Foreigner in Russia. Piece of Advice
English Movies in Moscow:
Dome Cinema
http://www.domecinema.ru/index.en.html?473.0736733172673
One of Moscow's Original American-Style Cinemas
Internet Cafes
Cafemax
http://net.cafemax.ru/
Open: 24/7, Address: Pyatnitskaya st., 25, bldg 1, Metro: Novokuznetskaya, Tel: 777-4330
Image Computer Center
www.image.ru
Open: daily 9:00 - 5:30, Address: Novoslobodskaya st., 16, 2nd floor, Metro: Mendeleevskaya,
Tel: 737-3700 # 176
Internet Club
www.iclub.ru
Open: daily 10:00 - 24:00, Address: Kuznetsky Most st., 12/3, Metro: Kuznetsky Most, Tel: 924-2140
IRPO Cybercaf
www.irpo.ru/cafe
Open: Mon - Fri 10:00 - 20:00, Sat - Sun 11:00 - 18:00, Address: Chernyakhovskovo st., 9, room 108
Metro: Aeroport, Tel: 152-7331
Net City
http://www.netcitycafe.ru/
Open: daily 10:00 - 24:00, Address: Paveletskaya sq., 2, bldg 1, Metro: Paveletskaya, Tel: 969-2125, 721-9227
Nice
www.nice.ru/is/place.html
Open: 9:00-24:00, weekends: 24 hours, Address: Ulitsa 1905 Goda st., 2, Metro: Ulitsa 1905 Goda
Tel: 253-3234
Novaya Pochta
cafe.newmail.ru
Open: Mon - Thu 9:00 - 24:00, Fri - Sun 24 hours, Address: Zabelina st., 3, bldg 1, Tel: 923-0863
Time Online
www.timeonline.ru
200 workstations. Internet salon featuring a variety of computer and Internet services. Open: 24/7, Address: Manezh Shopping Mall, Foodcourt (3rd ) level, Metro: Okhotny Ryad, Tel: 363-0060
Russian State Humanities University (RGGU) Internet cafe
www.cafe.rsuh.ru
Open: daily 10:00 - 20:00
Address: Chayanova st., 15, RGGU main building, 1st floor, Metro: Novoslobodskaya
Tel: 250-6169, Fax: 973-4456
Phlegmatic Dog
http://www.phlegmaticdog.ru/#
Open: daily 11:00 - 01:00
Address: Manezhnaya sq., 1, 2nd level of Manezh shopping Mall, entrance from the Alexandrovsky Garden
Metro: Aleksandrovsky Sad Tel: 995-9545
Books in English in Moscow:
Anglia British BookShop (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara)
http://www.anglophile.ru/english/index.htm
The best selection of English language books in Russia
Pangloss Foreign Language Bookshop
http://www.aha.ru/~pangloss/
This bookshop was established especially for selling books in foreign languages. They maintain wide relations with huge European publishing houses and book-selling organizations. They can find almost any book you need in a comparatively short time (max. 6 weeks) and for a reasonable price (prices recommended by the publisher/catalogue + shipping charges).
Biblio-Globe MEGA BOOKSTORE CHAIN
http://www.biblio-globus.ru/english.htm
One of the biggest bookstores in Europe. They have about 40000 titles of books available at their Russian bookstore in Moscow. Now they are working hard to make books from 2000 publishers in Russia available for You via their Internet bookstore. If You are interested in Russian art, Russian history, if You want know more about Russia - You are welcome to their Internet bookstore.
