There’s a new Central Asian restaurant in downtown Moscow and its name comes from a berry which is also using in some of the dishes offered. Barbaris, or barberry, is the name and it is also known as zereshk in dried form.

If you are in the Moscow area, visiting beautiful Russian women perhaps, there is a village and area to the southeast of the city named Gzhel that could make for a good day trip for some sightseeing.
Usually the word “Gzhel” brings to mind the blue and white painted pottery which is a popular Russian souvenir. [...]

Many people do not know that the American artist James Abbot McNeill Whistler spent part of his early life in Russia. His father played a role in the design of the St. Petersburg-Moscow railroad, so at the age of 9, Whistler was sent to study at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.
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