Venue

Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University

Leninskie Gory 1, bld.12, Moscow, Russia

Nearest metro station: Lomonosovskiy Prospekt

Dear participants and accompanying persons,

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We prepare schemes of venue and and list some interesting places in Moscow. 

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Venues for #icim4Moscow meeting

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Rooms for each symposium at the Faculty of Biology, as well as places of registration, coffee breaks, and welcome party you may find here: 

 

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There are many cafes on the territory of the MSU on the Leninskie Gory, but in August only few of them are open. To get directions to cafes in the Main Building as well as café “Beehive” («Улей») in the Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology click here:

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To print posters as well as for shopping & souvenirs one can visit the Main Building of the University.

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Here you may download the list of restaurants in close vicinity to the Venue: 

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Explore Moscow !

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ICIM 4 is a wonderful chance for you to visit Moscow in a beautiful month of August, to get your our experience of this fascinating multicultural city.

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The ‘2GIS – Offline maps’ App is available in Moscow. It allows you to find a desired location on the map of the city: a building (using its address), a public transport station or just a well-known object; find how to get to your destination by car or by public transport and identify your location and find out what is close to you. The App can be downloaded from App Store, Google Play and Microsoft Store.

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Venue

·      Cultural heritage

·      Places for walking

·      Moscow Metro architecture

·      Mid-Conference tour and excursions

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Cultural heritage

 

Moscow is a popular tourist site for those who admire arts and culture and want to learn more about history of the largest country in the world.

To get full info on Moscow museums and art galleries please visit this website 

 

For those who are interested in the Orthodox culture and traditions we suggest taking a tour around city centre to have a look at the ancient churches and cathedrals that survived through all these ages.

 

Moscow also attracts young travellers by offering 24 hour activities including various music concerts, modern art exhibitions and night clubs.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g298484-Activities-c20-Moscow_Central_Russia.html

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Places for walking

 

With its variety of parks and gardens Moscow is actually very green! You can find cozy green corners to hide from the summer heat both in the centre and in the modern quarters. MSU Apothecary Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Moscow. This tiny paradise park becomes more and more popular among foreigners and Muscovites. Definitely, worth taking a walk along its carp pond to the orangery stopping by the oldest larch tree planted by Peter the Great himself. 

 

 

Riding a bike in Moscow could be tricky, but it’s worth trying at least in the Gorki park or some other green areas 

For experienced cyclists there is a bike rent net in the city center 

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Moscow Metro architecture

 

To take a plunge into Soviet era culture and arts you don't need to visit any special places. Just take a ride in Moscow Metro that is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2016 

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Mid-Conference tour and excursions

 

For Mid-Conference tour we plan to organize several alternatives including excursions in the city centre or a bus trip to ancient town of Zvenigorod. However, in the afternoon we would like to take attendees to Zvenigorod biological station of MSU    for a picnic style barbecue dinner. Please note that this is not included in the registration fee and ha to be paid extra.

 

We also would like to offer several zoology related activities for participants:

 

PaleoMetro – an excursion to Moscow Underground where you will be guided to find fossils of various curious inverts  (in English)

 (in Russian)

 

Zoological museum of MSU 

 

Paleontological Museum 

 

The MSU Main Building