April 11 on Poklonnaya Hill. Bow mountain. Museum of History "Lefortovo"

Muscovites and guests of the capital will be treated to ice cream according to a recipe from the times of the USSR on the International Day for the Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps. This is reported by the m24.ru portal with reference to the Public Relations Committee.

On April 11, a memorial action will be held on Poklonnaya Hill. The event will take place at the monument. Tragedy of the peoples. An orchestra of 30 musicians will play for the guests. There will also be a field kitchen. Participants of the action will be treated to traditional dishes of the war period - buckwheat porridge with stewed beef, lean porridge and hot tea, as well as red carnations and candles. USSR retro ice cream carts will be available to all guests of the event.

Buses will run between the action site and the nearest metro station one hour before the start of the event and within an hour after the end. The event will round table dedicated to the memory of the victims of Nazi concentration camps. Residents of the capital will be given reference materials with the stories of people who have been in the camps.

It is expected that the event will bring together up to 1 thousand people.

/ Monday, March 6, 2017 /

. . . . . This is stated in the documentation of the Public Relations Committee.
. . . . . Residents will be given red carnations and candles.
. . . . . Retro carts with ice cream of the USSR will be able to treat all participants of the action. . . . . .
A festival was held in the capital last summer Moscow ice cream where Muscovites tasted many types of treats. On the shelves were presented ice cream from halva, tomatoes, potatoes, green tea, Japanese rice ice cream. urine", goat's milk sorbet with soft homemade cheese, sweet and salty ice cream with bacon. The holiday was attended by over five million people, including about two million children. 95 tons and more than 150 types of ice cream were sold. And at the celebration of the City Day, the residents of the capital ate 27,000 portions of ice cream.
Within the framework of the festival Moscow seasons farmers often present unusual products to Muscovites. On the “Fish Week” non-traditional types of fish were presented: Luthor herring, sockeye salmon, red mullet, vendace and chinook salmon, Far Eastern comb shrimp and scallop, as well as smoked catfish, omul and whitefish. At the festival “Our product” the townspeople were treated to bear meat, venison and roe deer meat. During "Cheese days" you could try cheeses with peppers, truffles, mold, orange cheeses with carrot juice and cheese sweets.

Evgenia Kislaya



Muscovites will be able to treat themselves to a traditional sweet delicacy according to a recipe from the times of the USSR in April. Retro carts will appear on Poklonnaya Gora. The menu will also include buckwheat and stew.

April 11 on Poklonnaya Hill at the monument Tragedy of the peoples action will take place.

Accompanied by 30 musicians, guests of the event will be treated to dishes prepared in the field kitchen. Among them are buckwheat with stew, lean porridge and hot tea. For dessert, you can eat ice cream according to a recipe from the USSR times from one of the retro carts.

Muscovites will be able to get to the venue of the event and back on special buses. Transport will run between Poklonnaya Gora and the nearest metro station.


Poklonnaya Gora is a hill in the west of Moscow, where travelers climbed to admire the beautiful ancient city and bow to it as a sign of respect. In 1612, the troops of Sigismund III camped here. In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was waiting at this place for a delegation with the keys to Moscow.

Not far away is the Kutuzov hut, where, after the battle of Borodino, Russian officers gathered advice and rushed into battle to defend Russia. But the old field marshal Kutuzov, wise with experience, orders to retreat, and the Russian army left Moscow, in order to later become an impenetrable wall near Maloyaroslavets, not to let the hungry conquerors into the grain-growing South and force it to retreat along the devastated old Smolensk road.
Here is the famous Arc de Triomphe, created by decree of Emperor Nicholas I.

Here is located Central Museum WWII, opened on the 50th anniversary great victory. A gigantic monument in the form of an army bayonet sparkles in the sun. Glory soars above the earth.

Seven decades have passed since the last volleys of the war subsided, and Poklonnaya Gora keeps the memory of its heroes. Here the strength of the spirit, the strength of the will, the strength of traditions, the present and the past are merged into one.

