The eighth festival will be held in Moscow from 10 to 22 August historical reconstruction"Times and Epochs" with the participation of reenactors from 16 countries. All festival events are absolutely free.
In parks, squares, on the central streets and squares of Moscow, events from the everyday life of people from different eras, grandiose fights and luxurious balls will be recreated in detail. Reliable costumes, household items, authentic entertainment will take you on a historical journey prepared by reenactors from all over the world.
Guests are waiting for the performances of itinerant swordsmen on Pushkinskaya Square, the secrets of alchemy at the Medieval University in Kamergersky Lane, the construction of a medieval castle on Nikitsky Boulevard as a bricklayer, blacksmith or carpenter, a dance party during the "thaw" on Tverskaya Square - 30 venues throughout Moscow have prepared a program for any age, taste and interest.
The final of the international competition of historical projects will also take place at the festival. The projects of the participants will be presented on Revolution Square, and nine winners of the competition will receive one million rubles each for their implementation.
Main venues of the festival:
Pushkin Square
Pushkinskaya Square will become one of the centers of attraction for the festival, where medieval jousting tournaments will be held. The guests of the festival will be able to see the fights of fencers and even take part in training fights. It will also be possible to try on armor and become a warrior of the 15th century at the school of knights in Friendship Park, where lovers medieval history fascinating lectures, an exhibition of knightly equipment, a stable and a smithy await.
Nikitsky boulevard
On Nikitsky Boulevard, the life of the beginning of the 20th century will be presented as it is described in the works of the outstanding Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Here they will show a series of performances based on his stories and plays. The scenes will be acted out by reenactors in costumes of that time.
Tverskoy boulevard
The atmosphere will be recreated on Tverskoy Boulevard Patriotic War 1812. Tents of the army of Napoleon and Alexander I will be erected there. They will be guarded by soldiers and officers in uniforms of the early 19th century. Visitors to this site will visit the field kitchen and look at the work of the master of the regimental forge.
Strastnoy boulevard
Lectures on the work of the legendary Moscow Criminal Investigation Department (MUR) in 1945-1953 will be held on Strastnoy Boulevard. In the post-war period, gangs operated in the capital, including juvenile delinquents. Guests of the site will learn how the offenders were caught and what tricks the Murovites had to use.
Kamergersky lane
The Medieval University will open here, where guests will learn the secrets of alchemy, understand the structure of medieval machines and get acquainted with the discoveries of Leonardo da Vinci.
Novopushkinsky Square
In Novopushkinsky Square, young visitors to the festival will be able to take part in games from different eras and see toys in the old style. Near the Krasnopresnenskaya metro station, everyone will visit the atmospheric Moscow courtyard of the 1970s and 1980s, and the Presnya Museum will host the Eclecticism of the Revolution exhibition dedicated to uniforms and military equipment during the revolutionary events of the early 20th century in Russia.
Profsoyuznaya street
The site on Profsoyuznaya Street will be dedicated to the capital's railway stations. There you can get acquainted with the life of railway workers of the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries - conductors, machinists, telegraph operators.
Tverskaya SquareThe atmosphere of the Khrushchev thaw and the appearance of a typical dacha of that period will be recreated on Tverskaya Square. Here guests of the festival can relax, listen to jazz, visit an antique auction and an exhibition of vintage cars.
Chistoprudny Boulevard
An early medieval Viking shipyard will open on Chistoprudny Boulevard. It will be guarded by reenactors in chain mail, armed with swords and large painted shields. There you can see a medieval Viking boat. During the festival, guests of this site will be able to participate in the construction of two more smaller vessels - a copy of a fishing vessel that was found by archaeologists in southwestern France, and a 10th-century Scandinavian dugout boat made from a solid tree trunk.
Revolution square
Revolution Square will feature best work participants in the competition of historical projects, which is held within the framework of the festival "Times and Epochs" for the second time. 21 participants made it to the final of the competition. They proposed projects for new museums and exhibitions, websites, books, multimedia products, and historical and cultural parks.
