Moscow idle days. Metaphysical guide to the capital

This book leads the reader in one of the most unusual travels in Moscow - in the circle of Moscow holidays, old and new, large and small, secular, church and folk. The festive calendar is full of various information: about its past and present, about the character, habits and eccentricities of its inhabitants, about the architecture and metaphysics of the ancient city, about the historically established confrontation between Moscow and St. Petersburg and more about many, much more. In the calendar, as in the mirror, Moscow is reflected. Sometimes before this mirror she embellishes herself: in the calendar, fairy tales, fiction and myths composed by the townspeople often come across. From this trip to Moscow time, it is even more interesting. Under the Moscow Age, some aspects of the work of such national geniuses as Pushkin and Tolstoy are completely unexpectedly displayed