* Interactive tour of the history of Moscow's drinking culture. Along the route, we will get acquainted with the only sober cabman in Moscow of the XIX century, with the walking Nikolskaya, the Slavyansky Bazar MFC, the criminal Crowd market, the noisy Hill, the mysterious Khokhlovka, and we will finish the program at Khitrovskaya Square, the most notorious place in the pre—revolutionary city. Purely at your request, theoretical rants can be interspersed with visits to the atmospheric "secret" bars of the capital. "Russia has the joy of drinking, we cannot live without it..." – according to the Tale of Bygone Years, this is how Prince Vladimir explained himself to overseas envoys during the debate on the choice of religion. More than a thousand years have passed since then, and how topical these lines sound! The quote and testament of the Red Sun is the main leitmotif of the "golden" excursion program. Let's try to find out how drinking traditions developed in Russia. Let's touch on the history of alcohol as such, establish what exactly, where and how beer was drunk in the old days on Moscow soil. How are Ivan the Great and the invention of vodka related? What is the correct name of a drinking establishment in Russian? What restaurants have been preserved in the capital since pre-revolutionary times? You will learn the answers to these and many other questions during the tour "Hot spots". Let's not ignore the drinking quarters of today. Theoretical rants can be periodically interspersed with practical tastings (at your request!). The credo of the program is meaningful drinking!