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The fountain season in the capital ended on October 1. Moscow's Deputy Mayor for Housing, Utilities, and Public Works spoke about how they are being prepared for winter. Petr Biryukov.

"After the structures are shut down, city services specialists will clean the bowls and sculptures with a special solution and dismantle the technical equipment and underwater lighting fixtures. Then we'll begin preserving the fountains for the winter," noted Pyotr Biryukov.

Fountain pumps are turned off sequentially to prevent water hammer. Draining the fountains takes anywhere from 15 minutes to several days. For example, the water draining from the dynamic light fountain in Gorky Park takes approximately six days.

Fountains with complex utility lines and decorative elements are protected during the winter with special structures. For example, the Repinsky and Pushkinsky fountains are equipped with protective metal shields, while only one such structure in Moscow—the dynamic light fountain in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve park—is covered with an inflatable dome. Floating fountains on the Vodootvodny Canal and in Brateevsky Pond are completely dismantled every year, and dry fountains in parks and squares are covered with protective screens.

This winter, the fountains will be prepared for the new season: pumping equipment, filters, and jet-forming elements will be checked and, if necessary, updated, all utilities will undergo preventative maintenance, and hydraulic diagnostics will be performed.

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Library No. 30 invites you to the "Slow Foxtrot" workshop. Under the guidance of instructors, participants will master basic steps, simple combinations, and gain body awareness. The event will conclude with an evening of dance where they can demonstrate their newly acquired skills.

The class is suitable for both beginners and experienced dancers.

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The capital will continue to expand the range of opportunities for active living, useful leisure, and self-realization for Muscovites of "silver" age. This instruction was given Sergei Sobyanin following the meeting of the Presidium of the Moscow Government. Its participants reviewed the report Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, on the implementation of the Moscow Longevity project.

The Moscow Longevity Project

Project implementation Moscow Longevity started in March 2018. Over the course of seven and a half years, approximately 700 thousand people have become participants.

"There are currently over 140 project centers in the city. Their network is constantly expanding and covers almost all districts of the capital. Older Muscovites are most interested in education: courses in digital literacy, history, and local history. They also enjoy excursions around Moscow. Today, the project offers over 100 courses with professional instructors—from website creation and landscape design to Chinese and karate," Sergei Sobyanin announced in his Messenger channel.

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Moscow's longevity centers are equipped to a uniform standard and are designed for people with a wide range of interests and needs, from cooking to gym workouts.

The centers have created around seven thousand interest clubs, almost half of which are dedicated to healthy lifestyles. Their founders include lawyers, linguists, athletes, military personnel, and other professionals. After retiring from their professional careers, they continue to share their experience and knowledge.

Senior Muscovites can also take classes with professional instructors in over a hundred areas, from website development and landscape design to Mandarin and karate. There are also courses in SUP and kayaking, graphic design and internet marketing, equine therapy and rock climbing, flight simulator training, and healthy eating.

All interested senior Muscovites—women aged 55 and over and men aged 60 and over—are welcome to participate in the Moscow Longevity program. You can register for classes online at mos.ru or in person at any Moscow Longevity Center or the My Documents government services center.

Additional information about the program is available by calling the capital's unified information service. Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population: 7 495 870⁠-44⁠-44.

Connection between generations

According to a study conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center, which surveyed 1,600 Muscovites over 35, 92 percent believe that Moscow Longevity participants are more involved in public life, continue to acquire new skills, and even change career paths by retraining or turning a hobby into a source of income.

Improved health outcomes were cited as the main benefit for participants by 86 percent of respondents. Of these, more than half noted increased physical activity and attention to preventing age-related diseases.

81 percent of respondents noted a strengthening of ties between different generations, a more respectful attitude towards elders, and a return to the value of a multi-generational family.

Furthermore, respondents noted that Moscow Longevity had a positive impact on the lives of not only older Muscovites but also younger people. With the active lifestyles of the older generation as a role model, many Muscovites aged 35 and over began to think more about how to maintain their health and quality of life in the long term.

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Popular Moscow Longevity activities

The educational program remains the undisputed leader in popularity, bringing together over 146,000 participants in Moscow Longevity. The most popular courses are digital literacy, history, and local history, as well as Moscow tours. As part of the Silver University project, whose partners include Moscow City Pedagogical University and Synergy University, those interested can take professional retraining courses and earn a state-recognized diploma.

