Russia Guide to Attractions and Things to doRead Russia attraction reviews from experts and travelers just like you
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Metro
Garden Ring and Mayakovskaya, Moscow, 103012
The Moscow Metro is famed for the opulence of some of its stations and there are few tourists who don't venture below the streets to look at these palaces for the people . It is also the most efficien...more
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Peterhof
Razvodnaya Ulitsa, 2, Peterhof, St Petersburg, 198516
The Peterhof Palace was Peter the Great’s and Catherine the Great’s summer palace respectively. It was my favorite large palace owned by the Imperial Family because the grounds were so beautiful. ...more
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Kolomenskoe
Prospekt Andropova, 39, Moscow, 154387
The earliest building to survive today, is the Church of the Ascension. It was built in 1532 by the Moscow Grand Prince Vasili III in order to give thanks at the birth of his son and heir to the thron...more
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Novodevichy
Novodevichy proezd, 1, Krasnaya Presnya, Moscow, 119435
down the hill behind the convent. Considered Moscow's most prestigious burial site since the 18th century, it bears the unique and artful gravestones of many of Russia's literary, musical, and scienti...more
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Peter and Paul Cathedral
Petropavlovskaia Krepost', 3, St Petersburg, 197046
This is one of the crowning jewels of St. Petersburg history. It is also the resting place of the remains of the last tsar and his family. As with most of the restoration work of Russia and St. Peters...more
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