RBTH commemorates some interesting facts that tie the British superstar to Russia... David Bowie visited Russia three times. During his first trip April-May 1973, he spent three days in Moscow visiting the May Day parade, GUM and The Kremlin Armory. His next trip was in April of 1976, when he was traveling with U.S. rock star Iggy Pop. On his final trip in 1996 he gave his first - and last - performance in Russia at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Gossip about Bowie’s secret trip of 1973 across the USSR from Vladivostok to Moscow seemed too fantastic to be true – as the Far East naval city was closed to foreigners until 1992. However, Vladivostok journalist Ruslan Vakulik managed to confirm the legend, finding evidence from stories published by UPI reporter Robert Musel, who accompanied Bowie on the USSR trip and Bowie’s letters to Cherry Vanilla, his press manager. These documents prove that the musician traveled by train across Russia in the spring of 1973.
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