Online Catalog of Books in European languages
http://www.edurss.ru/cgi-bin/db.pl?cp=&lang=en&blang=en&page=Catalog&list=1
The Editorial URSS' main activity is the issue of scientific literature (textbooks, monographs, journals, proceedings of Russian institutes and universities, etc.). Since 1995, Editorial URSS has issued more than 1300 items in Russian and European languages. The wide variety of books on physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, economics, etc., presented in our bookstore, will be of interest not only to specialists, but also to the general reader. You may pay for the books you have chosen either by credit card or by remitting the due sum directly to our bank account
Other books & book stores (110 listings)
http://www.infoservices.com/moscow/2508.htm#C1405
Travellers Yellow Pages On-Line BEST in MOSCOW
Library for foreign literature (founder Rudomino)
http://www.libfl.ru/index-eng.shtml
The All-Russia Library of Foreign Literature, or VGBIL, was founded in 1921 by Margarita Ivanovna Rudomino; in 1990, it was named after its founder. VGBIL is a major international cultural and research centre whose activities are based on a publicly available multilingual collection covering the broad area of the humanities. The Library holds more than 4.5 million items in 140 languages; the accession rate is about 90,000 items a year, of which 40,000 items represent new titles. The Library maintains exchange relations with 1300 organisations in 90 countries world-wide and with more than 350 libraries in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union. The number of registered users is over 150,000; the personal loan facility is enjoyed by more than 16500 individuals; and interlending operations are carried out with more than 150 organisations in Moscow and 1060 organisations outside Moscow. The Library has a staff of 500.
American Centre Moscow
http://www.amc.ru/
The Moscow American Centre is a public library based on the American model. The centre provides library and reference services and hosts cultural and educational programs.
Russian State Library
http://www.rsl.ru/eng/defengl.asp
THE RUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY is one of the largest libraries in the world. Collections of the Library are unique in terms of completeness and universality and include documents in 247 languages of the world. At present the total size of the Library's collections exceeds 42 million items. The Russian State Library has specialised collections of maps, musical scores and records, rare books, printed art, dissertations, newspapers, etc.
Radio in English in Moscow:
BBC in Moscow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/frequencies/newsid_3050000/3050587.stm
Innovative, progressive and pioneering - the British Broadcasting Corporation has proved a powerful force in the 20th century - providing entertainment, education and information, and captivating millions of viewers and listeners at home and abroad.
Voice of America
http://www.voiceamerica.com
VoiceAmerica, a SurfNet Media Group, Inc. network station, is the industry leader in Internet-based talk radio. Broadcasting original content since September 2000, VoiceAmerica has become one of the best talk show radio stations on the Internet. VoiceAmerica broadcasts live twelve hours a day from 6am to 6pm PST.
World Radio Network
http://www.wrn.org/
WRN is a leading broadcast and transmission company providing its world-wide clients with high quality, innovative and cutting edge solutions for their broadcasting and telecommunications needs.
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a private, international communications service to Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central and Southwestern Asia, funded by the U.S. government. In countries stretching from Belarus to Bosnia and from the Arctic Sea to the Persian Gulf, listeners rely on RFE/RL's daily news, analysis and current affairs programming to provide a coherent, objective account of events in their region and the world.
Press in English in Moscow:
The Russian Daily Journal
http://www.russiajournal.ru/
The Russian Daily Journal. The trusted news source from Russia. Publsihed since 1998. In print and on the web
The Moscow Times
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/indexes/01.html
The Moscow Times, Independent Press' flagship edition, was launched in March 1992 as a twice-weekly, and relaunched in October 1992 as a daily. The foreign community and Russian business people depend a great deal on the newspaper for up-to-the-minute news on Moscow, Russia and the world. The paper is an objective, reliable source for English-language news on business, politics and culture. It remains an unrivaled advertising medium for reaching local business people and decision-makers.
The Moscow News
http://english.mn.ru/english/
"A paper lives only as long as it is interesting," say the editors of Moscow News. Claiming to be the "people's newspaper," Moscow News has always prided itself on being more independent than the other Soviet publications. Now, competing with hundreds of no less independent papers, it still runs original and provocative pieces that grab the attention of both media watchers and the general public.
The Moscow Tribune
http://www.tribune.ru/
National, CIS, International NEWS in English. Publsihed since 1989. In print and on the web.
