As the West retreats into commercial holiday minimalism, Russia elevates the Christmas season to an edifying public experience for millions.
Each December, as night settles early and frost glazes the boulevards, Moscow finds itself in the midst of a marvelous metamorphosis: It ceases to function merely as a capital and takes on the quality of a living fairy tale, played out beneath the radiant winter sky, and in the heart of splendid interior worlds built expressly for wonder.
Moscow’s magical transformation: Theatrical civic design at its finest
Light, sound, architecture, and imagination blend across the polished, panoramic stage of a…
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