Published on: 2026-04-29
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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Onportal “Find out Moscow”an audio guide for the permanent exhibition appearedMuseums of Moscow, subordinate to the metropolitanDepartment of Culture. The exhibition “History of Moscow” is dedicated to the life and everyday life of city residents from different eras, as well as to architecture, culture, and the development of the capital. The exposition includes about 2,700 artifacts and works of art.
“Today, visitors to the Moscow Museum can see beloved women’s jewelry of the ancient inhabitants of the Moscow region, children’s toys from various times, ancient treasures, a variety of books and engravings, panoramas of the city, and furniture from urban homes. The digital audio guide will tell in detail about events that our city has experienced from the 1st millennium BCE to the 1930s, including the Time of Troubles, the Patriotic War of 1812, the First World War, the Revolution of 1917. Thanks to the use of the audio guide, visiting the exhibition will become even more fascinating,” — the press service of the capital said.
The audio guide was voiced by the honored artist of Russia, director, and educator Igor Zolotovitsky.
From Epicurean Culture to the Soviet Era
The excursion begins with a section dedicated toDzyakovskaya culture. Listeners learn about household items, tools, and decorations of the early Iron Age. Among them is the famous Scherbinsky hoard, which was discovered in 1964 during the excavation of a namesake settlement on the Pas river. The hoard consisted of glass beads, spiral bracelets, as well as decorations that were likely part of a headdress — a cap embroidered with metal plaques. The first Slavs came to the Moskva River region 200–300 years after the disappearance of the Dyakovo culture. The oldest Slavic settlements date from the late 10th to the early 11th century and have been found, in particular, at the site of the Danilov Monastery.And the mass appearance in Moskvorechye dates back to the 12th century.
Further the audio guide translates to the section obfounding of Moscow, which tells about the first city fortifications and the origin of the city’s name. Then it reveals the history of the Moscow principality of the 13th–15th centuries and the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to the Time of Troubles, the key event of which was the liberation of the city from Polish troops in 1612.
Audio guide listeners will also learn about oMoscow settlement — territorially isolated settlements of people united by kinship of occupation or social status. There were military, monastic, foreign slobodas, but the most numerous were artisanal ones — the exhibition presents items created in them: leather goods, blacksmith products, clay pots, and dishes.
The audio guide explains in detail aboutPetrovskaya era. The transformations of Peter I affected all aspects of the lives of Muscovites and contributed to the formation of a secular urban culture. In particular, the very first Russian emperor introduced the counting of the New Year from January 1 and established its celebration with the decoration of houses with fir branches, fireworks, and winter entertainments.
The following sections of the exhibition will introduce you to Moscowepo and baroque и period of the Enlightenment. Visitors will learn about one of the most difficult trials in the city’s history — the Patriotic War of 1812, during which it was occupied by French troops for 36 days. The audio guide will also tell about the restoration of the city after the war.
In the hall dedicated to Moscow19th century, listeners learn about the life of various urban social classes, industrial and construction growth, electrification, and the development of transport.
The excursion will end with a narrativeabout Soviet Moscow. The speech will be about the innovations of the 1920s and the large-scale reconstruction of the 1930s, which was carried out along the main thoroughfares of the city: On the Otdnogo Ryad, Gorky Street, Leningradsky, Leninsky, Komsomolsky, and Kutuzovsky Prospects, as well as the Garden Ring.
“Discover Moscow”A is a joint project of the capital’s departmentsInformation technologies,culture,cultural heritage,education and science. On the portal, you can find more than 300 walking routes across various city districts. The interactive guide also contains photographs and descriptions of nearly 2,400 buildings, over 700 monuments, 410 museums, 520 historical sites, and 335 famous personalities whose lives were connected with Moscow.
Creation, development, and operation of electronic government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services and electronic form services, correspond to the objectives of the national project“Economy of data and digital transformation of the state”and regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital State Management.” More about the national project of Russia and the contribution of the capital can be found atspecial page.
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