Tour to the Museum of Moscow

On March 13, 2022, FinU foreign students visited the Museum of Moscow. The excursion was organized by the International Students and Faculty Department.
 
As part of the tour, the students visited the exhibition “Moscow: Designing the Future”. At the exhibition, the students were told about the development of Moscow’s architecture since the XVII century. They learned about the most daring ideas of transforming the city and also saw what Moscow would be like if all dreams of Constructivists’ were fulfilled and Stalin’s Master Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow was realized. The tour guides shared how the appearance of the capital was influenced by specific people and events and how modern urban development is organized.
 
The organizers of the exhibition invited foreign students to watch some short documentary films devoted to the development of roads, parks, social and cultural infrastructure as well as events that changed the face of the city: the transfer of the capital, logging, fires, anniversaries, 1980 Summer Olympics and others.
 
At the end of the excursion, students visited the “Utopia” section. The “Utopia” section displays amazing unrealized architectural projects, including the Automobile Tunnel under the Red Square, a competition for the development of Moscow in 1932, including proposals by Le Corbusier, famous “The Flying City” by Georgy Krutikov and much more.
 
The tour was attended by 36 foreign students from 21 countries, including: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Guinea-Bissau, Cambodia, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine.
 
Throughout the tour, students asked questions about the exhibits, and after the tour thanked the guides for the tour.
 
Student reviews:
 
“I liked the exhibition very much, it is an interesting topic for the development of one’s mindset and the study of Moscow’s history. Thank you very much!”
Moskalyov Sergey, Belarus.
 
“Thank you very much for this opportunity! It was very interesting and informative. I am very pleased with the tour!”
Zalymova Darya, Moldova.
 
“I liked the excursion very much, it was interesting and useful. We learned a lot about Moscow. Also, the tour was very dynamic with a sense of humor that kept the attention of our group. Thank you very much for the tour!”
Ghanem Rama, Syria
 
“Thank you very much for organizing a wonderful excursion! I learned a lot of interesting things about Moscow. I will definitely recommend this museum to my friends!”
Nazkova Lolita, Tajikistan
 
“I liked the tour very much, we could see what Moscow looked like before and what it looks like now, we could see some projects that were not completed. The guide answered all our questions. In general, it was very interesting. Thank you very much!”
Rudi Garcia Cayo, Bolivia.
 
“I would like to thank the organizers for giving us the opportunity to visit the Museum of Moscow. I did enjoy this experience yesterday. I hope there will be another tour in the near future.”
 
Warong Maria Marlein, Indonesia
 
“I am very grateful to the organizers of this tour. Thanks to the guide and the atmosphere of the museum I enjoyed it so much. Thank you very much!”
Tongsai Nutchanon, Thailand.