Great places to visit in Moscow
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| The Kremlin |
The Kremlin is a fortress surrounded with a thick red wall interspersed with 20 towers and is one of the oldest parts of Moscow dating back to the city’s foundation in 1147. The complex consists of a number of glittering, golden-domed churches and palaces
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| Red Square |
A dramatic open cobbled space in the centre of Moscow, the Red Square used to originally be the city’s marketplace and served as a place for public gatherings, celebrating festivals, listening to announcements and witnessing executions, quite common durin
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| St Basil’s Cathedral |
One of the most famous images of Russia, St. Basil’s Cathedral and it multicoloured domes stand on the edge of the Red Square. This striking building was designed by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate his victorious military campaign against the Tartar Mon
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| Poklonnaja Mountain |
One of the most significant monuments constructed in 1958 in the honour of victory in the Great Patriotic War the Poklonnaya mountain has a memorable granite sign with the inscription: Here there will be a monument to the Victory of Soviet people in Great
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| Bolshoi Opera |
Moscow's oldest theatre, the Bolshoi dates from 1824 and is Russia's most famous theatre, with its world-renowned opera and ballet companies in residence. Completely rebuilt after a fire in 1856, the grand building is a masterpiece of Russian neoclassicis
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| Tretyakov Gallery |
Named after Pavel Tretvakov, an art collector who donated about 2,000 works of art from private collection to the city, the Tretyakov Gallery houses some of the great masterpieces of traditional Russian art from before the Revolution and has the world’s f
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| The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour |
Constructed because of a vow made to the sovereign Alexander I in gratitude of saving the fatherland from the invasion of the Gails, this temple was supposed to be built on the Vorobyovy mountains but was then constructed close to the Kremlin.
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| Mausoleum |
The composite centre of the Red Square - the Mausoleum - is a monument-tomb, in a Mourning hall of which there is a crystal sarcophagus with Lenin's body. The modern stone Mausoleum was constructed in 1930 and is a grand scale building tiled with dark-red
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| Kuskovo Estate |
The Kuskovo Estate or Palace was constructed in full conformity with the tastes of Russian noble life and art of 18th century. It is the composite centre of the "Kuskovo" ensemble, one of the earliest samples of summer country residences of Russia.
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| Novodevichy Convent |
One of the most beautiful convents in Moscow, the Novodevichy Convent was founded at the beginning of 16th century and for 400 years was the witness to and participant of important historical events, connected with the Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, So
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