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| Nightlife Feel the beat of Moscow at one of its hottest entertainment locations. Live music, dance, shows, casinos and much more are just a part of the exciting nightlife Moscow has to offer. Don't believe stories about the West having taught Muscovites how to entertain themselves at night. This tradition has deep roots in Moscow. Having fun and enjoying oneself at night and in the small hours is just the thing for a Russian soul longing for entertainment. Moscow alone has more casinos than the whole of Europe. About 20 meet the international standards. Entertainment complexes with 24 hour restaurants, bars, disco, night clubs under one roof have become popular of late. Out of a few dozen night clubs more than 20 are upper scale ones. The Russian mentality is such that there is an irrational need for risk and the ability to stake not only one's wealth but more important values... Among the leading characters of Russian literature there are gamblers: a land-lord, a merchant, a common man who become fantastically rich or as poor as Job overnight. The wheel of Fortune is treacherous and unpredictable. Let us recollect Fyodor Protassov from "The Live Corpse" by Leo Tolstoy who spen days and nights in restaurants with gypsies and gambled away enormous sums of money; Alexey Ivanovich from Dostoevsky's "Gambler", an ardent lover of games of chance, characters from Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades" and Lermontov's "Shtoss". The Russian people are prepared to stake not only what they possess but also their life and even soul... What has Moscow got in store for lovers of night life? Besides other things - cards, Roulette, dice played with no less excitement in Moscow than in Monte Carlo or in Las Vegas. Only your personal experience will give you an ample idea of what Moscow night life is. |