GAZETA.RU
http://www.gazeta.ru/english/
National, CIS, International NEWS in English and Russian
Moscow News.Com
http://www.mosnews.com/
Mosnews.com is a Moscow-based online daily newspaper offering news from Russia for English-speakers all over the world.
Three biggest Companies which provide a cellular network in Russia
Megaphone
eng.megafon.ru/
MTS (Moscow Telephone Set (network))
www.mtsgsm.com/
BeeLine
www.vimpelcom.com/
Weekend Guides in Moscow:
Moscow Lifestyle
http://www.lifestyle.ru/
The Moscow Times Entertainment news and events source in Russia. In print and on the web
GO! Moscow Night & Day
http://www.go-magazine.ru/
The Russian Journal Entertainment news and events source in Russia. In print and on the web
Way-to-Russia.org
http://waytorussia.net/Moscow/Entertainment.html
WayToRussia.Net is an information resource about Russia and services directory. They are not a travel agency and do not provide any services by themselves, they provide information about Russia for travelers, businessmen, English-speaking people who live in Russia. They arrange the best deals with the most reliable companies and advertise their services on this site.
Embassies in Moscow:
British Embassy in Moscow
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1089123748836
American Embassy
http://www.usembassy.ru/home.php
Canadian Embassy
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/russia
Australian Embassy
http://www.australianembassy.ru/English/General/Welcome.html
New-Zeeland Embassy
http://nzembassy.msk.ru/
Irish Embassy
http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/embassies/display.asp?CountryID=Russia
The South Africa Embassy to the Russian Federation
http://www.saembassy.ru/en
Russian Holidays
Here is a list of Russian holidays with some comments.
We think it is useful for you to plan your activities during a year.
January 1, 2 New Year / Новый Год (days off)
The most popular holiday in Russia. Since Russian Revolution Christmas was forbidden and was commuted for New Year Holiday.
January 7. Christmas / Рождество (day off)
Russian Orthodox Christmas is celebrated two weeks later than in Catholic countries.
January 14. Old New Year / Старый Новый Год (weekday)
This popular holiday corresponds to January 1 in the Julian calendar, used in Russia before 1918.
February 14. St.Valentine's Day / День Святого Валентина (weekday)
Recently borrowed but very popular holiday of lovers and friends.
February 23. Defenders of the Motherland Day / День Защитника Отечества (day off)
It is the day of all men. Originally Soviet Army Day.
March 8. Women's Day / Восьмое марта (day off)
It is the day of all women: mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, wives and girlfriends. Originally International Women's Day.
Orthodox Easter / Православная Пасха (always on Sunday)
Easter is a very popular holiday in Russia in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus. Easter has no fixed date. It is held on the first Sunday after the date of the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21. In 2004, it was on the 11th of April.
May 1-2. May Day / Первое мая (days off)
Originally the Day of International Solidarity of Workers, it became just a holiday of Spring and Labour.
May 9. The Victory Day / День Победы (day off)
This spring day went down in the chronicle of the USSR as the end of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), the most dramatic war in Russian history.
June 12. Independence Day / День Независимости (day off)
Russia's newest holiday, which commemorates the adoption in 1991 of the Declaration of Sovereignty of the Russian Federation.
November 7. Day of Accord and Reconciliation / День Согласия и Примирения (day off)
The holiday formerly known as the Day of the Great Revolution of October 1917. It was celebrated for 80 years and has become a tradition in Russia, not easily canceled.
December 12. Constitution Day / День Конституции (day off)
Clothing Stores
I guess Russian cold weather is setting in Moscow. No Indian summer anymore.
Well, if you are not going to endure cold this is for you. Looking for cheap winter clothing in Moscow?
