride home because you couldn't even walk, but see your car standing in the parking lot (you drove home yourself).
29. You start thinking of bread as a good mixer for vodka
30. You know more than 30 Olgas, Annas, Natashas, and Vikas
31. You have to tell your parents what channel is "YOUR" HBO, Showtime, Per-View is on.
32. Your parents have computer "experience" for 8 years already on the resume, yet they been in US for only 4…
33. You major in Computer Science or in worst case scenario Information Systems (but you still barely know how to turn on a computer).
34. You have a personalized license plate.
35. When you are going downtown you ride in one of the last two train carts.
36. Typical Friday/Saturday night phone call to your friends starts with "So what are we doing tonight?"
37. Most of your clothes are fake brand names but you "just can't tell them apart from the real ones."
38. Your fake id is the International Driving License who you got through your friend who goes to Kingsburough.
39. You used to work out, but you don't anymore. If you do workout, you must wear all you golden chains and bracelets.
40. Lifting a cigarette while drinking coffee counts as an exercise.
41. You have a fake Movado because you can't afford a real Rolex.
42. Once in a while you attempt to go to synagogue but you never make it past the door because you meet so many people you haven't seen for so long.
43. Some English words like "use, shop, apply, and etc." permanently become a part of your conversational
44. You're proud to be Russian – and you pass these jokes on to all your Russian friends!