Published on: 2026-09-26
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On the platform “Active Citizen — For Children” summed up the results of thematic surveys dedicated to summer recreation in the capital. Young city residents identified the most interesting festival venues and events within the framework of the project “Summer in Moscow”. In total, over 50 thousand opinions were collected.
The brightest festival
The most memorable event of the season was festival “Moscow Estates”. He took the leading position in one of the surveys. The event brought together 77 spaces where visitors could immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the 19th century: take a memorable photo in a retro photo studio, participate in old-fashioned games, master classes, and educational tours.
The best open-air theater venue
The guys chose the most interesting one as well space international open festival “Theatre Boulevard”. It was the stage on Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park.
Every evening on boulevards, embankments, and in parks, performances took place — from classical drama to experimental productions. Groups from Abakan, Vladivostok, Smolensk, Tyumen, Khabarovsk, as well as the Moscow theater “Sovremennik,” the Moscow Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, and other cultural institutions presented their works.
The most unusual blooming spots in the capital
Participants of the “Active Citizen — for Children” platform named the most unusual playgrounds urban landscape design festival “Gardens and Flowers”, who transformed the streets, squares, embankments, and bridges of the capital into blooming oases.
According to the survey results, the most impressive garden was the “Children’s Fantasies” space on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, featuring a hundred-meter path made of natural materials for barefoot walks and a giant inflatable elephant. The title of the most beautiful crossing of the festival went to the Moskvoretsky Bridge, where clusters of green hanging plectranthus and colorful petunias were placed.
Young participants of another survey also noted the best platform festival “Gardens and Vegetable Patches”. His guests were able to learn useful information about gardening and join master classes on planting various crops. The kids preferred the venue at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve.
Mind games and sportsmanship
The Tsaritsyno Palace and Park Ensemble also became a favorite of young grandmasters in survey, dedicated to the festival “Chess Square.” The younger generation called the venue the best option for holding their games.
Another opportunity for intellectual recreation has become forest libraries, whose guests could pass the time reading books, attend workshops, play board games, find like-minded people and interesting conversationalists. Among the spaces for literary fantasies, young “active citizens” highlighted pavilion in the 50th Anniversary of October Park.
Outdoor enthusiasts were able to join the project’s programs “Family Games”. Summer trainings, master classes, and relays took place in courtyards, parks, and squares of the capital. Among the most interesting activities of the project, children highlighted “Family Sports Route”. The program included eight exciting stages, among them mini-golf, giant Jenga, trampolines of varying difficulty, as well as relay races in soccer and fitness.
Unusual programs for the whole family
City residents could find more opportunities for family leisure and new experiences at the VDNH sites and the MosKino cinepark. In thematic surveys, users of the “Active Citizen — for Children” platform shared their opinions about the most interesting entertainments in these spaces.
Among the most exciting activities in the film park, young Muscovites noted participation in film shooting. And the most popular event was the “Movie Weekend” with staged filming, original photo zones, workshops on film professions, tours of historical sets, and other entertainment.
In the collection of bright events At VDNH, children were given the opportunity to explore the underwater world ‘Moskvarium’, in whose unique collection about 600 species and approximately 12 thousand inhabitants are represented.
Polls were prepared by the platform “Active Citizen — for Children” together with the metropolitan Departments cultures, sports, trade and services, as well as with By the Moscow City Tourism Committee Their results will form the basis for further planning of urban leisure activities for young residents.
“Summer in Moscow” — the main event of the season, which has already become a good tradition and an integral part of the life of the capital. The main theme this year is “Time to be together.” The project unites people of different generations around common values, allowing them to become closer not only with their relatives but also with the entire city through walks, cultural and sporting events, charity campaigns, as well as right near home in all districts of the capital.
“Active Citizen — for children” — is an online platform created specifically for young Muscovites aged six to 14 who have an account on the mos.ru portal or in “Moscow Electronic School”. Here, kids can participate in surveys and make important decisions for the city. They are also awaited by fascinating quizzes, games, and videos that introduce them to the capital and tell about its history, development, and projects for children.
The platform is being developed by the State Public Institution “New Management Technologies” and the capital’s Department of Information Technology.
The creation, development, and operation of e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services and offerings in electronic form, correspond to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration.” More about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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