Since 2023, the "School of Health" project has been in high demand. It features lectures, seminars, panel discussions, and master classes featuring doctors from city clinics—cardiologists, neurologists, therapists, and other specialists. These classes focus on healthy nutrition, cardiovascular disease prevention, and, starting this year, maintaining a high quality of life for those with diabetes and osteoporosis. Over the past two years, approximately 18,000 senior Muscovites have participated in "School of Health" classes.

Starting in March 2025, you can join a unique program for preserving cognitive skills and psycho-emotional health. Experts from the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia participated in its development. In just seven months, it has become one of the project's most popular programs, with over 40,000 people signing up for classes.

"Another new project this season is the 'Moscow Family Longevity' project. Civil registry offices are holding ceremonies for couples who have been married for over 40 years. There are some real record-breakers—those who have been married for 70 years!" noted Sergei Sobyanin.

More than 200 families have already celebrated their anniversaries in a warm atmosphere.

As part of the "Moscow 2030: Territory of the Future" forum, held from August 1 to September 14 at Gostiny Dvor, Family Day was held. On August 25, 14 couples celebrating their wedding anniversaries, those who had been married for 40 years or more. A couple celebrating their 70th anniversary shared the secret to their happy marriage with the newlyweds.

Expansion of the network of Moscow Longevity partner organizations

According to the study "A Time of Opportunity: The Prospects for the Development of the Silver Economy in Russia"Presented at the "Territory of the Future: Moscow 2030" forum, more than 70 percent of Muscovites over 55 years old note that, compared to previous generations, they now have significantly more opportunities to organize their leisure time and choose goods and services.

This result is largely due to Moscow Longevity's large network of partners, which numbers more than 1,300 organizations and continues to expand.

"The Moscow Longevity project partners with more than 1,300 organizations. These include universities, museums, sports and cultural centers, Moscow parks, schools, cinemas, and other institutions. They help organize education and leisure activities for the older generation, and in return, they receive

support “from the city,” said Sergei Sobyanin.

Source: Moscow Mayor's Messenger channel MAX

To simplify the process of partners joining the program, a special portal was launched on the mos.ru portal in 2025. online serviceNow, any organization willing to offer high-quality services to the senior population can become part of the Moscow Longevity program.

The Moscow 2030 Forum discussed the participation of older generations in the city's economy.Employees of the My Documents government services centers trained over 10,000 city residents in digital literacy.

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The Zelenograd Cultural Center invites you to the pet adoption exhibition "Looking for a Friend!"

In the center's lobby, you can meet the pets of the Zelenograd shelter of the State Budgetary Institution "Dorinvest"—affectionate cats, fluffy cats, and playful puppies. All animals are healthy, vaccinated, and ready to go to new families. Volunteers and shelter specialists will conduct workshops, explain the characteristics of their charges, and offer advice to future owners. And for those who aren't yet ready to adopt a pet, they will explain how to become a volunteer.

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The mission of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow is to make the capital the best city on the planet. Sergei SobyaninHe stated during a plenary session held as part of the Moscow Startup Summit, an international summit on technological entrepreneurship and innovation.

According to him, it's necessary to constantly raise the bar, setting new challenges that gradually increase in complexity. And the more the city develops, the greater the demands of its residents, which also provides additional incentive for work.

"There is no final goal. It's movement. If you've set some final goal for yourself, consider yourself already dead. Because a final goal is still a limit to something. But the world moves forward without any final goal. Every goal presupposes setting a new goal, more ambitious, more dynamic, and more complex. So, essentially, it's movement, movement, movement. And never a stop," Sergei Sobyanin emphasized.

To develop various sectors, including education, it is necessary to create a comfortable environment. This will motivate teachers and students to achieve high results.

"I understood that we needed to move forward, to create an environment in schools, to motivate teachers so that they, together with students, could achieve maximum results. Moscow is now among the top five schools in the world. This is how we need to move forward, to create the environment, the infrastructure, and the motivation," Sergei Sobyanin noted.

According to Sberbank President and Chairman of the Management Board Herman Gref, Moscow today offers unique living conditions. These include, first and foremost, a comfortable urban environment, the development of the Moscow metro, and the overall transportation infrastructure.

"The number of crossings, bridges, new transport interchanges, and so on that appear every year is absolutely incredible, unimaginable. Improved parks. Ultimately, all of this is about creating better living conditions for young people, including those who should remain in their own country, and creating unique conditions for startups," said Herman Gref.

