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To arrange my stay and guide, I used tour operator Distant Horizons, 350 Elm Ave., Long Beach; (562) 983-8828, http://www.distant-horizons.com.
Hotel Metropol, 2 Teatralny Proezd, Moscow; 011-7-499-501-7800, http://www.metropol-moscow.ru. Doubles from about $250 a night.
Café Pushkin, 26-A Tverskoi Bulvar, Moscow; 011-7-495-739-0033, http://www.cafe-pushkin.ru/en/. "Library" area main dishes about $15-$80.
Produkti Cafe & Bar, 2C1 Bersenevskiy Pereulok, Moscow; 011-7- 903-789-3474. No website. Meals $10-$19.
State Tretyakov Gallery, 10 Lavrushinsky Lane, Moscow; http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en. Adult admission about $15.
TO LEARN MORE
Consulate General of Russia, San Francisco, http://www.consulrussia.org/eng/index.html
Russian National Group, New York, http://www.RussiaTravel.com