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Lenin Head
Ulan-Ude’s main square is entirely dominated by the world’s largest Lenin head (where are all the others with which it competes?), which some maintain looks comically cross-eyed. The 7.7m-high bronze bonce was installed in 1970 to celebrate Lenin’s 100th birthday. Oddly, UU’s bird
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Istorichesky Skver
The prettiest and most lively part of Yekaterinburg in summer is the landscaped parkland alongside the City Pond (Gorodskoy prud), where pr Lenina crosses a small dam. This was where Yekaterinburg began back in 1723. The Monument to the Founders of Yekaterinburg (Памятник основател
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Torgovaya Ploshchad
Suzdal’s Torgovaya pl (Market Sq) is dominated by the pillared Trading Arcades (Торговые ряды; 1806–11) along its western side. There are four churches in the immediate vicinity, including the Resurrection Church . Make the precarious climb to the top of the bell tower and be rewar
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Synod Printing House
Now housing the Russian State University for the Humanities, this elaborately decorated edifice is where Ivan Fyodorov reputedly produced Russia’s first printed book, The Apostle, in 1563. (You can see the man himself near Tretyakovsky proezd.) Spiraling Solomonic columns and Gothi
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Market Square
Suzdal’s Market Square is dominated by the pillared Trading Arcades (1806–11) along its western side. There are four churches in the immediate vicinity, including the Resurrection Church . Make the precarious climb to the top of the bell tower and be rewarded with wonderful views o
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Museum of the Northern Fleet
The mass of exhibits inside this turquouise, crumbling, anchor-flanked building covers everything from the founding of Russia’s first navy in Arkhangelsk, to 17th- and 18th-century Arctic exploration, to Murmansk convoys of WWII – a joint effort with British servicemen. The most re
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Pushkin Flat
Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s national poet, had his last home here on one of the prettiest curves of the Moyka River. He only lived here four months, and died here after his duel in 1837. The little house is now the Pushkin Flat-Museum, which has been reconstructed to look exactly a
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Muzey IA Bunina
Though materials on the writer Ivan Bunin are spread thin through provincial Russia, Oryol’s Muzey IA Bunina has a good collection of photos and other documents, plus a ‘Paris Room’ devoted to his years as an emigrant, including the bed in which he died. At the end of the one-hour
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Konyushennaya Ploshchad
Under wraps for restoration, the buildings along the north side of Stables Square is where the imperial court once kept its horses and transportation. Access is still possible to the Church of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hand (the classical building in the centre of stables with
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Vysotsky Cultural Centre
Part museum, part performance space, part art exhibit, this cultural centre pays tribute to local legend Vladimir Vysotsky. Singer and songwriter, poet and actor, Vysotsky was one of the Soviet Union’s most influential pop-culture figures, thanks mostly to the witty lyrics and soci
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Bolgar State Historical
This sprawling museum reserve is located 1km east of the town, with a boat landing directly in front of the large Museum of Bolgar Civilisation (Музей Болгарской цивилизации), an enormous neo-Bolgar building that houses the sites main exhibits on Bolgars history. Ruins and other mu
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Borodino Museum
This museum is an excellent place to start when you arrive in Borodino. You can study an interactive diorama of the Battle of Borodino before setting out to see the site in person. Otherwise, the main exhibits feature original objects from the battle, including uniforms, weapons, d
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Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour
The attraction here is the Unesco-protected, nonworking Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour , whose 12th-century frescos are considered to be one of the most complete representations of the biblical narrative to have survived the Mongols. The frescos have been partially
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Gogol House
19th-century writer Nikolai Gogol spent his final tortured months here. The rooms – now a small but captivating museum – are arranged as they were when Gogol lived here. You can even see the fireplace where he famously threw his manuscript of Dead Souls . An additional reading room
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House of Unions & State Duma
The glowering State Duma was erected in the 1930s for Gosplan (Soviet State Planning Department), source of the USSR’s Five-Year Plans; it is now the seat of the Russian parliament. The green-columned House of Unions dates from the 1780s. Its ballroom, called the Hall of Columns, i
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Bakhrushin Theatre Museum
Russia’s foremost stage museum, founded in 1894, is in the neo-Gothic mansion on the north side of Paveletskaya pl. The museum exhibits all things theatrical – stage sets, costumes, scripts and personal items belonging to some of Russia’s stage greats. The exhibits are not limited
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Moscow Zoo
In 2014, the zoo underwent a huge renovation in honour of its 150th anniversary, so it should be in great shape in coming years. Huge flocks of feathered friends populate the central ponds, making for a pleasant stroll for bird-watchers. For a new perspective on Moscow’s nightlife,
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Spaso
Painted in circus-tent stripes, the powerful fortress towers of this active 14th-century monastery are photogenically reflected in the river, best viewed from the nearby railway bridge. Visitors may explore the western half of the compound, including a partial rampart walk and the
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Museum of Wooden Architecture
Essentially a park on the bank of the Volga, the museum is a large collection of northern-style wooden buildings, including peasant houses, windmills and churches (one built without nails). Some of the buildings house small exhibits and the grounds are pleasant for strolling, liste
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Sakhalin Regional Museum
The pagoda-roofed Sakhalin Regional Museum has a 21st-century exhibit exploring the Japanese/Soviet overlap of the city’s history, typified by the building itself, which served as the home of the Karafuto administration before the Soviets seized the island from the Japanese in 1945
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