One of the most famous historical festivals “Times and Epochs. Assembly” will be held in the capital from 1 to 12 June. Camps for re-enactors will be set up in parks and right on Moscow streets; in total, 30 sites will be created for 12 historical periods. On June 1, the grand opening of the Art Nouveau festival will take place at the Rizhsky railway station, where the arrival of a retro train will be staged. Apartments of the Silver Age will be recreated on Tverskaya Square and Stoleshnikov Lane, and the “School of Arts” will operate with master classes in music and painting. The guests will be shown silent films, productions by Meyerhold and Tairov, they will be shown a retro atelier and an old photo studio. You can even try authentic dishes from restaurants of that time. For lovers military history the reconstruction of the camps of soldiers will take place in the museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno" early XVIII century. The audience will be shown how they lived and trained: they threw grenades, fired muskets, built an artillery battery, and so on.
12 epochs from antiquity to the 20th century will be reproduced on the festival grounds for 12 days
Spectacular battle reenactments, equestrian competitions, historical fencing tournaments, themed master classes in crafts and historical gastronomy await visitors. All over Moscow will work 5 park and 25 themed city festival venues. Camps for reenactors will be located in parks and squares, on central streets and squares. Guests of the festival will be involved in the festival process as much as possible.
At each site, it will be possible to communicate with reenactors, learn unusual details from the life of the era, learn the crafts and games of bygone times. Every day the festival will surprise the audience with a bright cultural and entertainment program. Different eras will intertwine throughout the city into a single historical action. Muscovites and tourists will be able to walk around the center of the capital from one era to another, go to the parks to watch the cavalcade of Catherine the Great, the battle of the legions with the barbarians or the Russian camp imperial army.
In preparation for the festival, a competition of historical projects. Among 95 applicants, 16 finalist projects were selected. Exhibition design work, who reached the final, can be seen on Tverskoy Boulevard. According to the results of the review, 9 laureates will receive a cash prize. The prize fund of the competition is formed from sponsors' funds and amounts to 9,000,000 rubles. For the sake of objectivity, the jury council included historical specialists of various profiles.
At the festival “Times and Epochs. Assembly" will work 147 retail facilities, 83 of which are historical, as well as 35 cafes and eateries, 7 of which will also be historical.
Vestibule platforms Times and epochs
Historical fencing (June 1 - June 11)Novy Arbat street
"Historical lecture hall and excursion bureau" (June 11)
Stoleshnikov Lane
Park areas
June 1 - Opening of the festival Times and Epochs
The grand opening of the Times and Epochs festival will take place on June 1 with the arrival at the Podmoskovnaya station of a retro train with reenactors representing all time periods of the festival. This station was built in 1901 in the Moscow Art Nouveau style and is an integral part of the city's history.
June 2 - Festival Times and Epochs
On June 2, in Tsaritsyno Park, residents of the capital can see a luxurious theatrical performance from the time of Catherine the Great - Carousel. The soldiers of Peter I will also camp here. They will practice military affairs and show an episode of the battle of the 18th century. The sinister "green street" awaits the guilty soldiers.
June 4 - Festival Times and Epochs
On June 4, all foreign participants of the festival will gather on Tverskoy Boulevard and present antiquity, medieval Europe, 18th century, as well as the times of world wars.June 9 - Festival Times and Epochs
On June 9, "Times and Epochs" invites all residents of Moscow to Chistoprudny Boulevard and the Sevastopol Promenade. Here you can be transported to the resort town of the late 19th - early 20th century, see the first photographs of Sevastopol and how the city was restored after the Crimean War. The city square of that time will be recreated with a musical and theatrical pavilion, a photo studio and a summer cafe. guests can ride a cart and an old tram, learn how to knit marine knots, play croquet and cerso, read posters from the late 19th century and take pictures with a strict policeman.June 10 - Festival Times and Epochs
On June 10, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will host the Day of Antiquity. Guests will see the camp of the Romans, the settlements of the Germans, Celts and Hellenes. Roman legionnaires will show combat training, gladiators will fight in the arena, and the commander will arrange a triumphal procession.The boulevard ring of Moscow during the days of the Festival Times and Epochs will turn into a kind of "time line"
On Petrovsky Boulevard the longest chain of soldiers will be lined up. This event will be included in the Russian Book of Records.In Novopushkinsky square will be presented: the early Middle Ages, an exhibition of armor from the period of the XV-XVII centuries, Civil War in the USA, the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet militia of the 1950s.