During the tour of Poklonnaya Hill you will see:

  • the highest obelisk in Russia;
  • triumphal arch;
  • Mikhail Egorov and Meliton Kantaria in stone;
  • the largest Victory Park.

During the tour of Poklonnaya Hill you will learn:

  • how the idea to perpetuate the memory of the heroes of the Fatherland was born;
  • why different confessions are represented in Victory Park;
  • where the Victory Parade took place on May 9, 1995;
  • what were the construction projects memorial complex and much more.

Meeting point: At the Flower Clock and the flower inscription "Moscow" (metro station "Park Pobedy").

Completion: metro station "Minskaya".

At the specified time, you will be met by a guide with a sign. The guide reserves the right to cancel the tour at least 2 hours before the start. Registration for the tour is mandatory. You can always support our project by leaving any donation (tips) to the guide at the end of the tour. Thus, you will appreciate the work of the guide, and we will understand that we are doing a necessary and important business.

Duration: 2 hours.

Every year on the first Saturday of September, Muscovites celebrate the birthday of the capital Russian Federation. In 2017, Moscow will celebrate City Day on the second weekend - September 9, the holiday will continue on September 10. The year of foundation of Moscow is 1147 - therefore, in 2017 the capital celebrates its 870th anniversary. On the Day of the City of Moscow, folk festivals and concerts are held in the capital. The festive program will end with a solemn salute (). Find out where to watch fireworks in Moscow on City Day - 870.


Solemn opening of the Day of the City of Moscow starts September 9th at 12:00 on Red Square, and with 13:00 start festive and entertainment events at more than 200 venues in the city, including in the capital's parks, where a festive program for the City Day has been prepared. The main venues for celebrating the City Day will be Tverskaya, Krasnaya, Manezhnaya, Tverskaya, Teatralnaya, Pushkinskaya and Bolotnaya Square, Arbat street, Poklonnaya Gora, Gorky Park, Sokolniki, the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, the Kolomenskoye Estate Museum, VDNKh and pedestrian areas of Moscow. So the question of where to go on City Day on September 9 and 10 has a simple answer - you can go to Moscow parks. It will be fun and interesting there - the plan of events for the Day of the City of Moscow in 2017 is extensive, the program of celebrations in the parks is prepared for all ages and for all tastes.

City Day Moscow 2017 - program of events in Moscow parks






















Program City Day Moscow 2017 - September 9-10

City Day will be celebrated on the squares and streets of Moscow. Moscow will celebrate its 870th birthday. And this means that for Muscovites and guests of the capital on City Day prepared a large number of bright, large-scale and free entertainment. The organizers promise that the City Day 2017 in Moscow will be unprecedented - more than a thousand events will take place in the city. It will create a mood for all Muscovites and visitors whole system holiday decorations. More than 270 art objects will be installed in different points to decorate Moscow on City Day. During the days of the Moscow Anniversary 870 festival, venues throughout the city will talk about the outstanding achievements, discoveries and inventions of Muscovites. Find out where to go to Moscow City Day 2017.

  • Festival Moscow-870

The festival "Jubilee of Moscow 870" will be held from 1 to 10 September. Throughout the city, 40 thematic sites have been opened that tell about outstanding people and events related to Moscow. The venues are divided into themes: Moscow Conquers, Moscow Creates, Moscow Builds, Moscow Sets Records, Moscow Invents, Moscow Discovers, and Our Victories. The venues are dedicated to the achievements of scientists and inventors, theater workers, composers, famous buildings, military campaigns, etc.

In particular, 7 zones will operate on Tverskaya and Mokhovaya streets, which will be completely blocked for cars. The Moscow Sets Records zone on Tverskaya will house a parkour park, two boxing arenas, motocross and mountain bike jumps, a climbing wall in the form of Moscow City towers 10 meters high, and much more. There will be boxing and parkour competitions, freestyle shows with tricks on special bikes, and master classes. About 500 sports instructors will conduct classes for adults and children in snowboarding, trampolining and other sports.

