After the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the ancient fortress in the heart of the city was not deserted, but became something akin to a communal apartment complex. In 1918, leader of the proletariat Vladimir Lenin moved there from the nearby National Hotel, followed by the rest of the leaders of the new Soviet power.

Considered the most fashionable department store in modern Moscow, TsUM (Tsentralny Universalny Magazin) was also the first place in Tsarist Russia, where a customer could buy almost everything at once.

Over the entire existence of this prestigious state award, more than 12 thousand people have received it.

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There is no ‘Kolobok’ or ‘Kashchei the Immortal’, but there is a talking black hen, underground kings and the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.