Moscow Conversations: 7 Dialogues on Culture, Heritage, and the Urban Environment

Moscow + a tour + sculpture = boring
Do you think so? We’ll prove you wrong.

“Moscow Conversations” is a series of talks with people who know the city from the inside: authors, guides, tour conductors, and travelers united by their love of Moscow. The host is professional historian and guide Vitaliy Kalashnikov, who discusses the widest range of topics about the capital: from “Is it allowed to rub that very nose at Revolution Square?” to “Should historical sites be preserved if restoration costs too much?”.

Conversation 1. In a conversation with Yelena Oleynik, you’ll learn how ancient art lives today—in the era of technology and digital change.
Conversation 2. Together with Natalya Tarnavskaya, you’ll talk about preservation instead of demolition and take a look into the real “kitchen” of restoration.
Conversation 3. A dialogue with Yelena Kalitina is devoted to one of the most controversial topics— the eternal comparison: Moscow vs. St. Petersburg.
Conversation 4. In a talk with Yekaterina Polyakova and Nikita Zdorovenin, you’ll discuss national heritage and how foreign traditions influenced it.
Conversation 5. With Darya Bulgakova, you’ll discuss Moscow’s places of attraction—points of power that set the city’s rhythm and character.
Conversation 6. Irina Bureyeva will tell you about the life of Moscow mansions: their fates, transformations, and what they live on today.
Conversation 7. In a conversation with Pyotr Posmakov—disappearing and disappearing Moscow: what has already been lost and what may vanish in the coming years.

Moscow begins to sound when people talk about it.

Audiobook producer: Darya Sinkha