Empress of all Russia has handed over the Saint Anna's Order to general manager of the Moscow hotel "Marco Polo Presnja"

This event became especially significant for the Russian hotel business. For the first time in its history the Head of the Russian Imperial House Her Imperial Highness Supreme superior of the Russian's Imperial and Royal orders Sovereign Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna has awarded general manager of the Moscow hotel the Saint Anna's Order "in requital of merits before Fatherland, in attention to zealous service to the Russian Imperial House and in the certificate of special goodwill".

The surname of director-order bearer well-known in Moscow, to tell more correctly, his surname became the most known name of hotel and restaurant business of capital. The name it is Boris Olegovich Stasyuk. During last 10 years he heads hotel "Marco Polo Presnja".

In this hotel the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Her Imperial Highness Sovereign Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and members of the Russian Imperial House: Her Imperial Highness widow Sovereign Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna and Her Imperial Highness Sovereign the Successor Cesarevitch and Grand duke George Mihajlovich prefer to stop in capital.

On August, 4th, 2007 reception on which were present took place in restaurant of hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" in honour of Her Imperial Highnes: director of Office Her Imperial Highness Alexander Zakatov, duke Vadim Lopukhin - the main coordinator of the Highest visits, King of Arms - managing director Geroldiej of the Russian Imperial House Stanislav Dumin, the national actress of the USSR Elena Obraztsova, the adviser of minister of culture of Russia Lyudmila Jairova, the president of welfare fund " Tverskoy " Boris Pashintsev, executive director of company "Visit-Moscow" Edward Malakhov, the president of National portrait gallery Alexander Osipov, the professor of the Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev Russian chemical-engineering university Dmitry Mustafin, and certainly, the cavalier of the Saint Anna's Order, general manager of hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" Boris Stasyuk.

Handing over the Saint Anna's Order to general manager of hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" to Boris Olegovich Stasyuk, Empress Maria Vladimirovna has said the motto of the Order " Amantibus Justitiam, Pietatem, Fidem " - " Loving the Truth, Piety, Fidelity ".

General manager of hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" Boris Olegovich Stasyuk, really, is living picture this motto.

He loves the truth, he sincere in the affairs and acts, he even is named truth-fight because he is not afraid to defend the sights which someone can it is not pleasant.

Orthodox priests who often visit the Charitable actions spent in hotel, and also religious figures of other faiths who on a regular basis stop in hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" by the right name he pious person.

The numerous friends, familiars, colleagues, brothers-in-arms, pupils consider as his person true and very reliable.

That is why Boris Olegovich Stasyuk can be named living picture the motto of the Saint Anna's Order: "Loving the Truth, Piety, Fidelity". For years of a management of hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" he has managed to make this small hotel on the Patriarchal ponds the present temple of hospitality. In many respects owing to Boris Olegovich Stasyuk the surprising atmosphere of goods and pleasure here reigns. Guests from the different countries name hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" "the house far from the house".

Boris Olegovich Stasyuk by the right is considered one of coryphaeuses of hotel and restaurant business. Already in 30 years it became in the head of the combine of a feed of the Moscow hotel complex largest in Moscow "Izmailovo", serving in day more than 10 thousand person. Was responsible for the organization of reception of thousand visitors of Good-will games and the World Festival of youth and students in Moscow. And then headed trust of the Moscow restaurants.

Recently in Boris Olegovich's life there were significant events: the president of Russia V.V. Putin has appropriated to him a rank "the Deserved worker of trade of the Russian Federation", the president of Open Society "GOA "Moscow" A.N.Krivoshein, has handed over to him the most honourable award of the Moscow hotel business: the diploma "Crystal boat" for the personal contribution to development of the industry of hospitality of Moscow, the Patriarch Moscow and All of Russia Alexey has awarded him to Order of Sacred Duke Daniel Moskovskiy.

Earlier this Order has been handed over to mayor of Moscow J.M.Luzhkov, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation I.D.Sergeev, writer A.I.Solzhenitsin and some other sons of Fatherland.

His scientific work "Formation and use of strategic model of development of the hotel enterprises on the basis of system the interconnected parameters" has received a high estimation in scientific circles, and in 2007, successfully having protected the master's thesis, he became candidate of economic science.

Boris Olegovich Stasyuk has a lot of awards and honorary titles. On results of competition "Leaders of Russian tourist industry" Boris Stasyuk has been recognized by "Director of year", by results of a rating of "Association of managers of Russia" and the Publishing House "Commersant" he has been awarded a title "the Most professional manager of Russia", and magazine "Oberon" has named he "the Most stylish manager of Moscow". Besides he is the academician of National academy of tourism and the International academy of the industry of hospitality.

Erecting Boris Olegovich Stasyuk in advantage of the cavalier of the Saint Anna's Order and granting to him personal nobility, Sovereign has wished to general manager of hotel of a sound health, successes in work in the name of prosperity of hotel, in glory of our Native land.

Thanks to Empress for a high estimation of the activity, Boris Stasyuk has congratulated she on a name day. Really, on August, 4th Day of Saint Ravnoapostolnaya Maria-Magdalina in honour of whom Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna has been named is marked. Boris Stasyuk has presented Crowned именнинице in a gift the Bible. "I am absolutely assured of that. That it is the wisest book which is known to mankind. All the precepts described in the bible, all advice and all ideas, seem to me not simply мудыми, but also necessary in our life. It is not dependent on the one whom we consider ourselves - as atheists, Christians. иудеями, moslems - each of us can find answers to universal questions in the Scriptus".