On Tverskoy Boulevard visitors will be greeted by teams of reenactors from all over the world. Clubs and individual participants from Russia, Italy, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, etc. will be located here. Citizens will be able to visit a fencing school, see hunting birds and buy souvenirs in historical shopping arcades.
On the Kuznetsky bridge it will be possible to look at everyday life architect, printer, jeweler and photographer of bygone eras who will live in transparent honeycomb houses. An “archaeological sandbox” will open nearby, where children can dig up and process finds, feel like members of a Moscow archaeological expedition. On the Kuznetsky Most it will be possible to get acquainted with the gastronomy of bygone times.
On East street a park of medieval siege engines will be located, including the largest operating trebuchet in Russia.
New Arbat will be transformed into a battle arena, where the best medieval warriors will meet in duels in historical fencing.
June 12 - Festival Times and Epochs on Tverskaya
June 12, the day of Russia, the result of the festival “Times and Epochs. Collection” will be summed up by a large-scale journey through times and eras, which will take place on Tverskaya Street. This site will bring together the most spectacular historical fragments from the Dyakovo culture to the end of World War II.The best developments in crafts and show programs will be presented on Tverskaya, reenactors will present their historical projects. All guests will be able to immerse themselves in one or another era and become participants in events, master classes, take pictures in historical costumes, taste dishes of historical gastronomy.
On Tverskaya Street you can see the military camps of the Russian principalities and the Golden Horde. Guests will get acquainted with the field life: tents and yurts with camping utensils, armor and weapons will appear on the site. Master artisans can be found doing peaceful pursuits, from ancient crafts to playing musical instruments.
At the site dedicated to Sevastopol, guests will learn about the events of the Crimean War, see how the pearl of the Black Sea coast developed and strengthened.
So, on the site dedicated to the First World War, soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army will set up camp, and the sisters of mercy will set up a field hospital. Visitors will be able to take pictures with military equipment those years.
Waltzes will be played on the site of the pre-war years, passers-by will be able to join various games: rubber band, hopscotch, football and others. Retro cars with their graceful forms will also be placed here. The romantic Silver Age, fashion, music and other entertainment of this time will also be presented here.
military and post-war years presented at the Festival will be accompanied by attributes characteristic of those years: marches, an abundance military equipment, a field kitchen and an exhibition of trophies.
Guests from France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Poland, Great Britain, Sweden, Latvia, Norway, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Israel, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ireland, Montenegro arrived in Moscow to participate in the festival and Switzerland.
Excursion bureau "Moscow stories" - a special program for the festival "Times and Epochs"
Hiking routes of the Moscow Stories excursion bureau are designed specifically for the festival. You can walk along the streets of the capital, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the past and get to know the history of Moscow better.Groups depart from the tour desk in Stoleshnikov lane (Stoleshnikov lane, 6, podium opposite the temple of Cosmas and Damian in Shubin)
Tours are free. The evening excursion program on weekends also includes free admission to the museum.
The routes are designed for adult schoolchildren, the duration of the tour is 2-2.5 hours.
Description of excursions
June 1, 19.00-21.00"The Silver Age of Russian Culture"
The tour is led by Anastasia Chernyshova
The Silver Age, combining high art and harsh reality beginning of the 20th century, despite a large number of studies, still remains a mystery in Russian culture and art. Poets and artists of this era did not just write poems and canvases. Their very life became a creative act, which often led to a tragic denouement.
