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Pushkin Literary Museum
Housed in a beautiful empire-style mansion dating from 1816, this museum is devoted to the life and work of Russia’s favourite poet. Personal effects, family portraits, reproductions of notes and handwritten poetry provide insight into the work of the beloved bard. Perhaps the most
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Churches of the Grand & Small Ascension
In 1831 poet Alexander Pushkin married Natalya Goncharova in the elegant Church of the Grand Ascension , on the western side of pl Nikitskie Vorota. Six years later he died in St Petersburg, defending her honour in a duel. Such passion, such romance… The celebrated couple is featur
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Winzavod
Formerly a wine-bottling factory, this facility was converted into exhibit and studio space for Moscow artists in 2007. The post-industrial complex is now home to Moscow’s most prestigious art galleries, including M&J Guelman, Aidan and XL. The complex also contains several pho
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New Tretyakov Gallery
The premier venue for 20th-century Russian art is this branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery, better known as the New Tretyakov. This place has much more than the typical socialist realist images of muscle-bound men wielding scythes, and busty women milking cows (although there’s t
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Naval Cathedral
Kronshtadt’s key sight is the unusual and beautiful Naval Cathedral. Built between 1903 and 1913 to honour Russian naval muscle, this neo-Byzantine wonder stands on Yakornaya pl (Anchor Sq), where you’ll also find an eternal flame for all of Kronshtadt’s sailors, and the florid art
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Georgenburg Castle
This ruined fortress, 3km north of the town centre, is perched high above the Instruch River. In 1812 the castle estate was bought by a Scottish family who established the Georgenburg Stud Farm , which continues to breed Tranken horses today. The farm is also the location of the Ge
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Dvortsovaya Ploshchad
The monumental Dvortsovaya ploshchad is one of the most impressive and historic spaces in the city. Stand well back to admire the palace and the central 47.5m Alexander Column named after Alexander I and commemorating the 1812 victory over Napoleon. It has stood here, held in place
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Trubetskoy Bastion
Evocative use of the original cells for displays about the former political prisoners of Trubetskoy Bastion - who included the likes of Maxim Gorky, Leon Trotsky, Mikhail Bakunin and Fyodor Dostoevsky - make this one of the best of the forts clutch of museums and exhibition spaces.
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White House
The White House – officially the House of Government of the Russian Federation – fronts a stately bend in the Moscow River, just north of the Novoarbatsky most. It was here that Boris Yeltsin rallied the opposition that confounded the 1991 hard-line coup, then two years later sent
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Soviet Mosaics
Komsomolsk has a wealth of wonderful murals adorning the sides of apartment blocks and factories. Most were the creation of Khabarovsk-based artist Nikolai Dolbilkin, who lived here in the 1950s and 60s. Among the best are the double triptych WWII mosaic in the central grey dom kul
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Railway Museum
This museum near Sennaya pl is a must for train-set fans and modellers. It houses a collection of scale locomotives and model railway bridges, often made by the same engineers that built the real ones. The oldest such collection in the world, the museum dates to 1809, 28 years befo
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Tsereteli Studio
Moscow’s most prolific artist has opened up his ‘studio’ as a space to exhibit his many masterpieces. You can’t miss this place – whimsical characters adorn the front lawn. They give just a tiny hint of what’s inside: a courtyard crammed with bigger-than-life bronze beauties and el
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Stroganov Palace
One of the city’s loveliest baroque exteriors, the salmon-pink Stroganov Palace was designed by court favourite Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1753 for one of the city’s leading aristocratic families. The building has been superbly restored by the Russian Museum, and you can visit the imp
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Experimentanium
Travelling with children who ask too many questions about life, the universe and everything? Here is a place that provides answers for them to ponder for a while. Experimentanium is an exciting place where children learn physics, chemistry, mechanics, acoustics, anatomy and whatnot
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Dom Sovietov
North of the cathedral is Tsentralnaya ploshchad (Central Square) on which sits one of the dourest, ugliest of Soviet creations, the upright H-shaped Dom Sovietov. On this site stood a magnificent 1255 castle, damaged during WWII but dynamited out of existence by narrow-minded Sovi
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Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour
The interior of this marvellous 1743 cathedral, which has been beautifully restored and repainted both outside and in, is one of the most gilded in the city. The grand gates bear the imperial double-headed eagle in vast golden busts, reflecting the fact that the cathedral was built
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Engels Regional Museum
The highlight of the Engels Regional Museum is not its military hardware, which hammers home the point about what WWII was about (ie defeating Germany), but a magnificent collection of about 40 works by the Volga German Realist artist Yakov Veber (1870-1958), whose style is remini
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Contemporary History Museum
Formerly known as the Revolution Museum, this retro exhibit traces Soviet history from the 1905 and 1917 revolutions up to the 1980s. The highlight is the extensive collection of propaganda posters, in addition to all the Bolshevik paraphernalia. Look for the picture of the giant P
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Monument to the Victims of Political Repression
This gruesome piece of sculpture by Russian artist Mikhail Shemyakin was unveiled in 1995, shortly after the end of the Soviet Union, and during a time of relative lustration. The scultpure is centred on two sphinxes, both of which look, from one side, like beautiful creatures. How
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Arsenev Regional Museum
One of the citys most fascinating museum, the Arsenev Regional Museum, which dates from 1890 received a recent makeover adding interactive displays to its three floors of galleries. Exhibits delve into local history, covering early explorers to the region, Vlads vibrant Chinatown f
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