Have you ever wondered how people in the USSR REALLY lived? The daily reality of an average Soviet person was equally removed from the extremes of the ebullient propaganda posters and grim tales of totalitarian oppression. And you can take a trip back in time and into the homes of “ordinary Soviet people” thanks to…
Before they became Tzars and Emperors of the Russian Empire, the Romanovs were prominent boyars (nobles) and lived in Moscow. Their house in Moscow’s oldest neighborhood, Kitay Gorod, was built in the 1500s out of stone – a rarity at that time – and was practically a palace in those days. It was painstakingly restored…
Lack of a personal palace is one of my life’s greatest deficiencies. So thank goodness there are plenty of gorgeous 18th and 19th century grand estates in Moscow and its close surroundings to chose from should I find myself in possession of a couple of spare billions or an oil field in my backyard. The…
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