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Sizes: M (Medium), L (Large), XL (X-Large) Metric: 46-48, 48-50, 52-54 Consists of: 100% cotton Availability: ships within 5-7 business days Origin: Russian Federation PRODUCT DETAILS: This is an original Russian T-shirt. Screen printed in Moscow, Russia. Manufactured of 5.1 oz. fabric - luxuriously soft 100% cotton ring-spun yarn with double-needle coverseamed neck. The print on the front of the T-shirt pictures a full map of Moscow metro (subway). The words on top of the map say: 'MOSCOW, Line Map of Metropolitan'. This is an absolute must for any tourist travelling to Moscow or just returning from a trip to the Russian capital (to materialize your memories of this Moscow wonder with its underground palaces in marble and limestone). The back of the T-shirt displays an image that may be seen on the inside of the metro trains' doors: ''Do Not Lean!'' For the conveniece of travellers we are also including a full English map of Moscow metro below. MORE INFO / RELATED STORY: THE MOSCOW METRO The Moscow Metro is the most popular and, that is why, the most overcrowded public transport facility of the city. The first line of the Moscow Metro was open in 1935, it covered the distance from Sokolniki to Gorky Park and included 13 stations. Currently, there are over 150 stations (including transition stations) of the Moscow Metro. The Metro stations were designed and embellished by prominent Russian architects, artists and sculptors. Their great talent and decorative skills created a peculiar underground network of great artistic value. The gamut of original materials, which were used to ornament the stations, is so wide that the Moscow Metro may be called a unique Museum of Geology or even a peculiar Museum of Arts. The fee for one trip by Metro is fixed, i.e. it doesn't depend on the length of your route. Don't forget to get a Metro token, when going somewhere by the Metro. You may buy it in the Metro entrance halls. Then, deposit it into a slot of an automatic entry gate and get in. If you have a season ticket, just show it to a ticket-collector when passing by. However, a new, more convenient method of payment is already applied at nearly all Metro stations, it includes the use of plastic cards instead of tokens. Plastic cards, as well as tokens, are on sale in the Metro entrance halls. You may pay for a certain number of trips by Metro (5, 10 20, etc.) and this number will be recorded on the card. The only thing you have to do is to insert the plastic card into the slot of an entry gate, where the information is read, and get in. Check with the Metro outline to map out the route before going anywhere by Metro, it may only help you to avoid many train changes and find the shortest way up to the place you need. The stations of the Moscow Metro are open since 5:30 a.m. The last train leaves its final route-point at 1:00 a.m., late at night, that's the time, when passengers are not allowed to make transitions from one line to another. Many Muscovites go to work and back home by Metro, that's why you should be aware of the rush hours in the Moscow Metro on working days. Try to avoid using Metro during peak hours in the morning, between 7.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m., and in the evening, from 4.00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. However, many stations are always overcrowded. In most cases, these are the stations located close to railway and bus terminals, biggest department stores and market places. The main rule a person has to follow, when diving into the depth of the Moscow Metro for the first time, says that no one is to be afraid of a crowd. However, no one should trust the crowd completely and follow it thoughtlessly. If you can't get into the Metro car, don't try to squeeze into it, but wait till next train comes, you might get a better chance of finding a vacant place. If you want to change from one line to another, use the Metro layout to choose and plan the best and the shortest route. The task becomes easier, if a station has only one transfer. As a rule, the Metro guiding boards indicate the lines and stations and you may always find the needed one. The exit boards are also very simple and easy-to read. They display a brief inscription and the names of nearby streets, department stores or organisations. In case a station has two or even more transfers, try to get calm and don't follow the crowd, in this case you may miss your direction. Instead, try to find the information board indicating the needed station. If it doesn't help, don't get scared and try to ask other people for help. In most cases, the Muscovites are friendly enough to show you the way out of the difficult situation. If not, continue to ask the passers-by and the fifth one will definitely help you. Moreover, there is a duty personnel at every station, it's their job to help you. Take care of your personal belongings. The crowd always attracts dishonest people. Please, look after your bags, handbags, pockets, etc. Don't leave your belongings in the Metro trains or in any other public transport. Otherwise, you'll always have a small chance of getting information about the lost things through calling 222-2085 (Metro) and 923-8753 (overland transport). You may always find the Metro entrance easily. Whatever it looks like, it is indicated by big red letter 'M' (illuminated in the evenings and late at night). Ź Copyright Moscow-Guide.ru

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'From Russia with Love'

