Moskultprog (since 1997) is a production center of cultural initiatives mostly in

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, founded by historian Sergey Nikitin. The center is well known for the public non-commercial open-air events on historical, sociourbanistic and natural subjects, which feature comments of the leading experts in these fields like

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, Alexey Muratov, Maria Makogonova, and others. Moskultprog presents recent and interesting urban studies with the help of their authors as guides. Moskultprog's events are commonly known as ''progulki'' (walks) and normally attract around 150-200 people, for their character they are sometimes described as the "biggest scientific seminar in the world". Since 2007 Sergey Nikitin and Moskultprog have sponsored

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Velonight (''Московская Велоночь'', ''Velonotte Mosca'', a sort of open-air night lecture with hundreds of followers by bike. Moskultprog also produces architecture and urbanistic exhibitions, among them - "Elements of Tverskaya" ( Arch Moscow-2008), "Leonidov 2" (for the 1st edition of the Moscow Architecture Biennale), demonstrating recently discovered work of

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External links

Moskultprog site in Russian and English

Velonotte Roma Contemporanea 2010
Social events Entertainment companies of Russia