General information

Congress dates

27th October (Tuesday) – 30th October (Friday), 2009

Congress venue

The Congress will take place in Cosmos hotel.

Address: Cosmos hotel
150 Prospect Mira, Moscow, Russia.

How to get to Cosmos hotel

Airport

The Sheremetyevo international airport is located 32 kilometers from Cosmos hotel. The Cosmos hotel can be reached by taxi or public transport.

Train&Metro

Use a railway station “Aeroexpress” to get to non-stop train goes to “Savelovskiy” railway station. It takes 35 minutes. Having once arrived at the “Savelovskiy” railway station, take metro from the train station running in the direction of the center of the city. Get off at the “Mendeleevskaya” stop (it is the first stop from the “Savelovskaya”), change the lane (to the Ring – “Novoslobodskaya” - and take a train running to the “Prospect Mira” station (it is first stop from the “Novoslobodskaya”), change the lane and take a train running out of the center. Get off at the “VDNKH” station (it is the third stop from the “Prospect Mira” station). Cosmos hotel is located across the road (Prospect Mira) from the station.

Climate

The weather in Moscow in October is rather cold. On average temperatures fluctuate from 0 till +5 degrees Celsius. May be raining and snowing. Don’t forget an umbrella, warm shoes and coats, hats and scarves.

Currency

The official currency of Russia Federation is Rubles (RUB). International credit cards are accepted for payment in most hotels, restaurants and shops. Exchange offices and ATM machines are easily available throughout the city and at the Sheremetyevo International Airport and in the Cosmos hotel lobby.

Electricity.

The Russian Federation uses a 220V / 50Hz system. Two-pin round plugs are used.


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One of the most exuberant examples of Russian architecture, the cathedral has numerous cupolas, each a different color, grouped around a central dome. In front of the cathedral stands a monument to the liberators Menin and Pozharski.

To the East of Red Square extends the old district of Kitaigorod [Tatar city], once the merchants' quarter, later the banking section, and now an administrative hub with various government offices and ministries. Tverskaya Street (formerly Gorky Street), a main thoroughfare, extends N from the Kremlin and is lined with modern buildings, including the headquarters of the council of ministers; it is connected with the St. Petersburg highway, which passes the huge Dynamo stadium and the central airport.

Near the beginning of Tverskaya Street is Theater Square, containing the Bolshoi and Maly theaters. Encircling the Kremlin and Kitaigorod are the Bely Gorod [white city], traditionally the most elegant part of Moscow and now a commercial and cultural area; the Zemlyanoy Gorod [earth city], named for the earthen and wooden ramparts that once surrounded it; and the inner suburbs. In the Bely Gorod is Christ the Savior Cathedral; demolished in 1931 to be replaced by a never-built Palace of Soviets, it was rebuilt in the 1990s. A notable feature of Moscow are the concentric rings of wide boulevards and railroad lines on the sites where old walls and ramparts once stood.