We will go through places associated with the life of the iconic characters of that era and try to unravel some of the mysteries of the Silver Age.
"Moscow of Sergei Yesenin"
The tour is led by Svetlana Shaposhnikova
On this tour, we will try to penetrate the secrets of the life and work of Sergei Yesenin - a talented poet, blue-eyed handsome man, revelers and a "hooligan" with a tragic fate. Let's go to the most famous Moscow addresses of Yesenin, plunge into the atmosphere of Moscow of the Silver Age. On the excursion, together with Yesenin, we will come to Moscow for the first time and find out
- whether the poet's prophecy came true,
- how Tverskaya street became Yeseninskaya,
— how Yesenin sold Mayakovsky's poems,
- we will see how the tragic fates of the poet's beloved women and children intertwined on the streets of Moscow.
"Moscow Ivan Bunin"
Writer Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, who in 1933 received Nobel Prize in literature for "the rigorous skill with which he develops the traditions of Russian classical prose", came to Moscow only as a guest. The Mother See was not his hometown and did not become his favorite home. However, on each visit, Moscow gave Bunin new ideas and themes for his works, creatively enriched him through communication with other masters of literature, many of whom eventually became his real friends.
On this tour, we will go to Bunin's favorite addresses in the very center of the city: we will find out where he stayed during his visits, where people dear to him lived, and we will talk about Moscow places that he described in his works.
"Moscow of the Silver Age"
On the tour, we will learn about the work and life beyond the creative work of great poets, what united Symbolists, Imagists, Futurists and Acmeists, what Alexander Blok hides under gloominess, and how Marina Tsvetaeva knew how to love.
"Tabletops of Uncle Gilyai"
A man of amazing energy and strength, had connections in all circles (from governors general to slum dwellers), knew how to get into right time in the right place, for which his contemporaries called him a "flying correspondent." After numerous wanderings around Russia for permanent residence, Gilyarovsky settled in Stoleshnikov Lane, which is now inextricably associated with him by many. Vladimir Alekseevich left detailed descriptions many places in Moscow, the informal laws of that time, the customs and traditions that existed then. During the tour, we will plunge into the atmosphere of Moscow in the late 19th - early 20th centuries, recall the most striking of these places, the many friends, guests and friends of Gilyarovsky, among whom were Chekhov, Levitan, Chaliapin and other iconic figures of the Silver Age.
The tour is conducted by the staff of the museum "Bulgakov's House"
Fascinating journey "In the footsteps of the novel" The Master and Margarita ". During the tour, we will see the places described in the novel: the bench on which Woland first spoke to Ivanushka Bezdomny and Berlioz, the alley where the Master and Margarita met, the mansion of Margarita and MASSOLIT; we find out if there were rails on the Patriarch's Ponds and the route that Behemoth and Koroviev followed, hiding from the chase.
At the end of the route, the participants of the excursion will have a free visit to the Bulgakov House Museum, where you can get to know Mikhail Afanasyevich and his writing activities, find out who he loved and to whom he devoted novels, and look at the things that belonged to the Bulgakov couple.
"From Stoleshnikov to Gnezdniki"
The tour is led by Viktor Sutormin
Like Paris, where ministers of muses have been living under the roofs of Montmartre for more than a century, there is also a district in Moscow that has long been attractive for musicians and artists, directors and actors. Here Pushkin, visiting Vyazemsky and Baratynsky, read his poems; here, in the Imagist bookshop, Yesenin traded at a loss to himself and his partners.
On this tour you will see the famous Tucherez, the workshop of the architect Zholtovsky and unusual house, similar to a palm grove, admire the Anglican Cathedral of St. Andrew and the ancient chambers of Araslanov, hear many stories - funny, dramatic, tragic.
