In Search of
the Russian Soul

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. - Winston Churchill (1939)

If on considering Moscow, images of perestroika, mafia, vodka swilling policemen and dancing bears come to mind, you could be forgiven as all of these images do actually exist, to an extent, but no more so than in your own country – scratch the dancing bears image and consider the mystery and the enigma which makes Moscow what it is.

It is a city of contradictions. The scent of change fills the air in this vibrant, eclectic, and more often than not, breathtaking city. Many people actually experience a change in themselves when they slide into the pace of life here – values change and perspectives alter, especially if you have limited past travels to safe westernized vacation slots and built your sense of existence into a frame work of investments, mortgages and a dependence on affirmed laws to guide your life. These safety nets have only recently begun to emerge in Russia – hence the Russian’s ability ‘seize the day in a literal sense.’

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