One of the things you will notice when you visit Moscow are the different kiosks in the street. This is not altogether different from the UK: in Manchester street vendors sometimes occupy a space in the arch of a building, or have a small stall. Usually, however, they sell food and drinks from small vans, or fruit, veg, and flowers from the open stalls. The rest tend to rent a shop.
In Moscow, however, there are kiosks like the one in the picture where you can buy flowers, ice-cream, and newspapers. The Mospechat’ means “Moscow press”, and naturally the main articles you can buy here are newspapers and magazines. The same kind of kiosk will usually sell some stationery, and this particular one sells stamps. Stamp and coin collecting is one of the favourite hobbies in Russia. However, whereas coins are normally sold at the antiques shops, stamps can be found in these press kiosks in the street.