And you will also learn:
— on which shelf the banned films ended up and how they were pulled out of there;
- what eccentricities the Moscow governors allowed themselves;
— who arranged the explosion in Leontievsky Lane;
- which means the expression "a lone handicraft without a motor."
"Soul-filled flight"
The tour is led by Yulia Preobrazhenskaya
Although Italy is considered the birthplace of ballet, it was Russian dancers who brought expressiveness and spirituality to it. Ballet appeared in Russia at the end of the 17th century, but reached its greatest prosperity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the “Russian ballet” became a brand, conquering the whole world.
On our tour you will learn:
— about the history of the emergence of ballet in Russia,
- about the rivalry between the "Petersburg" and "Moscow" ballet schools,
— about famous ballerinas and their fans,
- about the "sandal" that conquered the world,
- about how pointe shoes appeared and why the ballerina needs two packs for one performance.
"Architecture of the Silver Age"
The tour is led by Maxim Yudov
The Silver Age is not only the poetry of Russian symbolists, but also an attempt by artists and architects to transform the world. This walk will immerse you in the world of art and philosophical quests of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and will tell you about those first Russian capitalists who supported these quests.
On our tour we will talk about:
— why the public didn’t like M. Vrubel’s painting and how it ended up on the facade of the Metropol;
- which houses Muscovites called "lichens" on the body of the city;
- how and why the Soviet authorities transported the buildings of the Silver Age (and we will find such a house);
— why Moscow became one of the important centers of the artistic revolution.
Moscow of Boris Pasternak
The tour is led by Svetlana Brazhnikova
“I live at a crowded city crossroads. Summer, blinded by the sun, Moscow, heating up with the asphalt of courtyards, scattering bunnies on the windows of the upper rooms and breathing the flowering of clouds and boulevards, revolves around me and turns my head and wants me to turn the heads of others for its glory. For this purpose, she raised me and gave me art in my hands.<…>The city constantly and ceaselessly moving and rumbling behind the doors and windows is an immeasurably huge introduction to the life of each of us,” Boris Pasternak explained the meaning of Moscow in Doctor Zhivago in his character’s notes.
Moscow becomes one of the main characters of this novel. And we will get to know her better, follow the routes of the characters of Doctor Zhivago, visit the “crowded city crossroads”, where one winter Christmas evening a candle burned in the window.
"The Age of Contrasts"
The tour is led by Andrey Tutushkin
The end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century is a time of contrasts. On the one hand, there is an architectural boom in Moscow, the flourishing of Art Nouveau, luxurious mansions appear, and on the other hand, thousands of people huddle in bunkhouses. On our tour, we will talk about the many contrasts in the life of Moscow, which were especially pronounced at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries.
"Theatrical stage"
The end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century was the time of innovative theatrical ideas: private theaters also carried out theatrical reforms (the Moscow Art Theater, the Tairov Chamber Theater, the Mamontov Moscow Private Opera, the Zimin Opera, etc.). It was there that young authors, composers, directors began to turn with their innovative ideas when they were refused staging by the Imperial Theaters.
Journalists jokingly wrote about the repertoire of Moscow theaters: “In the Bolshoi and Maly there is archeology, in the New there is nothing new. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich have decadence; at the Private Opera, they said, for sure - they sing. International theater - one gnashing of teeth.
During this period, the creative activity of F.I. Chaliapin, L.V. Sobinov, A.V. Nezhdanova and many other remarkable artists flourished.
Our tour will take place in the most iconic theaters of the Silver Age: Moscow Art Theater, Zimin's Private Opera, Imperial theaters and schools.
"Moscow of the Silver Age"
The tour is conducted by the staff of the museum "Bulgakov's House"
The streets of Moscow have an amazing memory of everything they have ever seen. One century follows another. Even now, walking along Moscow lanes, you can see how through the neon of the 21st century, barely distinguishable silhouettes of such a distant, but at the same time, until the end not unraveled era - the Silver Age, shine through and flicker everywhere.
