The Russian capital is celebrating its 864th birthday. The solemn celebration ceremony began at noon with the chimes of the Kremlin tower clock. For the first time in the last two decades, a dramatized show took place in Red Square in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, city mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Before the show, city authorities laid flowers on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the statue of Marshal Georgy Zhukov.
Over 6,000 war veterans, leaders of the country and its capital, representatives of public and youth organizations and religious confessions were among spectators on the stands specially established in the main square of the country on the occasion of the Moscow City Day. The show was divided into five parts in which famous symphony orchestras, dance groups, Bolshoi Theatre soloists and Todes Ballet dancers showed their skills. The show was meant to combine the history, the present day and the future of the Russian capital. Congratulating Muscovites, Dmitry Medvedev stressed the city’s historical role and assured its residents that their opinions on the development of the city will be taken into consideration:
“Today’s Moscow is one of the most beautiful and influential cities of the world. We have started to implement such initiatives as building an International Financial Centre and also an administrative centre on the city’s new territory. Undoubtedly, this is a historic task. Both these centres are meant to make Moscow a comfortable, well-planned and competitive city.”
1) The first and the most important magnet of Uzbekistan are the local people, who are passionate about their country, culture and future.
2) Everywhere you will see various mosaics: golden,ceramics or wooden based.
3) There are a workshops available where you can learn and do it yourself.
4) There a variety of things you can take back to your home country with this mosaic: Christmas decorations, earrings, postcards, cups and etc.It is my terminology to call Uzbek hospitality as Sumalak Hospitality which means sacramental, very traditional and so touching.
5) I love Sumalak which has place in Kyrgyz culture as well. And I found here a lot of similarity with my own culture.
6) It became an issue for last year in my city, therefore I noticed a clean air in Uzbekistan.
7) The reason is that in the cities people use natural gas as fuel.
8) I didn’t see any trash anywhere. May be I’ve been only in touristic places.
9) However, I think it is a great accomplishment of the Uzbek government who cares about it.
10) That was unforgettable memory and feeling that I need to discover more in this beautiful country.