In the Moscow Building zone art objects reflecting Moscow architecture will be installed on Tverskaya, made of plexiglass, plastic, plywood and metal, hand-painted and illuminated. So, on Tverskaya you can see the layouts Stalin skyscrapers, sculpture "Worker and Collective Farm Woman", models of the Soviet rover and lunar rover, icebreaker "Arktika". The key object will be the model of the orbital space station"Salyut-7" is almost in the original scale, you can look into it. And the first woman to come out outer space, Svetlana Savitskaya will talk about her unique experience at the festival.

On the site "Moscow invents", which will open on the section of Tverskaya Street from Voznesensky to Stoleshnikov Lane, scientists will talk about the most fresh discoveries. So, biologist and journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky will tell about the unusual abilities of plants and animals. During master classes and experiments, the audience will be shown how we feel tastes, why such natural phenomena like a tsunami or a thunderstorm. The nature of electricity will become clearer with the help of lasers and mirrors, science shows"Crystallomania", "Reaktiv" and "Mendeleev".

Where: Moscow, Revolution Square, Tverskoy Boulevard, Novopushkinsky Square, Manezhnaya Square, Novy Arbat, etc.

  • Good Deeds Festival on Tsvetnoy Boulevard

Charitable organizations will arrange an exhibition-fair of assistance to residents on Tsvetnoy Boulevard big city. Those in need can be helped by buying dishes, toys, souvenirs, clothes and accessories. Everyone will be able to participate in a charity run for a donation of 200 rubles. The length of the distance is 6.5 km, registration is on the website until September 8. On the evening of September 10, a concert will take place at which Chelsea, Django, Pizza groups, the ex-soloist of Tatu Lena Katina, Sogdiana, Dominik Joker and Katya Kokorina, rapper Kravts, Stas Piekha and other artists will perform.

Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard

  • Inter-museum festival on the Arbat

On City Day, historians and literary critics on stage near the theater. Vakhtangov will talk about the Arbat - a unique place, Moscow's Montmartre, the center of the cultural life of the capital. Walking tours will be organized for those who wish. On September 9 and 10, the Russian group “Feelin’s”, the Italian singer Boris Savoldell, the project “Yesenin Jazz” will perform here.

Where: Moscow, st. Arbat

  • Festival "Bright People"

street theater festival bright people will be held in Gorky Park and Muzeon. Here you can see performances of foreign and domestic theater projects. The French group Remue Ménage will show the play "Bear's Mouth" with giant artificial bears. The Italian Corona will present the show "Lotus Flower" and "White Lady", with the participation of dancers, acrobats and musicians who became famous at the Venice Carnival. The Russian Liquid Theater team and GITIS graduates will perform a 10-hour show-tale "Colored Dreams". Spectators will go on a magical journey with aerialists, acrobats and opera singers.

Muzeon Art Park will feature a fusion of design, theatrical, visual and musical art. The performance "Fashion + Poetry" will take place here, during which the poems of contemporary poets will be read by actors dressed in designer outfits from Moscow fashion designers. The troupes of the Artem Gaponenko Theatre, Sketches in Space and Freak. Fabrik. There will be fashion shows by designers Andrey Bartenev, Venera Kazarova, Kirill Mintsev and others. Visitors will also be able to create unique images with the help of stylists, make accessories and souvenirs from ecologically clean materials in the "Fashion + Art" zone.

  • "Theatrical March" in the Hermitage Garden

The Theater March, which will take place for the fifth time on City Day, will allow Muscovites to see new theatrical performances free of charge. On September 9, the School of Modern Drama will show "Bad Advice" based on the book by G. Oster, and "Theatrium on Serpukhovka" - the family musical "The Flying Ship". For adults there will be a concert "On blue Danube» from the Musical Theatre. K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. The 2017 Golden Mask nominees - dancers of the Ballet Moscow Theater will perform a modern dance performance "All Ways Go North". In the evening, the troupe of the Taganka Theater will show the rock-n-drama "Viy" based on Gogol's story, in which the actors are musicians at the same time, and the lyrics of the songs of the deceased bard Venya D'Rkin (Alexander Litvinov) give depth and a new understanding of the mystical story. On Sunday, September 10, artists from Moscow theaters will perform old favorite songs about Moscow. Then the musical and poetic program "Dance Floor" and the poetic performance "Brodsky. Poems" from the Praktika Theatre, the Meyerhold Center and the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop. Children on this day will be able to be announcers, directors and even actors in the Stanislavsky creative workshop.

