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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 efficient way of getting aro... 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. It is situated on th... 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 throne, Ivan, who later b... 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 scientific heroes. Pick up ... 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. Petersburg, words fail at ... more
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Gorky Park Krymskii Val, 9, Moscow, 117049 |
For a lot of years Gorky Park (or Cultural Park named in honour of the Soviet writer Gorky) was a usual place to visit during weekends for families with childrens, loving couples or just friends having a merry time there... more
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Kuskovo Yunosti Ulitsa, 2, Moscow, 111402 |
KUSKOVO Palace Museum was built in the 18th century as a summer residence by Count Pyotr Sheremetyev. He turned his country estate at Kuscovo, 12 km east of the Kremlin, into a mini-Varsailles with elegant buildings scat... more
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Tsar Bell Kremlin, Moscow, 101000 |
There is, however, a rather more entertaining Russian legend that claims that the enormous bell was broken by a massive blow from Peter the Great's powerful hand. On his return to Moscow in 1709 after his victorious batt... more
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Cathedral of the Assumption Kremlin, Moscow, 103073 |
The cathedral's subsequent history clearly reflects its role as Russia's central church for more than 400 years. It was the place of the coronation of the first Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, in 1547 and it was here th... more
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Tsar Cannon Kremlin, Moscow, 101000 |
THE TSAR CANNON (Kremlin) Only the most desperate patriot would call the Tsar Cannon a symbol of the power of the Russian army. Nowadays, probably only the most desperate patriot would call the Tsar Cannon a symbol of th... more
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