On the tour, we will learn about the work and life beyond the work of great poets, what united Symbolists, Imagists, Futurists and Acmeists, what Alexander Blok hides under gloominess, and how Marina Tsvetaeva knew how to love.
We will see the V. Mayakovsky Museum and the surroundings of the Polytechnic Museum, the Futurist cafe "Domino" and the Imagist cafe "Stall Pegasus", monuments to S. Yesenin and V. Mayakovsky.
At the end of the route, the participants of the excursion will have a free visit to the museum "Bulgakov's House".
"Daily life of Muscovites"
The tour is led by Irina Vishnyakova
Moscow in early XIX century was a city with crooked streets of dense buildings, half of the houses were still wooden. But the city is actively developing: water supply and sewerage systems are appearing, electric wires are stretched in a network, not only houses, but also streets are illuminated. The "outskirts" - the industrial buildings of factories and manufactories - are being actively built up. What was the daily life of Muscovites at the beginning of the 20th century?
On the tour we will learn:
how firefighters and police work,
where the tram was replaced by the first tram and who were the conductors,
what were the first cinemas and what films could be seen in them,
what taverns and restaurants did Muscovites go to,
about daily shopping, markets and shops,
about what newspapers and magazines they bought, what was printed in them, and much more.
"Mayakovsky: Mend Your Soul"
The tour is conducted by the staff of the museum "Bulgakov's House"
Vladimir Mayakovsky is the most extraordinary and controversial figure of the early 20th century. They admired him and hand-written in place of the ellipsis the lines cut out by the censors. He was scolded and not understood. In life Soviet authority called him just a fellow traveler, and after his death declared him the first proletarian poet. Hundreds of women were in love with him, but he never managed to create a real family with that one ... The personality of Mayakovsky still causes a lot of controversy.
During the tour, we will recognize Mayakovsky the futurist in a yellow jacket, shocking the public with scandals, sharp attacks and screaming slogans that destroy the foundations. Let's get acquainted with the other side of his personality - a kind, sincere person, the author of the most tender lyrical lines, extremely vulnerable and desperately dreaming of true love and family. The guide will tell you in detail how the poet lived, what he believed in and what he dreamed about. We will also learn the history of Mayakovsky's love triangle and the Brik family, as well as what kind of woman can be called Vladimir Mayakovsky's Margarita.
At the end of the route, the participants of the excursion will have a free visit to the museum "Bulgakov's House".
"The life of the Moscow merchants"
The tour is led by Natalia Kharchenko
On the tour you will get acquainted with the pre-revolutionary life of the inhabitants of Stoleshnikov and Petrovsky lanes, Petrovka, Neglinka, Kuznetsky Most streets and learn:
— who was a professional philanthropist in Moscow;
— how the area of the Bolshoi Theater acquired its present appearance;
- where the Moscow merchants liked to go on a spree and what kind of hooliganism they were;
— who and what inspired the merchants to patronage;
— how they defended their protégés;
- where in Moscow were the most prestigious stores;
- what hobbies and hobbies did the entrepreneurs have;
- how they competed with each other and how it was imprinted in Moscow architecture;
- where did the Chinese baths come from in Moscow and what is it;
— how Anna Karenina was translated into French;
- where in Moscow they bought the best wine.
On the streets and lanes around the Bolshoi Theater, magnificent tenement houses of the early 20th century, estates of the Moscow nobility, ancient churches and chambers, unusual shops and galleries have been preserved. On the tour you will be able to admire the diversity of architecture and get acquainted with how life flowed here at the turn of the ΧΙΧ-ΧΧ centuries.
"In the footsteps of the novel "The Master and Margarita"
The tour is conducted by the staff of the museum "Bulgakov's House"
Fascinating journey "In the footsteps of the novel" The Master and Margarita ". During the tour, we will see the places described in the novel: the bench on which Woland first spoke to Ivanushka Bezdomny and Berlioz, the alley where the Master and Margarita met, the mansion of Margarita and MASSOLIT; we find out if there were rails on the Patriarch's Ponds, and the route that Behemoth and Koroviev followed, hiding from the chase.