Sizes: á M (Medium), L (Large), XL (X-Large) Metric: á 46-48, 48-50, 52-54 Consists of: á 100% cotton Availability: á ships within 5-7 business days Origin: á Russian Federation Product Details á This is an original Russian T-shirt. Screen printed in Moscow, Russia. Manufactured of 5.1 oz. fabric - luxuriously soft 100% cotton ring-spun yarn with double-needle coverseamed neck. The print shows the domes of the world-famous St. Basil's Cathedral - that stands on the Red Square in Moscow - with red & golden stars shining above it. 'RUSSIA' is what is printed just below the domes, and the smaller blue font reads: 'From Russia with Love'. á MORE INFO / RELATED STORY: á St. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL The famous St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that on completion of the church the Tsar ordered the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, to be blinded to prevent him from ever creating anything to rival its beauty again. (He did in fact go on to build another cathedral in Vladimir despite his ocular impediment!) The cathedral was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's successful military campaign against the Tartar Mongols in 1552 in the besieged city of Kazan. Victory came on the feast day of the Intercession of the Virgin, so the Tsar chose to name his new church the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat, after the moat that ran beside the Kremlin. The church was given the nickname 'St. Basil's' after the 'holy fool' Basil the Blessed (1468-1552), who was hugely popular at that time with the Muscovites masses and even with Ivan the Terrible himself. St. Basil's was built on the site of the earlier Trinity Cathedral, which at one point gave its name to the neighboring square. St. Basil's is a delightful array of swirling colors and redbrick towers. Its design comprises nine individual chapels, each topped with a unique onion dome and each commemorating a victorious assault on the city of Kazan. In 1588 the ninth chapel was erected to house the tomb of the church's namesake, Basil the Blessed. The church's design is based on deep religious symbolism and was meant to be an architectural representation of the New Jerusalem - the Heavenly Kingdom described in the Book of Revelation of St. John the Divine. The eight onion dome-topped towers are positioned around a central, ninth spire, forming an eight-point star. The number eight carries great religious significance; it denotes the day of Christ's Resurrection (the eighth day by the ancient Jewish calendar) and the promised Heavenly Kingdom - the kingdom of the eighth century, which will begin after the second coming of Christ. The eight-point star itself symbolizes the Christian Church as a guiding light to mankind, showing us the way to the Heavenly Jerusalem and it represents the Virgin Mary, depicted in Orthodox iconography with a veil decorated with three eight-pointed stars. The cathedral's star-like plan carries yet more meaning - the star consisting of two superimposed squares, which represent the stability of faith, the four corners of the earth, the four Evangelists and the four equal-sided walls of the Heavenly City. The extravagant and brightly colored domes of the cathedral's exterior mask a much more modestly decorated and somewhat less spectacular interior. Small dimly lit chapels and maze-like corridors fill the inside of the church and the walls are covered with delicate floral designs in subdued pastel colors dating from the 17th century. Visitors can climb up a narrow, wooden spiral staircase, set in one of the walls and discovered only in the 1970s during restoration work, and marvel at the Chapel of the Intercession's priceless iconostasis, dating back to the 16th century. There was so little room inside the church to accommodate worshippers, that on special feast days services were held outside on Red Square where the clergy communicated their sermons to the milling masses from Lobnoye Mesto, using St. Basil's as an outdoor altar. The church has narrowly escaped destruction a number of times during the city's tumultuous history. Legend has it that Napoleon was so impressed with St. Basil's that he wanted to take it back to Paris with him, but lacking to the technology to do so, ordered instead that it be destroyed with the French retreat from the city. The French set up kegs of gunpowder and lit their fuses, but a sudden, miraculous shower helped to extinguish the fuses and prevent the explosion. Early in this century the cathedral almost fell prey to the atheist principles of the Bolshevik regime. In 1918 the communist authorities shot the church's senior priest, Ioann Vostorgov, confiscated its property, melted down its bells and closed the cathedral down. In the 1930s Lazar Kaganovich, a close colleague of Stalin and director of the Red Square reconstruction plan, suggested that St. Basil's be knocked down to create space and ease the movement of public parades and vehicle movement on the square. Thankfully Stalin rejected his proposal as he did a second plan to destroy the cathedral. This time the courage of the architect and devotee of Russian culture, P. Baranovsky, saved the church. When ordered to prepare the cathedral for destruction he refused and threatened to cut his own throat on the steps of the church, then sent a bluntly worded telegram to the leader of the party himself relating the above. For some reason Stalin cancelled the decision to knock the church down and for his efforts Baranovsky was rewarded with five years in jail. An extensive program of renovation is still being carries out on both the exterior and interior of the church, but will not spoil that essential visit to St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow's moat famous and arguably most beautiful ecclesiastical building. In the small garden outside St. Basil's stands an impressive bronze Statue to Minin and Pozharsky, who rallied Russia's volunteer army during the Time of Troubles and drove out the invading Polish forces. They were an interesting duo - Dmitry Pozharsky was a prince, while Kuzma Minin was a butcher from Nizhny Novgorod. The statue was designed by the artist I. Martos and erected in 1818 as the city's first monumental sculpture. It originally stood in the center of Red Square in front of what is now the GUM Department Store, with Minin symbolically indicating to Pozharsky that the Poles were occupying the Kremlin and calling for its liberation. The Soviet authorities felt that the statue had become an obstacle during parades and after the construction of the Lenin Mausoleum Red Square, its position was considered rather ambiguous and was eventually moved to the garden in front of St. Basil's in 1936. Ź Copyright Moscow-Taxi.com

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'Manage Skillfully'

Authentic Russian T-shirt. Screen printed in Moscow, Russia. Manufactured of 5.1 oz. fabric - luxuriously soft 100% cotton ring-spun yarn with double-needle coverseamed neck. Print based on the famous Soviet poster of the USSR era.

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Kaloshi for Felt Boots

Product Details á Kaloshi are low rubber 'shoes' to wear on top of your valenki (felt boots). They protect feet from sliding on ice, and are also a good additional frost-resistant detail of your felt boots. Brand-new. Made in Russia. á Size Conversion á Europe United Kingdom United States Inches Centimeters 35 2 1/2 3 1/2 9 22.8 35 1/2 3 4 9 1/8 23.1 36 3 1/2 4 1/2 9 1/4 23.5 37 4 5 9 3/8 23.8 37 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 9 1/2 24.1 38 5 6 9 5/8 24.5 38 1/2 5 1/2 6 1/2 9 3/4 24.8 39 6 7 9 7/8 25.1 40 6 1/2 7 1/2 10 25.4 41 7 8 10 1/8 25.7 42 7 1/2 8 1/2 10 1/4 26 43 8 9 10 1/2 26.7 44 9 1/2 10 1/2 10 3/4 27.3 45 10 1/2 11 1/2 11 27.9 46 1/2 11 1/2 12 1/2 11 1/4 28.6 48 1/2 13 14 11 1/2 29.2

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