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Central Museum of the Armed Forces
Covering the history of the Soviet and Russian military since 1917, this massive museum occupies 24 exhibit halls plus open-air exhibits. Over 800,000 military items, including uniforms, medals and weapons, are on display. Among the highlights are remainders of the American U2 spy
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City Electrical Transport Museum
This museum is the place to come if you love the trams and trolleybuses of St Petersburg, thought its collection of machines from the early 20th century to the present day can only be visited on a Russian-speaking excursion (included in the entry price). These 1½ hour tours leave a
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Amalienau & Maraunenhof
Casual strolls through the linden-scented, tree-lined neighbourhoods of Amalienau (to the city’s west along pr Mira) and Maraunenhof (at the north end of the Upper Pond) provide a glimpse of cultured pre-WWII Königsberg. Amalienau is particularly lovely, with an eclectic range of v
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Artillery Museum
Housed in the fort’s original arsenal, across the moat from the Peter and Paul Fortress, this fire-powered museum chronicles Russia’s military history, with examples of weapons dating all the way back to the Stone Age. The centrepiece is Lenin’s armoured car, which he rode in trium
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Panorama Museum of the Battle of Stalingrad
This museum, part of the Battle of Stalingrad museum complex, has dozens of exhibits on the Battle of Stalingrad and the soldiers who fought. The model of the ruined city (post-battle) is a moving display of the human capacity for both destruction and rebuilding, and a highlight is
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Kutafya Tower
The Kutafya Tower, which forms the main visitors’ entrance today, stands apart from the Kremlin’s west wall, at the end of a ramp over the Alexander Garden. The ramp was once a bridge over the Neglinnaya River and used to be part of the Kremlin’s defences; this river has been diver
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Kuryokhin Modern Art Centre
This cultural centre, in a clapped-out but atmospheric old cinema, is named after Sergey Kuryokhin (1954–96), a legend of the Russian contemporary arts and music scene. SKIF, an international music and arts festival, is held here in May and other avant-garde performances and exhibi
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Poteshny Palace
Immediately inside the Trinity Gate Tower, the lane to the right (south) passes the 17th-century Poteshny Palace, where Stalin lived. The yellow palace was built by Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich and housed the first Russian theatre. Here, Tsar Alexey enjoyed various comedic performance
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British Naval Cemetery
In 1919 the British navy assisted the White Russians against the Reds – Winston Churchill, war secretary at the time, wanted to see if the Bolsheviks could be crushed before they could really get going. A number of British sailors found eternal rest in Russian soil, in a small grav
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Chamber of Facets
Part of a palace built in 1433, the Gothic chamber once housed Novgorods Supreme Court and was the scene of many ceremonies and soirées, not all of them pleasant – Ivan the Terrible reputedly slaughtered tablefuls of noble guests right here, (wrongly) believing they were plotting a
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Dom na Naberezhnoy Museum
The big ‘House on the Embankment’ on Bolotny Island is a historic building, once home to many old Bolsheviks and Civil War heroes, as well as artists, writers and scientists. The small museum onsite recounts the life histories of its noteworthy residents, many of whom were eventual
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Manege Exhibition Centre
The long, low neoclassical building west of Alexander Garden is Moscow Manege, a vast space that is used for art exhibits and other events. The recent Golden Age of Russian Avant-Garde exhibit attracted the attention of art connoisseurs, but it also hosts wide-ranging events such a
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Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The brainchild of Moscow art fairy Darya Zhukova, incidentally the girlfriend of oligarch Roman Abramovich, remains one of the hottest modern art venues in the capital. Retaining its original name, in mid-2015 Garage moved to spectacular new digs in Gorky Park – a derelict Soviet-e
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Geological Museum
Located in the upper floors of the All-Russian Geological Science and Research Institute, this huge museum contains thousands of fossils, rocks and gems. The centrepiece of the museum is a huge map of the Soviet Union made entirely of precious gems, which won the Paris World Exposi
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Kaliningrad Cathedral
Photos displayed inside this Unesco World Heritage Site attest to how dilapidated the cathedral was until the early 1990s – the original dates back to 1333. The lofty interior is dominated by an ornate organ used for regular concerts . Upstairs, the carved-wood Wallenrodt Library h
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Glazunov Gallery
This elaborate Russian empire–style mansion, opposite the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, houses a gallery dedicated to the work of Soviet and post-Soviet artist Ilya Glazunov. Glazunov is famous for his controversial, colourful paintings that depict hundreds of people, places and events
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Krestovsky Island
The biggest of the three northern islands, Krestovsky consists mostly of the vast Maritime Victory Park , dotted with sports fields; at the far western end the giant Zenit Stadium , under construction for years, is scheduled to be ready in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.At the ma
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Arctic & Antarctic Museum
Learn all about Soviet polar explorations at the Arctic & Antarctic Museum . Apart from stuffed polar bears and the like, the most impressive exhibit is a wooden boat plane hanging from the ceiling. Check out the informative website, though, for details of Vicaar, an Arctic exp
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Museum of City Life
This small museum filling six rooms of a former merchant’s house illustrates just why 19th-century Irkutsk was nicknamed the ‘Paris of Siberia’. Changing exhibitions of everyday and decorative items such as lamps, dolls, tableware and porcelain are donated free of charge by the peo
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Kitay Gorod
This 13th-century neighbourhood was the first in Moscow to grow up outside the Kremlin walls. While its name means China Town in modern Russian, do not expect anything Chinese - the name derives from an old Russian word meaning wattle, for the supports used for the walls that prote
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