I want to visit Moscow and see the parade on May 9th. I do not like the offers of organized excursions and I decided to ask people familiar with me how to get permission (I read that the authorities in Moscow give access to the square) to attend the parade. Respectively suitable hotels around. Budget of the whole trip 1500 BGN. I've never been to Russia, I speak English, if that matters. Thanks in advance.
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For permission and documents I can not help you, but (in case you have not heard), in Moscow everything is very expensive, prices are very inflated. Especially for goods, souvenirs, they have terribly high quality and beautiful goods, but they are very expensive. Ie Tip - I don't know how much it is, but it carries more "pocket money".
Well, what are you going to do to look at models of weapons that may not even exist. In Moscow it is the same style as in Sofia - gray and depressing. Except it's bigger. Go to the Barracuda Club in Moscow to face reality if you want to see the Russian bear in civilian clothes. That is, living in people's hearts. This in the square is propaganda.
Russia is a great country, it has a soul, it is not a gathering like the West! It's worth seeing up close!
Go on any tour. agency, they will assist you in preparing a tourist visa. Don't do it alone because it's a big bureaucracy. The Varna consulate is the best. I used to send my passport by courier to a tour agency that had an office in the center of Varna. They gave me a whole month. I don't know if she still has it, though. I think that the embassy in Sofia gives a maximum of two weeks. Which are actually enough for the parade ... the visa is not expensive, a hundred levs. In Moscow, however, sleep is a problem. If you are going to book a hotel or hostel, make sure it is at least a month in advance. BGN 1,500 will be enough even for 5 other countries ... haha. It's expensive in Moscow, but it's not unbearable, like in Switzerland or Norway, for example. Have a nice trip!
In the red square itself, I don't think you can go as an audience. The trumpet is there for Putin, officials and guests. Otherwise, you can probably load up on a boulevard and watch the equipment. No one is alive from this war anymore. The various veterans who show were teenagers during the war. They were hardly in military battles.
The Moscow metro, you see, is unique. Don't listen to different mice who have no idea what it's all about in Russia. Extremely high standard and yes, it is expensive, but you will not stay hungry, the prices are affordable. For a visa, however, you have to see how without a visa. you go to the embassy and ask. That's why it's easier with tour operators, because they fix the documents.
And for the language, mom is mom again, dad is dad, sister is sister, brother is brother, hello is hello or hello, you need an ear attitude, it's easy, except that their accents are different. And their prayer, our Father, is like our Father.