Where: Moscow, Hermitage Garden

Where: Moscow, TsPKiO im. Gorky, park of arts "Museon"

  • "Labyrinth of Time" in the Moscow Zoo

On City Day, visitors to the Moscow Zoo will be told about the history of the Moscow Zoo, starting from its foundation in 1864. Everyone will be able to travel back in time and attend the opening of the zoo, see what the zoo looked like in Soviet times. Children will be invited to participate in a festive procession in the form of animals. The guys will make the masks themselves out of paper at the master class.

Where: Moscow Zoo

  • "City of Poets" on Triumfalnaya Square

Poetry lovers should take a look at Triumphalnaya Square, where they will read poetry famous poets born in the capital: from Pushkin to Vysotsky, from Lermontov to Akhmadulina. Literary quests and quizzes were also prepared for visitors, and the action "Rhyme with Moscow" will take place. Heroes of Russian classics will come to life in theatrical and musical performances.

Where: Moscow, Triumphalnaya Square

  • "Moscow 60s" in the Garden. Bauman

The excursion program and historical lectures dedicated to the era of the 60s - 70s of the twentieth century will be held in the garden. Bauman. This time was remembered by the growth of the well-being of Muscovites, the provision of housing and equipment, the active construction of Khrushchev and constructivist buildings, as well as space achievements. During these years, the architectural formation of modern Moscow was going on. Visitors will see their favorite Soviet films of the 60-70s, a photo exhibition of the life of Soviet citizens under Khrushchev and Brezhnev. Guests will be able to dance twist and rock and roll to retro hits of domestic and foreign music and take selfies in the interior of the 60s. Children at master classes will be able to play builders, animators and even assemble a spaceship.

Where: Moscow, Bauman Garden

  • Free tours

Muscovites on City Day will be able to go on free tours along the Moscow River and the MCC. During a walk on the river tram "Along the Moscow River through the centuries" you can see the Sparrow Hills, the Novodevichy Convent, the Andreevsky (Pushkin) Bridge, the Kremlin and Moskvoretskaya embankments. The guide will tell you about the history of these places, interesting facts, and show you the longest Moscow building of the 18th century. You need to pay a transport fee and register on the site. The tour will take place on September 9 and 19, meeting at the Novospassky Bridge pier.

On the excursion "MTC - the steel ring of the capital" on September 9 and 10, passengers will be told about the historical background of the modern MCC, 15 historical stations and others interesting facts. For example, about the fact that once the passage of the MOZHD cost more than a can of red caviar 450 gr. Participants are required to pay the fare and pay a deposit for the use of the audio guide. Tours start at 11.00, 14.00, 16.00. Gathering at the information stand "Live Communication" at the MCC station "Business Center".

AT holidays there will be other excursions and quests to museums and estates, sightseeing around the city.


Residents and guests of the capital will be able, together with a guide, to take a boat trip and ride a train, play old games in estates and listen to street musicians at the festival.

Museums of Moscow will work for free on City Day

For the celebration of the 870th anniversary of the capital, the Department of Culture and the Museum of Moscow organize more than ten free tours. Those who wish can go on a trip along the Moscow River, drive with a guide along the Moscow central ring and play old games in city estates.

In the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow will be held Festival "Museum and City". Visitors will see an exhibition dedicated to the history of the city, listen to stories about prominent Muscovites. Street artists and musicians will perform there, and residents will be able to take part in the discussion of cultural projects, including in the field of information technologies. Festive events will be held for two days, September 9 and 10, from 10:00 to 20:00.

Members excursions "Along the Moscow River through the centuries" they will see the Sparrow Hills, where ancient settlements were located before our era, as well as five Stalinist skyscrapers, the Novodevichy Convent and other sights. During the walk, the sightseers will be told about the history of the Andreevsky Bridge, which in 1999-2000 was moved two kilometers down the river and "placed" in Gorky Park. In addition, the participants will be shown the oldest embankment of the capital - the Kremlin, as well as the longest building in Moscow of the XVIII century - the Imperial Orphanage on Moskvoretskaya Embankment.

