СТАРОМОСКОВСКОЕ ПРОИЗНОШЕНИЕ и что от него осталось
Why Russian Language Stack Exchange recommends it
Russian Stack Exchange users link it when answering questions about archaic or non-standard pronunciation, since it documents specific Old Moscow features with timestamps and recorded examples.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2020 to 2025.
What it is
A 36-minute Russian-language video by Mikitko syn Alekseev on the Old Moscow (старомосковское) pronunciation norm. It walks through features such as the -ой/-ай adjective ending after к, г, х, [шн] for чн, soft consonants and long [щ'щ'] in words like дождь, with audio examples from old films, songs and plays. It also covers the myth of Moscow's drawling speech and how widespread the 'MKhAT' accent once was.
What people said
Recommends farfareast · 2020-01 · Russian Language Stack Exchange · on “Pronunciation of "дождь"”
Now when we have a detailed video [this video] about Old Moscow pronunciation style (see around minute 11), we have to agree with @Alex_ander: the pronunciation depends on geographical place where the person come from. See the map in the video at 16:24. :-)
Recommends pompey1969 · 2025-06 · Russian Language Stack Exchange · on “"внимая тихой глас"”
A great resource on старомосковское произношение is [this video] (and a channel well worth bookmarking). He, at around 01:38, explains that after г, к and х the adjectival ending was /əй/. So in terms of pronunciation, тихой absolutely does show the previous educated pronunciation.
Cites Anixx · 2024-09 · Russian Language Stack Exchange · on “Pronunciation of 'Сегодня'”
@pompey1969 I have no idea, but the pronunciation [дощ'] is non-standard and usually classified as "Old Moscow" accent which nearly-disappeared by the late XXth century. [this video]