At the end of the route, the participants of the tour will have a free visit to the Bulgakov House Museum, where they can get to know Mikhail Afanasyevich and his writing, find out who he loved and to whom he dedicated novels, look at things that belonged to the Bulgakov couple.
Details on the website: http://historyfest.ru
I managed to go to the Times and Epochs festival in the morning - before the protests began on Tverskaya. I expected to meet some kind of tortured "cheers-patriotism", but I saw a truly wonderful historical holiday- with forges, playing the harp, free excursions and the opportunity to show class in morse code (which is especially dear to my heart of the former corporal signalman). And as a cinephile, he was especially happy to take a picture with "Ferdinand" from "The meeting place cannot be changed."
Hundreds of people gathered on Tverskaya in the clothes of princely warriors and European knights, Russian soldiers and guardsmen of Her Majesty - they are all a little eccentric, but very open, sincere and artistic. I really didn’t think that it would be so sincere, because usually such events have a musty official smell. But not in this case.
To be honest, I don’t understand why the Navalny, who coordinated the rally on Sakharov Avenue, rushed to Tverskaya, if another one was already taking place there mass event. The freedom of some should not violate the freedoms of others (I mean festival visitors, including a huge number of children). It's a shame if the holiday, in which not only money was invested, but also the soul of an entire army of role players and reenactors, really turned out to be frustrated (which some eyewitnesses have already written about on Twitter).
"Russia and the Horde"
The confrontation between Russia and the Horde will begin in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve - from the defeat of scattered Russian squads on the Kalka to the victories of the united principalities, who have learned that strength is in unity!
The central performance will be a single block of three episodes of the centuries-old struggle: the Battle of the Kalka, the Battle of Kulikovo and Standing on the Ugra.
The warriors of the Russian prince and the Horde Murza will set up camps - in linen tents and felt yurts. Here they will present the field life of the military nobility and ordinary soldiers.
In the camps, guests will see craftsmen who have always accompanied armies: chain mail workers, armor makers, jewelers, potters, bone cutters, tanners, and blacksmiths.
Knights and batyrs will compete in historical all-around: archery, sword and spear possession, horseback riding. The horsemen will show exercises with the "Saracen", cutting with sabers and throwing the streets on horseback.
The Mongol-Tatars are the first of the nomads who learned to take cities by storm. Visitors to the site "Rus and the Horde" will witness the siege of the fortress wall using assault ladders, trebuchets and battering rams.
Program:
11.30 - 18.30 - Work of craft sites, a historical fair, interactive sites for tourists.
12.30 - 13.30 - Concert of the group, defile of historical costume and armor.
13.30 - Reconstruction of the battle.
14.30 - Mass combat interactions (buhurts and / or according to the rules of maneuvers).
15.30 - 17.00 - Equestrian competitions.
17.00 Tournament of spearmen.
18.30 Awarding the winners, closing the site for spectators.
Accreditation of journalists will be held in the press area next to the palace of Alexei Mikhailovich within walking distance from the Kashirskaya metro station. The press area opens at 11:00.
Please note that there are no parking spaces in the park.
Information about the festival at the link https://goo.gl/nC6ouq or on the official website http://historyfest.ru or mos.ru.
Press service of the festival
Rozanov Sergey,
Reference:
At the festival “Times and Epochs. Meeting” 10,000 reenactors and participants from all over the world will come to the capital. 12 epochs will be reproduced at 30 street and park sites in different parts of the city. Among them are the Iron Age, Antiquity, Peter the Great, 1812, Crimean War. The festival will end on the Day of Russia, June 12, with a large-scale historical and patriotic program on Tverskaya Street.
