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The Wild West in the Moscow region

Editor - Stakheev Vladimir, photos - Nikolay Korolyoff, music - FJGI  'Riding A Horse'

These were once stables at a monastery that were completely abandoned after the Revolution of 1917. They were recently privatized, repaired, and remodeled in a classic Western style.

You can reach the ranch from Moscow by taking a regional commuter train from Belorussky Train Station to Gorod Mozhaysk Station, then, an approximately $3 taxi ride to the ranch. You can also get there by car along the Minskoye High way to the city of Mozhaysk.

The ranch has more than 50 horses. They've all been trained to carry tourists. You can arrange in advance to go on a horseback tour or sign up to learn how to ride. All of the employees are dressed in a Wild West style. According to one of the "cowboys", Evgeny Yaikin—or as they call him at the ranch, Wild Shot—“Working here is like going back to childhood, when we liked to play ‘Cowboys and Indians’.”

The ranch was created as a club for amateur riders. It's not just a tourist site. It's an advertisement for horse-based sports. The guys who work at the ranch are professional trainers. The ranch is open around the year. In the winter, you can go on an authentic Russian hunting expedition complete with hounds. In addition to that, everybody is dressed in a 19th-century style.

A two-hour horseback tour will cost about $50, but it's better to bring rubles in cash.

American themes are extremely popular in Russia. That's because most Russians grew up in the 1970-1980s, read a lot of Mark Twain and O. Henry, played 'Cowboys and Indians', watched Hollywood movies, and listened to rock-and-roll. That was passed on to their children. That’s why places like this ranch are in high-demand in Russia.

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Battle of borodino museum-panorama.

The Battle of Borodino Museum-Panorama was opened in 1962 to mark the 150th anniversary of the most significant battle during Russia's war against Napoleon.  However the diorama itself was created by Russian panoramic painter Franz Roubaud in 1912 on the 100th anniversary of battle.  In addition to the wonderful panorama the museum also details the course of the war with Napoleon and the personalities involved.  There is free admission to the museum on the third Sunday of the month.

Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov Monument

Standing in front of the museum-panorama is a statue of Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov who was made commander-in-chief of the Russian army to meet the threat Napoleon posed to the country.  The statue was unveiled in 1973 and depicts Kutuzov on horseback while the pedestal is decorated with statues of 26 other participants of the war against Napoleon including generals Bagration, Yermolov, Platov and Raevsky.

Kutuzov's Izba

Just behind the museum-panorama is a recreation of the izba (small wooden house) where Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov held a council with his generals to discuss how to react to Napoleon's march on Moscow.  At this time, the izba was located in the village of Fili which had not yet been incorporated into Moscow.  It was eventually decided to spare the Russian army and abandon Moscow without a fight. The original izba burned down in 1868 but was reconstructed in 1887 according to sketches by the artist Aleksey Savrasov.  Today it is a museum which is run as a branch of the Battle of Borodino Museum-Panorama.  Next to the izba is the pretty Archangel Michael's Chapel which dates from 1912.

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