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Moscow,beingthecapitalofRussiawithabout10millioninhabitants,issupposedtobesomethingimpressiveanditis.OneofthefirstimpressionsMoscowgivesistheoneofachaoticcitywithlargebusyavenues,jammedtraffic,speedylife,glinteringads.Atthesametimeyouseecalmgreyresidentialareas,hiddenlittlechurcheswithgoldendomesandchurchmusicinthecentrum,monumentalStalin’sbuildings.Unlikelycontrastsareeverywhere:fancyshopsonTverskayastreetneighbournearlyfallingapartconcretebuildingsofrun-downSoviethotelsandgovernmentbuildings;hipcrowdswearingthelatestdesignclothessippingcocktailsinastate-of-the-artcafesandruggedtiredpeoplewithsolemnandunhappyfacescarryingtheburdenofexistenceinthisnew“democratic”world,whereeverybodydependsononeself(whatachangefromtheSoviettimes).
Moscow, beingthecapitalofRussiawithabout10millioninhabitants, issupposedtobesomethingimpressiveanditis.OneofthefirstimpressionsMoscowgivesistheoneofachaoticcitywithlargebusyavenues, jammedtraffic, speedylife, glinteringads.Atthesametimeyouseecalmgreyresidentialareas, hiddenlittlechurcheswithgoldendomesandchurchmusicinthecentrum, monumentalStalin’sbuildings.Unlikelycontrastsareeverywhere: fancyshopsonTverskayastreetneighbournearlyfallingapartconcretebuildingsofrun-downSoviethotelsandgovernmentbuildings; hipcrowdswearingthelatestdesignclothessippingcocktailsinastate-of-the-artcafesandruggedtiredpeoplewithsolemnandunhappyfacescarryingtheburdenofexistenceinthisnew “democratic ” world, whereeverybodydependsononeself (whatachangefromtheSoviettimes).