On June 10, in Kolomenskoye, as part of the Times and Epochs festival, the Day of Antiquity will be held. Roman legionnaires will show combat training, gladiators will fight in the arena, and the commander will arrange a triumphal procession. The guests will see the settlements of the Germans, Celts, Hellenes. They will trade, engage in crafts and repel the onslaught of the Roman Empire.
On June 11, in Kolomenskoye, guests will get acquainted with the life of the first Muscovites - the mysterious tribes of the Dyakovo culture. Leading experts will lecture about it, and artisans will illustrate stories through experimental archaeology.
Festival website: historyfest.ru
Festival “Times and Epochs. Collection” is a project of the Moscow Government. It takes place as part of the cycle of urban street events "Moscow Seasons".
Moscow historical festival"Times and Epochs" changes the format. Now this is not just an event in Kolomenskoye dedicated to a specific period. The festival is becoming a grand convention for 6,000 reenactors from all over the world (citizens of the USA, France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Poland, Great Britain, Sweden, Latvia, Norway, Germany, Spain) who will represent epochs from Antiquity to the 20th century. “Times and epochs. Collection” is a real exhibition of the achievements of the reconstruction economy.
As part of the "Times and Epochs" there will be 5 park festival and 25 thematic city sites throughout Moscow. Camps of reenactors will be set up in parks and squares, on central streets and squares. The idea of the festival is to gather in the capital all the best from the world of reconstruction from all over the world.
Different epochs will be intertwined on the streets and in parks into a single historical action. Muscovites and tourists will walk around the center from one era to another, go to parks to watch the cavalcade of Catherine the Great, the battle of legions with barbarians or the camp of the Russian Imperial Army.
"Times and Epochs" will begin on June 1, along with the arrival at the Podmoskovnaya station of a retro train with reenactors representing all the time periods of the festival. "Podmoskovnaya" was built in 1901 in the Art Nouveau style. The grand opening of the festival will take place here.
On June 2, the Carousel will take place in the Tsaritsyno park - a luxurious theatrical performance from the time of Catherine the Great. The soldiers of Peter I will also camp here. They will practice military affairs and show the reconstruction of the battle. The sinister "green street" awaits the guilty soldiers.
June 10 will be the Day of Antiquity in Kolomenskoye. Roman legionnaires will show combat training, gladiators will fight in the arena, and the commander will arrange a triumphal procession. The guests will see the settlements of the Germans, Celts and Hellenes. They will trade, engage in crafts and repel the onslaught of the Roman Empire.
On June 11, here in Kolomenskoye, guests will get acquainted with the life of the first Muscovites - the mysterious tribes of the Dyakovo culture. Leading experts will lecture about it, and artisans will illustrate stories through experimental archaeology.
The whole city these days will be saturated with the spirit of history!
On Tverskoy Boulevard, visitors will meet teams of reenactors from all over the world. They will constantly replace each other, either leaving to participate in park festivals, or returning for informal communication with colleagues and guests.
On the Kuznetsky Most, you can look at the daily life of an architect, printer, jeweler and photographer of past eras, who will settle in transparent honeycomb houses. An “archaeological sandbox” will open nearby, where children can dig up and process finds and feel like members of a Moscow archaeological expedition. Also on Kuznetsk, guests will get acquainted with the gastronomy of bygone times.
On Vostochnaya Street there will be a park of medieval siege engines, including the largest operating trebuchet in Russia.
Novy Arbat will be transformed into a battle arena where the best medieval warriors will meet in duels.
On Chistoprudny Boulevard, guests will be transported to the second half of XIX century, on the picturesque Sevastopol promenade.
On June 12, grandiose festivities in honor of Russia Day. Tverskaya Street and Manezhnaya Square will gather all the best that guests could find during the days of the Times and Epochs festival. Reenactors will present glorious eras Russian history: there will be camps of early medieval Russians and knights from the time of the struggle against the Horde, camps of Moscow archers and fighters of Peter I, soldiers of the War of 1812 and the First World War. Merchants from different eras will offer authentic goods at the historical fair, and musicians will perform a special festive program.
