Топик: Russia

- Have you recently visited any museums or theatres?

- Recently I have been to the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts to enjoy the Impressionists' works of art and the Picasso. As for the theatre, the performance that impressed me greatly was "Tsar Fyodor Ioanovich" at the Mali Theatre. This classical play was wonderfully performed.

- What monuments would you recommend your foreign guests to see?

- ~ First of all they should visit Red Square. There they will see the monuments connected with the history of Russia. In Red Square they will see a monument to Minin and Pozharsky. It was erected in 1818 to commemorate their victory over the Polish invaders in 1612. In front of the Historical museum they will see a monument to Marshal Zhukov. Under his leadership the Soviet Union won World War II. The monument was erected in May 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory over Fascist Germany. Then walking up Tverskaya Street their attention can be attracted by the monument to Yury Dolgoruky, the founder of Moscow. In Pushkin Square they will see the monument to Alexander Pushkin, the great Russian poet. In Mayakovskaya Square there is a monument to Vladimir Mayakovsky, the Russian poet of the 20-th century. If our guests want to see the dismantled monuments to the political leaders of the previous epoch I shall take them to the square attached to the Central House of Painters.