Cannot afford steep prices in Tverskaya? Don't want to buy cheap wintry scary Russian clothes
or scared by rude crowd in Market? Well, here 2 chains of stores with prime cost and pretty normal overcoats as well:
Stock center
- Purple line / North West / Metro "Ul. 1905.", ul. Рочдельская (Rodchelskaya), 15,
t. 252-16-26 (sure you can ask your Russian friends to call)
- Green Line / South / Metro Автозаводская (Avtozavodskaya), ul. Мастеркова (Masterkova), 4, t. 105-35-12
- Orange line / North / Metro ВДНХ (VDNKH), Проспект Мира (Prospect Mira), 176, t. 282-92-72
- Green Line / Notrth / Metro Войковская (Voikovskaya), Ленинградское шоссе (Leningradskoe Shosse),.16 / 3, 156-75-37
- Yellow line / East / Metro Перово (Perovo), ul. 2-ая Владимирская (Vtoraya Vladimirskaya), 44/10, t. 306-06-05
- Orange line / South / Metro Профсоюзная (Profsouznaya), ул. Профсоюзная (Profsouznaya), 27, t. 128-78-23
- Purple line [/color]/ North West / Metro Metro Сходненская (Shodnenskaya), ул.Сходненская, (Shodnenskaya), 35/1, t. 788-37-07
- Yellow line / East / Metro Шоссе Энтузиастов (Shosse Intuziastov), 31, t. 777-42-71
- Blue line / North East / Metro Электрозаводская, ul. Б.Семеновская (Bolshaya Semenovskaya), 32 / 1, t. 737-82-29
- Grey Line [oops]/ South / Metro Чертановская (Chertanovskaya), 45
Shopping Centers
In Moscow you can find Huge Shopping Centers (for example, the biggest in Europe IKEA center). Usually, they are close each other and situated on MKAD (Moscow circle highway). There are all kind of things you need for cheap. Well, almost cheap. At least they are much cheaper than down town department stores and shopping centers. And this is really convenient, because you can go one from Rechnoy Vokzal (north west) or Yasenevo and Annino (south west) metro station. Bus is free and goes every 20 minutes. And it takes you to other big (you can get lost) centers such as MEGA, ASSAN, TECHNO-SILA, and OBI. There are all sorts of cloth or things you ever need!
IKEA
http://www.ikea.ru
MEGA
http://www.megamall.ru
ASHAN
http://www.auchan.ru/
Techo-Sila
http://www.tehnosila.ru/splash/-/?5da96dba609a740313770961af384101
Moscow City Map
Online Info-service Moscow map (click to zoom in)
http://www.infoservices.com/moscow/map/moscow_city_map/index.html
Interactive Moscow map (put the name of the street)
http://www.eatlas.ru/english/default.htm
Russia on the map of the World (click to zoom in)
http://www.whererussia.com/?c0=mapindex
Moscow Metro Map
http://acs366b.phys.msu.su/isna16/metro.html
Description of the Metro
In total, the Moscow Metro has 265.2 km of track, 11 lines and 165 stations, and on a normal weekday it carries 8-9 million passengers. Although the lines have designated numbers, on some maps lines are identified by names referring to the areas they serve. Line 5 is a 20 km long ring line connecting all other lines. On the ring line, travellers can detect the direction of the trains from the voice of the announcers: male voices for clockwise travel, and female voices for counter-clockwise travel. On the radial lines, incoming travellers, toward the center of Moscow, will hear male voiced announcements, and outgoing travellers, heading away from the center, will hear female voiced announcements. The system is almost entirely built underground, although some lines cross the Moskva river and one line also the Yauza river on a bridge. An exception is the Filyovskaya which has a longer surface section between Kievskaya and Molodyozhnaya with 7 above-ground stations.
History of the Moscow Metro
The first line opened on 15 May 1935 between Sokol'niki and Park Kul'tury with a branch to Smolenskaya which reached Kievskaya in April 1937 (crossing Moskva river on a bridge). Two more lines were opened before World War II. In March 1938 the Arbatskaya line was extended to Kurskaya station (now Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya - dark blue line). In September 1938 the Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya line opened between Sokol and Teatral'naya. Father information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro
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