In each number hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" on прикроватной to a bedside-table lays the Bible, in which, probably, someonefrom visitors will find answers to, apparently, unsoluble questions. In the Bible it is told and about Sacred Anna, the beneficial and kind woman - mothers of the Virgin.

The Imperial Saint Anna's Order has been founded on February, 14th, 1735 by Duke Charles Fridrih Golshtejn-Gottorpskiy in memory of the spouse Tsesarevne Anna Petrovna - daughter Peter the Great, in day of decade of their wedding. It is entered in Russian empire per 1742 by their son the Successor of the Throne Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich, the future Emperor Рeter III on April, 5th 1797. By emperor Paul I it is ranked as the Russian Orders.

Among cavalier of the order there were many outstanding people of our Fatherland. So, in 1770 cavalier of the Saint Anna's Order became forty-year old A.V.Suvorov. It was his first Order.

Duke S. Volkonsky, became the cavalier of the Saint Anna's Order for participation in war with Napoleon.

In different years the Saint Anna's Order were award: the hero of Russian-Turkish war general, Michael Dmitrievich Skobelev; the Russian and Soviet general, scientific-orientalist, Andrey Evgenevich Snesarev who has become in the Soviet years prisoner Solovetskiy GYLAG; writer Paul Ivanovich Melnikov-Pechersky; the architect, the painter, the schedule, one of the brightest representatives of a modernist style in Russian and European architecture Feodor Osipovich Shehtel, and also nobleman, the teacher, outdoor adviser Edmund Iosifovich Dzerginskiy, the father of "iron Felix".

In the word behind a meal Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna has expressed joyful feelings in connection with the numerous positive changes observed in modern Russia, and, especially, in connection with long-awaited finding of church unity to which her Most august invariable aspired the Grandfather and the Father.

"It seems to me, that in 2003 we have made a successful choice of a place of our stay in Moscow, - Great Princess Maria Vladimirovna has told. - It is pleasant to me, that this hotel is in the center of capital in area of the well-known Patriarchal Ponds glorified in books of Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Pasternak and Cvetaeva. Each time coming to Moscow, I find time to take a walk on ancient Moscow streets. I like to stop in small hotels in which it is possible to feel heat of a home. Huge hotels which are very popular in the Europe now, seem to me similar to railway stations.

Certainly, they can be extremely comfortable, and the personnel in them usually happens perfectly prepared, but at such huge buildings always there is a sensation disturbing railway stations expectations. I know, that the hotel "Marco Polo Presnja" has been constructed in days of reign of Emperor Nikolay II, is one of the oldest Moscow hotels and has rich history ".

Really, in Moscow there will be a few hotels with such sated biography, as "Marco Polo Presnja". The ground on which there is a building, long since was considered blessed: here there was the Patriarchal court yard and a haven for pilgrims. From those times one pond called by tradition only in plural was kept only: "the Patriarchal ponds".

And the building has noble British roots. In memory of the husband - the owner of the iron factory, known philanthropist Robert Mak-Gille, his widow Jane Mak-Gill has constructed in Spiridonjevsky lane British hotel "Saint Andrey's House". It was, as would tell nowadays, apart-hotel - the house of long residing, basically, citizens of the Great Britain and the USA, not having constant habitation in Moscow.

More than hundred years the hotel costs on service of hospitality, today it deservedly carries 4 stars, constantly borrows prize-winning places in various hotel competitions, "the Small hotel" admits to the best a nomination. The restaurant of hotel borrows the first places in a rating of the Moscow restaurants, it also has noted been special "Crystal boat" and has received a honourable title "the Best hotel restaurant of Moscow".

By the way, honoured guests have remained a dinner are very happy and have asked to invite the head cook and the chief-confectioner to thank them for the present aristocratic culinary representation executed with high professionalism and taste.

"We love Russian kitchen" - Grand Duchess speaks - "at our place often there is both a fish-soup, and a borsch and an okroshka, but most of all we love a buckwheat cereal. However, our cooker has received the culinary formation not in Moscow, and in Morocco, she has Moroccan's nationalities, but she was possible to master many secrets of preparation of dishes of Russian kitchen ".

Conversation is entered by Duke Vadim Olegovich Lopukhin whom already more than 15 years will organize the Highest visits to Fatherland:

"I Can confirm, that I ate the most tasty and beautifully prepared fish at dinner at Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna (mother of Empress Maria Vladimirovny, the note of the author). Traditions of Russian hospitality are piously stored in the Russian Imperial House is not dependent on in what country members of Imperial Family live". The national actress of the USSR present on reception, the winner of every possible premiums and competitions Elena Obraztsova has prepared for a musical gift for Grand Duchess, having executed in its honour………….

Specially for solemn reception the known Moscow artist, the president of National portrait gallery Alexander Osipov has written a portrait of the Head of the Russian Imperial house, Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna.

On a portrait executed in thin impressionistic manner, Sovereign's sight turn in the future which, certainly, should be fine at the great country which glory make not only minerals, boundless open spaces, world famous scientists and cultures, but also selfless attendants of a hotel-restaurant complex which plays lives of each country very important role. Dmitry Mustafin, Tel. 8 903 167 74 44, Tel. 202 62 11 Tel. 959 24 83 .

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