Photography: Pavel Samohvalov About 700 pairs of skates were stolen from the skating rink in Gorky Park in just five days of operation. The head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Sergei Kapkov, who is no stranger to both Gorky Park and the United Russia party, told BG about why this is happening and what he thinks about it: “The day before the elections, we opened a skating rink in Gorky Park that can accommodate 4,500 people. We bought 5,000 pairs of skates so people could skate.

We live without feeling the country beneath us, Our speeches are not heard ten steps away, And where is enough for half a conversation, They will remember the Kremlin highlander... O. Mandelstam The sound is approaching. And, submissive to the aching sound, The soul becomes younger. And in a dream I press your old one to my lips hand, Not breathing... A.

“Dear viewers, listeners, readers! The time has come to declare your civic position directly and openly. We were left no choice. We urge you to come on December 24 at 14:00 to Sakharov Avenue and participate in a general civil protest. We do NOT encourage you to support parties or political leaders, as well as slogans that contradict your beliefs. We urge you not to forget that: Power is the fellow citizens we choose. Our right is free choice.

poster / children / education / guide / books / audit / teachers / column / gifts / museum / Internet / shops / things / Moscow / New Year / interview / photo history / pedagogy / Moscow schools / unusual pedagogy / Shardam / medicine / expedition / new / hero About the officers In my childhood there were many crippled people on the move - war heroes. Drunk, legless people who walked on stocks.

Illustration: poster by Lev Rubinstein, created using an automatic machine for poster production at bg.ru/poster In October, on the cover of “Big City” we wrote words that two months later became demands of Moscow squares, and I think that the key word on that cover was the word “values” - if the concepts of freedom and dignity stand behind it. I think that in December of this year one time ended and another began. I think our generation is lucky. I think my city has already changed.

Photo: ITAR-TASS Horseback riding You can also ride horses in Moscow. But since you have some free time during the holidays, it’s much more pleasant to get out of the city and drive through the snow-covered fields and forests of the Moscow region. The Outpost horse ranch near Mozhaisk offers routes along the outskirts of the Mozhaisk Reservoir and the Moscow River; there are walks of varying difficulty - both for those who are riding a horse for the first time and for those who want to gallop.