As we have already reported, this year the traditional journey of the winner of the FIRST TEACHER competition was made by two teachers – Nurzhan Isakova, the winner of the 12th competition (2023/2024 academic year) and Turumkan Karimova, the winner of the 6th competition (2017).
This report consists of two parts: from July 8 to 11 (Part 1) and from July 12 to 17 (Part 2) 2024.
PART 2
07/12/2024 FRIDAY
We spent Friday at the Tretyakov Gallery, in the main building in Lavrushinsky Lane. The museum’s exposition consists of the famous collection of Russian fine art of the 16th and 20th centuries, rich and diverse. We managed to walk through all the halls and discuss the most impressive works of the artists.
We walked along the pedestrian Lavrushinsky Lane, ascended the small Luzhkov Bridge, from which fountains can be seen gushing directly from the canal bordering Bolotnaya Square. We climbed the Big Stone Bridge and returned home for dinner on the subway.
07/13/2024 SATURDAY
After breakfast, we hurried to the Kremlin. The visit to the Kremlin was scheduled for Saturday, because on this day, once a week in the summer, on Cathedral Square at 12:00, you can see an interesting show – the divorce ceremony of the foot and horse guards of the Presidential Regiment, which has been held since 2004. The participants are dressed in uniforms of the beginning of the XX century, designed under Nicholas II in honor of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. The synchronicity of horse and foot performances to the sounds of a military band is impressive.
At the end of the show, we visited the cathedrals of the Kremlin, strolled through its well-groomed territory, took a look from the Kremlin wall at the Moskva River. Like all tourists, took pictures at the Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell.
At 13:30 we visited the famous museum in the Kremlin – the ARMORY, where valuables belonging to generations of the royal family are presented – carriages, thrones, clothes, horse equipment, dishes and other things.
After lunch at the cafe in the Hermitage Garden, we visited the Novaya Opera Theater. Adolf Adan’s opera “THE POSTMAN FROM LONGJUMEAU” with a rather funny plot was waiting for us.
After the opera, we walked a little through Moscow at night: Petrovka St., Petrovsky Passage, and went out to the Theater Square to the Bolshoi Theater. We had dinner at home that day.
07/14/2024 SUNDAY
In the morning, my guests met with their relatives.
In the evening, we attended an unforgettable performance at the NIKULIN CIRCUS on Tsvetnoy Boulevard called “MATRYOSHKA”.
After leaving the circus, we took pictures at the wonderful sculpture of Nikulin getting out of the car at the steps of the circus, as well as at the clowns by Z. Tsereteli on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
07/15/2024 MONDAY
That day we had breakfast on the roof of our house on Khodynsky Boulevard. The guests have been waiting for this for a long time, they really liked our picnic area on the roof above the 12th floor, which overlooks the Khodynskoye Pole Park, and on the other hand, the Moscow City complex
At 13:00, a boat trip on the RADISSON FLOTILLA along the Moscow River took place from the RADISSON-UKRAINE hotel to the high-rise building on the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment. The walk lasts two and a half hours, from the yacht you can admire the most famous views of the center of Moscow.
After getting off the yacht, we visited the five-star Radisson-Ukraine Hotel, located in one of the seven Moscow skyscrapers. The lobby of the hotel is luxurious, with murals and sculptures, but we came to see a unique diorama of Moscow – a mock-up of the Kremlin and the surrounding area. It was created in 1977 by order of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the national exhibition in America, where it caused a sensation: “miniature Moscow” in New York’s Deer Park was visited by up to 40 thousand people a day.
Evening came, and we went to the theater for the ballet, got caught in a torrential summer downpour. We visited the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater for the classical ballet by Caesar Puni “ESMERALDA”. It is one of the best opera and ballet theaters in the world. And the building is surprisingly elegant and well maintained.
07/16/2024 TUESDAY
This time we went for a whole day to the Arkhangelskoe Manor Museum-Reserve, located near Moscow. This is the estate of the Yusupovs, the richest family of the Russian Empire. We took a walk through the huge park surrounding the Yusupov Palace. The park consists of trees trimmed in the French style, a large English lawn in the center, called “Parterre”, bordered by galleries of greenery, the embankment of the Moskva River. Sculptures in the classical style are scattered here and there. Nearby there is an infield church with water towers. The greenery and the promenade paths in the park are very well maintained.
We returned home for dinner.
07/17/2024 WEDNESDAY
Departure to Sheremetyevo airport. 07:55 departure to Bishkek
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