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Moscow Lights Up

The stark Soviet landscape gives way to over-the-top restaurants, flashy nightclubs and cutting-edge fashion.

By Irina Reyn
Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral at rightA reflection of the dining room at Jeroboam, in the Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.The Olivier salad at Cafe Pushkin in Moscow.A waiter at Cafe Pushkin in Moscow.Inside the Chapel of the Iberian Virgin in the Resurrection Gates, near the entrance to Red Square.Alexander Ivanov's massive <i>Appearance of Christ Before the People</i>, at the State Tretyakov Gallery.A youthful crowd outside the Polytechnical Museum.Jeroboam, at the Ritz-Carlton.The nightclub GQ in Moscow.Dusk in Manezhnaya Square.The grand facade of the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow.At Vogue Cafe in Moscow.A street scene in Moscow.A waitress in period attire at the restaurant Turandot.Turandot's Baroque-style dining room in MoscowThe food halls at Eliseevsky Gastronome.
Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral at right
PHOTO: John Huba
A reflection of the dining room at Jeroboam, in the Ritz-Carlton, Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
The Olivier salad at Cafe Pushkin in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
A waiter at Cafe Pushkin in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
Inside the Chapel of the Iberian Virgin in the Resurrection Gates, near the entrance to Red Square.
PHOTO: John Huba
Alexander Ivanov's massive Appearance of Christ Before the People, at the State Tretyakov Gallery.
PHOTO: John Huba
A youthful crowd outside the Polytechnical Museum.
PHOTO: John Huba
Jeroboam, at the Ritz-Carlton.
PHOTO: John Huba
The nightclub GQ in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
Dusk in Manezhnaya Square.
PHOTO: John Huba
The grand facade of the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
At Vogue Cafe in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
A street scene in Moscow.
PHOTO: John Huba
A waitress in period attire at the restaurant Turandot.
PHOTO: John Huba
Turandot's Baroque-style dining room in Moscow
The food halls at Eliseevsky Gastronome.
PHOTO: John Huba
  
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