Moscow also has all the conditions for the growth of high-tech industrial enterprises. Sergei Sobyanin added that entrepreneurs and businesses are actively returning to Moscow due to its highly qualified and motivated workforce, which is difficult to find in other regions.

"Regarding Moscow's new industrialization, it's proceeding precisely according to these principles: we're trying to support high-tech manufacturing, and entrepreneurs and businesses are eager to return to Moscow. Besides the infrastructure, which is crucial, and the affordable land, among other things, the most important thing is the current workforce. These are highly specialized, highly qualified, and motivated people. And such people are harder to find in other regions than in Moscow. Therefore, a large number of companies that had long since left Moscow are now returning, and they're returning at a different technological level," the Moscow Mayor said.

To attract young professionals to live and work in the capital, it's crucial to create a comfortable, well-maintained living environment. This includes various infrastructure, such as those for recreation and sports. Work to develop and improve this infrastructure is currently underway in Moscow.

"To keep people in the city, to attract them, you need to create an environment in which they live. If they don't like the environment, you can build 40 factories, but there will be no one there, nothing will work. You can build a wonderful technology park in the city, but there will be no one there. The city is the environment," Sergei Sobyanin emphasized.

By creating a comfortable environment and new jobs, the capital is actively investing in improving its industrial sector. The focus is on import-substituting technologies, the development of which facilitates the growth of a number of related industries.

"We need a technological foundation for our country, high technology, independent technology, which constitutes a significant foundation and strength for the city and our country," the Moscow Mayor noted.

According to Herman Gref, in the next 10 years, at least general artificial intelligence, and possibly even superintelligence, will emerge, which will effectively solve a vast number of humanity's unsolvable problems. This will pose a new global challenge, as people will have to figure out how to coexist with and manage it. Furthermore, a vast number of new opportunities will emerge for the creation of fundamentally new technologies, materials, and vehicles.

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A monthly cultural event will take place in Moscow from October 13th to 19th. Moscow Museum WeekAs part of this program, anyone can visit the city museums' exhibits and exhibitions free of charge with a pre-purchased electronic ticket through the service. Mosbilet.

Pre-registration for the convenience of visitors

Moscow Museum Week is a popular event among both Muscovites and visitors to the city. During the event, museums and exhibition halls under the jurisdiction of the capital Department of Culture, work free of charge in self-inspection mode on one of the days of the third week of each month.

To visit free of charge, you must register in advance by purchasing an electronic ticket through the service Mosbilet Using a Mos ID (an account on the mos.ru portal). Pre-registration improves visitor comfort and safety. It allows for the ability to manage the number of guests in advance and not issue more tickets than the venue can accommodate in a single session. Visitors can choose the event and a convenient time, ensuring they are guaranteed a spot. If guests arrive with a pre-purchased ticket, they don't need to wait in line at the box office.

How to get a Mos ID account

You can purchase a ticket with either a full or standard account on Mos.ru (Mos ID). Its status can be found in the personal account on the official portal of the Mayor and the Moscow Government, mos.ru. If the visitor has a standard or full account, after authorization, the required fields of the online form will be automatically filled with information from the personal account—there is no need to enter the visitor's last name, first name, patronymic, or contact information.

A single Mos ID account can purchase up to four tickets for any selected Museum Week event—for a family pass or a visit with friends. All purchased tickets will be displayed in the user's personal account on the mos.ru portal, as well as in the "Gosuslugi Moskvy," "My Moscow," and "My ID" mobile apps. There's no need to present identification at the museum entrance—simply show your ticket or its QR code in one of the city's mobile apps.

If a visitor doesn't have a standard or full Mos ID account, they can create or upgrade one. Anyone with a mobile phone number from any Russian operator can create an account on the mos.ru portal. Registration address and citizenship are irrelevant. It's best to obtain a Mos ID in advance. Due to the high interest in the promotion, obtaining a ticket on the day of your visit at a convenient time may be difficult.

You can also purchase a museum entrance ticket during Moscow Museum Week as usual, at the box office. However, in this case, admission will be subject to a fee. Admission to the museum will be subject to availability at the box office. All admission conditions for privileged categories remain in effect. Proof of privilege will be required.

"Antigone," "The Tempest," and others. Mosbilet recommends "star" performances.mos.ru answered the main questions about attending cultural events.

Individuals under 18 years of age studying in core vocational programs can obtain a free ticket at the institution's box office.

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