Day of the National Flag of the Russian Federation – is one of the officially established holidays in Russia, declared in 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and is celebrated on August 22. However,…
Interactive Exhibition Catalogue at “Kolomenskoe Estate”
A new exhibition “From the Museum’s Treasures … New Arrivals” was opened on 03 August 2012 at Kolomenskoe Estate and will run until November 2012. The exhibition features palace furniture, porcelain, bronze, costumes, paintings and drawings from XVIII-XX centuries. It…
The Hermitage – the Most Disabled Friendly Museum of St. Petersburg
Hermitage, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and Pavlovsk are the most disable friendly sigtseeing landmarks in St. Petersburg accroding to the research conducted by RIA “Novosti”, which was ranking all St. Petersburg museums in terms of arrangemts for disabled people. The rating…
Helicopter Flights to the Valley of Geysers Resumed
Helicopter Flights to the Valley of Geysers have been resumed in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in the south of Kamchatka after over “a month fo silence” when all tours were prohibited in order not to disturb bears’ “private life” and…
An Eye For An Eye? Biometric visa data
Is there anything worse than applying for a new passport or visa? My eyes water and my hands tremble when I see those forms, clearly designed by the torturer-general of the Planet Zog, not a man who needs to visit…