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The 21st World Cup will be held in Russia. The first match of the championship between the hosts of the tournament and Saudi Arabia will be held June 14, 2018 at the stadium Luzhniki, which also hosted the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in 1980. The stadium itself was closed in 2013 for reconstruction, it now fully meets all international football standards: capacity has been increased to 81,000 people and the review of the field itself has been improved - the treadmills have been removed and the angle of the stands has changed.

The tournament will be held in 11 cities of Russia: Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Yekaterinburg. Football matches will take 12 arenas - two in Moscow and one in the other cities-organizers. The second Moscow stadium was built in 2014 and is the home arena of the largest Russian football club "Spartak". Its capacity is 45 thousand people.

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Zaryadie park is the newest park in the center of Moscow near Kremlin and Red Square. Before Zaryadie park was founded the place was occupied by Rossiya Hotel. Rossiya Hotel was demolished several years ago and Moscow government decided to create a modern park. There are several key places of Zaryadie like - cave that contains constant minus temperature, transfers visitors to the atmosphere of the Far North. offers to feel the world around you. tells about the history of the Zaryadie area. is a modern educational center. The River Overlook, with its 70-metre-long concrete cantilever, opens up panoramic views of the Kremlin, the river embankment, and the park itself. The Glass Crust is able to create a microclimate of its own, which can shelter the amphitheatre and the garden of heat-loving plants from bad weather.😀

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February 23 is a special date for Russia, the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland celebrats. This day is a national holiday and always official weekend. The holiday was coined by the Bolsheviks in 1923 on the orders of the revolutionary - Trotsky. Ostensibly on this day in 1918 the workers 'and peasants' red army was formed, but all the historical documents indicate that the creation of a new army occurred back in January 1918.
In today's Russia, Defender of the Fatherland Day is more likely associated with the holiday of all males, regardless of whether the man served in the Army. 8th of March in the Russian Federation is considered a women's day and often presents to women depend on how well they congratulated men on February 23.

In Russia, 80% of the population consider themselves Christians, namely the Orthodox - one of the three main trends in Christianity, along with Catholicism and Protestantism. Just like Catholics, Easter is considered one of the main celebrations, but dates in Orthodox Church are differ for several days or even weeks (depends on the lunar calendar). Easter is preceded by the Great Lent, which lasts 48 days and always begins on Sunday, ate the same time Catholics have the Easter Lent starting on Wednesday.
Sunday before the start of the fast, the Orthodox already stop eating dairy products, and also try to purify themselves with prayers and receive forgiveness from relatives, so this day in Russia is called - Forgiven Sunday. In 2018 fast will last from February 19 to April 7 inclusive.

Moscow pancake week (as known as Maslenitsa) started on 9'th of February and will continue till the next weekend (18th of February). If you've never tasted Russian pancakes this ywo weeks are the best time to change it. Ussually almost all cafes, restaraunts and street food places offers the wide range of pancakes and fillings like meat, fruits, curd, caviar and many others. Moscow government prepared special entartainment program for locals and guests: master classes, masquerade at Novy Arbat street, Maslenitsa excursions, exibitions etc. Enjoy your pancake! Happy Maslenitsa!

There are more than 50 years VDNKh is the main place for skating among locals and Moscow guests. Nowadays it's officially called "The main skating rink of Russia" and includes 20 000 square meters of ice, 6 meter high foot bridge, separate skating rink for children, 11 cafes and restaraunts and 1 food-court (you don't even need to remove the skates). Also you can easily rent skates and/or instructor. There are more than 4 500 people can easily skating at VDNKh simulteniously. Enjoy your winter holidays in Moscow!!!

In Russia exist one very old tradition - they celebrate the New Year two times. The fact is that until 1918 the Russian Empire lived on the Julian calendar and after the transition to the Gregorian, people decided to celebrate twice a year, because two fiestas is better than one. The first New Year Russians feast together with the whole world on the night of January 31-1st, and the second time on the night of January 14th. What is remarkable, the Christian event Circumcision of Jesus in the Russian Orthodox Church is celebrated on January 14, but Catholics do this on January 1st.

In 2017, Moscow was visited by more than 21 million tourists - a record for the new history of Moscow. First of all, this happened is due to the large numbers of international high-level festivals and revolution of the tourist infrastructure of the capital that take place last few years. In 2018, even more tourists are expected to grow in Moscow thanks to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. According to Instagram data, Moscow is among the Top 3 most popular cities in the world in 2017. Additionally The Wall Street Journal has included Moscow in the Top 5 most interesting destinations for winter holidays.

December is a good time for skating in Moscow! There are several famous places for it, but one of the best is Gorky Park. If you don't have skates you can easily rent them. You will also enjoy local food court with mulled wine and different types of flavoured teas. This year organisers added place for evening parties, that's why after skфting you can also dance in Gorky Park.
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Today in Moscow is the City Day - 870 years since the founding of the capital of Russia. It is celebrated annually on the first or second Saturday of September (always differently). On this day throughout the city there are folk festivals and concerts. The history of this holiday began 120 years ago, it was the 700th anniversary of Moscow that was celebrated for the first time, and the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, decided to celebrate City Day regularly in early September. The celebrations ends with a solemn evening salute.

In every global rating of the countries with the highest percent of the beautiful women Russia is always in the top-5. There are really many beauties, but the most distinctive feature of Russian girls is desire to look perfect in any situation, even if she plans to throw out the garbage or to go on a walk in the park, many of them will prefer to wear high heels.