The tour will take place on September 9 at 18:00 and September 10 at 11:00, duration - two hours and 15 minutes. The route will start from the Novospassky Bridge pier. The tour is free, but participants need to pay a transport fee and pre-register on the bureau's website, which will start within two weeks.

On the same days, Muscovites are expected to excursions "MCC - the steel ring of Moscow". Participants will learn the history of the construction of 15 historical stations of the Moscow District Railway, adjacent to the modern MCC stations. These are Andronovka, Ugreshskaya, Presnya (Kutuzovskaya), Likhobory, Vladykino, Rostokino, Belokamennaya and others. All of them were built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Art Nouveau style.

The station buildings were designed by the architect Alexander Pomerantsev. He also worked on the project of the GUM building on Red Square. Also, the participants of the tour will learn that the cost of a trip along the Moscow District railway in those days it was greatly overestimated and varied depending on the class of the car. For example, first-class travel cost passengers three rubles. For comparison: in 1911, a cab ride in Moscow cost an average of 15 kopecks, a pound (approximately 450 grams) of red caviar - 44 kopecks, and a three-course dinner accompanied by live music in the Slavyansky Bazaar restaurant - 1.75 rubles.

Excursion "MCC - the steel ring of Moscow" will be held on September 9 and 10, meeting with the guide at the “Live Communication” information stand at the MCC Business Center station. Gathering of participants - at 11:00, 14:00 and 16:00. The tour lasts an hour and a half, which is exactly how long it takes to make a full circle around the ring. The tour is free, participants will be required to pay a deposit for the use of the radio guide and pay the fare.

9th of September Museum "Estate of Princes Golitsyn Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki"(Konny yard, Starye Kuzminki street, 13/15) there will be excursions, master classes, evening tea and a historical horse show. At 12:00, guests can visit the author's tour of the exhibition "Gardens and Parks". At 14:00 and 15:00 there will also be sightseeing tours of the estate.

From 16:00 to 20:00, citizens will be able to get to "Manor Evening"- tea drinking accompanied by live music, after which theatrical performances await guests. The evening will end with a horse show in historical costumes of the 19th century.

9th of September at the Museum "English Compound"(Varvarka street, 4a) visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of past centuries. Against the backdrop of historical interiors of the 16th-17th centuries, it will be possible to take part in ancient folk amusements on the site, for example, play burners - the prototype of modern baubles, and grandmothers - the forerunner of dice. For guests, animators will hold three sessions of folk fun lasting one hour. Start at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00. The next day, September 10, the English Compound Museum will host two sightseeing tours lasting one hour. Start at 10:30 and 12:30.

Schedule of excursions, master classes and quests on City Day 2017

– 18:00-20:15 – boat excursion “On the Moscow River through the centuries”, you will need to pay a transport fee;

— 18:00 — bus tour “Moscow. View from above”, you will need to pay a transport fee and a ticket to the observation deck.

- 11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30, 16:00-17:30 - excursions around the Moscow Central Circle, meeting at the "Live Communication" information stand, Business Center MCC station;

– 11:00-13:15 – boat excursion “On the Moscow River through the centuries”, you will need to pay a transport fee.

Museum "English Compound"

Museum of History "Lefortovo"

Museum of Archeology of Moscow

Moscow City Museum

As part of the Museum and the City festival, free tours of the museum's exhibitions will be held.

– 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 15:00-16:00, 18:00-19:00 – excursion “History of Medieval Moscow”;
– 13:00-14:00, 16:00-17:00 – excursion “History and architecture of the “Food stores” complex”.

Museum "Estate of Princes Golitsyn Vlakhernskoe-Kuzminki"

- 12:00 - author's excursion of the historian Boris Sokolov;
- 14:00, 15:00 - excursions around the estate;
- 16:00-20:00 - "Manor evening", which will include a tea party with live music, a horse show and theatrical performances.