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Moscow - Moscow has been a tantalising prospect to a generation
of ambitious tourists from Western Europe. Although it sits to the
West of the mighty Russian Federation - the largest country in the
world - and only a few hundred kilometres from the border, the city
was rendered out of reach by the political posturings and paranoia
of the Soviet Union.
Two decades on from Glasnost, at last the city is truly open to
visitors and it doesn't disappoint. Aloof and distant through the
long Cold War years, the Muscovites have warmed to the influx of
visitors. The Soviet programme of utilitarianism failed to eclipse
Moscow's beauty and now the city appears in all its glory. Red
Square and the Kremlin count among the most beautiful and ornate
buildings in the world and in the Bolshoi, Moscow can boast the
world's most accomplished dance company.
But the relics of the Soviet era are still just as fascinating.
Stalin's "Seven Sisters" are the most recognisable symbols of the
expansive Communist vision, while the straight lines of Lenin's
Mausoleum in Red Square declare a philosophy of functionality. But
for Muscovites at least this isn't a past that they want to dwell
on. Happy to celebrate the cathedrals and wealth of architecture in
the Kremlin that has sat at the city heart for eight centuries, they
are less eager to show off the grandiose buildings of 1950s
communism.
The revival of the Orthodox religion is just one sign that Russians
are enjoying their new found freedom, but it is equally evident in
the clothes, the cars and the mannerisms of Moscow's youth. Visit
any of the city's leading bars, clubs and restaurants and you could
be anywhere in Europe. Everyone seems eager to move on and play
their part in the new Russia, in a truly breathtaking rapidity of
change.
But it only takes one visit in winter, when the onion cupolas of St
Basil's are tipped with snow and icicles dangle over the Kremlin
wall - and you'll find that in the sheer beauty of the vista (and in
the fur-lined shapka hat) some things are destined never to alter.
And that should guarantee that Moscow never loses its allure.
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