I don't know what the Russian National Circus is, but I think of this circus when I say Nikulin, this circus used to tour China in '02, and I came to ZJ once, and my parents took me to see it once.

I don't remember exactly what the circus was showing, but I only knew about it because my dad would bring it up from time to time when he was drinking with friends.

After breakfast, the three of us rushed to Moscow University, because it is very convenient to have a subway station at the entrance of the university, so Catherine did not drive, but took me and Xiao Yayun to take the subway.

Moscow University is located in Sparrow Mountain, and I went to Xiao Yayun once a few days ago. Sparrow Hill is the new site of Moscow State University, the old campus is located in the center of Moscow, and in 1953 after the construction of the new main building of the university in Sparrow Hill, MSU moved to Sparrow Hill.

Like Imperial Capital University and Mizuki University, admission to Moscow State University does not require an entrance fee, but registration is required. Because of the presence of Catherine, a former student at Moscow University, the doorman at the door did not ask much, and after making the registration, he happily let us in.

Walking into Moscow State University, the most eye-catching thing is the main building of the university, which is one of the seven Stalinist buildings in Moscow, nicknamed one of the Seven Sisters, a typical centralized building with a large base and a high spire. It looks majestic.

Walking around the campus, you can feel the strong school atmosphere, most of the people who come and go are holding books, and there are also some students who are pedaling bicycles or skateboards under their bags.

As she walked forward, Ekaterina introduced herself to Xiao Yayun and me: "Moscow State University is the largest and oldest comprehensive higher education institution in Russia. Lomonosov Moscow State University was founded on January 12, 1755. The name Lomonosov derives from the founder of the university, a Russian encyclopedic scientist, linguist, philosopher and poet, known as Peter the Great in the history of Russian science. The prototype of the "Law of Conservation of Mass" was proposed. “

Xiao Yayun leaned over to me and whispered, "Didn't Newton propose the law of conservation of mass?" ”

I glanced at her, "Newton is proposing the law of gravitation and the law of motion, okay, the conservation of mass has nothing to do with his half a dime." He died, and the law of conservation of mass was not proposed. ”

Xiao Yayun snorted, "You know I've never failed physics. ”

Walk to the front of the main building and find some statues in front of the main building. Catherine pointed to the statues and said with a smile: "These are all famous Russian scholars, and that is Lomonosov." “

As she spoke, Catherine pointed to a statue of a fat man with a round face.

Xiao Yayun listened to Catherine explain the story behind the statue with great interest, while I looked at the huge building behind the statue.

The surface of the main building of Moscow State University is painted with huge motifs such as clocks, barometers, thermometers, sculptures and sickles and axes, and at the top of the central tower is a red star symbolizing the proletariat.

I suddenly remembered the history of this building, and the history behind this Stalinist building, nicknamed one of the Seven Sisters, is actually very interesting.

The USSR won the Second World War, and Moscow became the new master of the world. At that time, Moscow had only tall factories, wide streets, tree-lined and medal-strewn soldiers, and it was like a huge arsenal rather than a city that had become the center of the world.

For this reason, Stalin suddenly felt that there was nothing to do with the red buildings in Moscow, the capital of the world proletariat. Although Vasily's Cathedral and Red Square are magnificent and beautiful, they were built during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, and the Kremlin and Gum, although majestic and gorgeous, are all buildings of the Tsarist era, and they have nothing to do with the proletariat, and they cannot be labeled as proletarians.

This distressed Stalin, and even said that we had won the war, and that foreigners would come to Moscow to visit, but we had no skyscrapers, but a listless capital, far worse than Manhattan.

To sum it up, Stalin believed that Moscow only had factories and lacked skyscrapers.

In 1947, when his younger brother Huaxia was still in the civil war, Stalin had the whim to build a number of skyscrapers in Moscow. However, after high-level discussions and research, it was generally agreed that Moscow was not suitable for building skyscrapers, and in addition to various urban planning factors, another important reason was that they felt that skyscrapers were a symbol of imperialism, because at that time only the United States had skyscrapers.

But there is a way that as long as there is a problem, there must be a solution, not to mention that these high-level leaders who survived the purge know in their hearts that if we directly sue the leader for a skyscraper, we can't build a skyscraper, and once a skyscraper is built, it will be imperialism and embarrass the leader, then the end will definitely not be pleasant. Thus, the socialist skyscraper entered the stage of design research.

In 1948, seven sisters began to be conceived in Moscow. It was not until 1953 that the Baroque castle towers, the Gothic of medieval Europe and the skyscrapers of the 1930s in the United States were completed, and all the seven sisters were completed with a large base and a high point.

The main building of Moscow State University is the eldest of the seven sisters, and the other six sisters are the Leningrad Hotel, the apartment of the model worker, the building of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, the Ukrainian Hotel, the apartment of cultural people, and the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Just as I was thinking about it, a familiar voice came from the side, "Hey Catherine, why do you have time to go back to school today?" ”

I turned my head to see that it was Andre, the teacher I met at the gate of Gum that day, holding a few books with a red face and looking in a good mood.

Ekaterina smiled, "Teacher Andrei Sergei, meet again." Do you have a class today? Isn't your World War II history on Thursday? ”

Andre shrugged his shoulders and said a little helplessly: "The school has asked me to open a new class, and since you graduated, my idle days have decreased a lot." Sometimes I miss you Ekaterina, you are the most competent teaching assistant I have ever met. I often regret now why you didn't go out of your way to invite you to stay in school when you graduated. ”

Ekaterina smiled and said: "There are capable students every year, Mr. Andrei, you will definitely be able to find a teaching assistant who is better than me." ”

Andrei smiled bitterly: "I hope so, are you bringing friends to visit Moscow University today?" I'll take you into the main building, and we'll have lunch together later." ”

Ekaterina smiled and nodded in agreement.