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[Renee Stillings]

I seem to recall that the Irish House, that infamous store on the Novy Arbat
in the early 90s, had something to do with getting that tradition started in
Moscow. Remember when it was a fashion statement among Russians to walk
around with Novy Arbat "paketi" - I even remember seeing them in the US.

The Irish House, at least in its original manifestation is no longer there,
but the Irish Bar is still there. Not much has changed about it.

Renee


The web-site www.newsru.com has been carrying reports of the St Patrick's
day parade in Moscow for several years now.  I suspect that the event owes
more to the example the city of New York and to the efforts of the Irish
Tourist Board than it does to the achievements of Ireland's patron saint.
The Scots, who tend to look with envy at the entrepreneurial initiative
shown on the other side of the Irish Sea, have not (yet) persuaded the
Russians to follow the Americans in adopting Tartan Week (don't ask), but I
have noticed a proliferation of Burns Suppers taking place all over Russia
on and around 25 January.

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