Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tsar's Bride" is a gruesome tale of both love and vengeance, which is connected to the true story of Ivan the Terrible's search for a new bride. Friday, Saturday at Helikon Opera. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th Boris Godunov: Alexander Sokurov stages...

... listing.) Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m. Lucia di Lammermoor: Donizetti’s operatic masterpiece about the feud between two aristocratic families, staged by Adolf Shapiro. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m. The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya Nevesta): This concise and passionate version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is a grim tale of love and vengeance connected in part with the true story of the bloody intrigues surrounding Ivan the Terrible’s search...

... i Voina): graphics and watercolors by Vitaly Goryayev, to May 30. Located at 3 Georgiyevsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 692-4459. Paperworks Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art: The Forest Tsar (Lesnoi Tsar): sculptural works by Ivan Gorshkov, to June 20. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. and Sun. 798-5430, www.paperworks.ru Pop/off/art Gallery at Winzavod Center...

... (Iskusstvo i Kultura Korei): a new permanent display. Located at 12 Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. Ticket office open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mon. 691-8219/9614, www.orientmuseum.ru Paperworks Gallery at Winzavod Center of Contemporary Art: The Forest Tsar (Lesnoi Tsar): sculptural works by Ivan Gorshkov, to June 20. Located at 1 4th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. Noon to 8 p.m., closed Mon. and Sun. 798-5430, www.paperworks.ru Pop/off/art Gallery at Winzavod Center...

...,000 per year. He has also faced allegations of using his title to attain free trips and supplement his income. Unlike other members of the royal family, the prince does not earn money from public funds. Prince Michael of Kent is the grandnephew of Tsar Nicholas II. He is fluent in Russian, regularly travels to Russia and is a patron of numerous charitable foundations that support Russian culture and education. 179742

... after he had the reins of the oil giant yanked from his hands under orders from then-President Dmitry Medvedev to reduce the grip of government ministers on state-owned companies. The official Rosneft return of the figure dubbed Russia’s energy tsar solves one of the last remaining mysteries about the game of musical chairs that has played out in the ruling elite since Vladimir Putin won the presidency. But analysts warned that making Sechin the chief executive of the country’s largest...

... Russia-connected analyst, painted an even darker picture, saying the protests will carry on until someone from the opposition "resorts to terror." He drew a parallel between the current radical elements within the opposition and the murder plotters of Tsars Alexander II and Alexander III in 19th-century Russia. 418973 171293 179742

... behind the scenes. Shuvalov, 45, was widely seen as Putin’s right-hand man in the old government, where he shared his seniority title with Viktor Zubkov, 70, who was not reappointed Monday. The hawkish Sechin, dubbed the country’s energy tsar, lost his seat as deputy prime minister but received Putin’s support this month for returning to the chairmanship of Rosneftegaz, the state-owned company with a controlling stake in Rosneft. Shuvalov came under pressure in March amid Western...

... eternal rest. The Svyatitel Nikolai — a cargo-and-passenger paddle wheeler that was one of the fastest ships on the Yenisei in the late 19th century — has linked two different eras of the country's political life. In 1891, it brought future Tsar Nikolai Romanov to the city. Six years later, it delivered Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin from Krasnoyarsk to the place of his exile in the village of Shushenskoye almost 500 kilometers south of the city. The ship has been turned into a museum and...

... businessmen, the Murmansk restaurant scene is competitive and surprisingly cosmopolitan. Seafood is guaranteed to be a good bet, though more adventurous foodies may be tempted by the chance to try regional dishes made with reindeer meat. Tsarskaya Okhota (Tsar's Hunt) (86 Kolsky Prospekt; +7 815-225-5224) has an extensive menu that includes bear and reindeer meat. The interior is rustic and decorated with elk antlers, reindeer skins and stuffed bears. Dinner for two without alcohol costs about 1,000 rubles...