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Tochka
It means g-spot, in case you didn’t already guess. Among this gigantic display of erotica, you’re bound to find something that will titillate yours. Look for ‘artistic’ interpretations of sex through the ages, from ancient kama-sutra-style carvings to contemporary (and perhaps cont
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Autoville
This impressive facility brings together under one roof dozens of exquisite automobiles from around the world and across the decades. The cars, which are in pristine condition, come from some 50 different private collections. Some date back as far as 1907, while some are from the p
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National Park Museum
This museum offers loads of information about the park’s habitat and history. The complex is also home to more than 100 carved-wood mythological characters at the Museum of Russian Superstitions . Prearrange an excursion to the Fringilla Ornithological Station , a bird-ringing cent
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Ryabushinsky Mansion
Also known as the Gorky House-Museum, this fascinating 1906 art-nouveau mansion was designed by Fyodor Shekhtel and gifted to celebrated author Maxim Gorky in 1931. The house is a visual fantasy with sculpted doorways, ceiling murals, stained glass, a carved stone staircase and ext
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Hermitage Vyborg
Housed in a wing of a striking building designed by Finnish architect Uno Ulberg in 1930, this small museum hosts themed exhibitions, curated from the Hermitage’s massive collection, that change every six months. The functional white building, which sits in the middle of an old def
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Mammoth Museum and Archaeology & Ethnography Museum
All that permafrost in the area has resulted in some of the world’s best-preserved mammoth skeletons. You can see some at this excellent two-pack of museums. See if they’ll let you glimpse into the Mammoth Museum’s refrigerated storage room, which is chock full of mammoth and wooll
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Insterburg Castle
Around 1km north of Chernyakhovsk’s train and bus stations, the ruins of this castle are watched over by eccentric hippie artist Andrik Smirnov – he’s set up his studio-gallery inside the castle’s remaining structure. You’ll also find a good photo and text display, in Russian and G
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National Museum of the Republic of Kalmykia
The modern building of the National Museum offers a perfect space for getting an insight into the Kalmyk people and the republic, with eight rooms covering their history, ecology and culture. One room deals with the deportations during WWII. The exhibition is in Russian, so its wor
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Chistye Prudy
Chistye Prudy (Clean Ponds) is the lovely little pond that graces the Boulevard Ring at the ul Pokrovka intersection. The Boulevard Ring is always a prime location for strolling, but the quaint pond makes this a desirable address indeed. Paddle boats in summer and ice skating in wi
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Sigmund Freud Museum of Dreams
This odd conceptual exhibition, based on abstractions and ideas, not artefacts, is an outgrowth of the Psychoanalytic Institute that houses it. The two-room exhibition aims to stimulate your subconscious as you struggle to read the display symbolising what Freud himself would have
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Opera & Ballet Theatre
UU’s striking Stalinist-era theatre reopened after lengthy renovation in June 2011 (the first performance was for a group of foreign tourists from the luxury Golden Eagle train). Visitors cannot fail to be impressed by the level of craftsmanship inside, though some might be slightl
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Saviour
Enough to give a taste of its former grandeur, the evocative remains of this monastery are bleakly derilict, in sharp contrast to the beautifully tended football field next to it. Its neoclassical Ascension Cathedral (Вознесенский собор) has a fine columned portico and seems to be
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Armenian Church of St Catherine
Continuing with a tradition of non-Orthodox churches being built on Nevsky pr, the Armenian merchant Ovanes Lazarian paid for the city’s first Armenian church to be erected here in 1771. It was designed and built by German architect Georg Veldten and completed in 1780.Restoration o
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Archaeological Museum
An excavation of Voskresensky Bridge (which used to span the Neglinnaya River at the foot of Tverskaya ul) uncovered coins, clothing and other artefacts from old Moscow. The museum displaying these treasures is situated in a 7m-deep underground pavilion that was formed during the e
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Cosmonautics Museum
The soaring 100m titanium obelisk outside the All-Russia Exhibition Centre is a monument ‘To the Conquerors of Space’, built in 1964 to commemorate the launch of Sputnik . In its base is the Cosmonautics Museum, featuring cool space paraphernalia such as the first Soviet rocket eng
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Khomus Museum
Khomus (Jew’s harps) play a big part in Sakha culture – concerts occur year-round, when performers imitate natural sounds such as a horse neighing. The unexpected (and unfortunately soundtrack-free) Khomus Museum has a collection showcasing international Jew’s harp heroes from pres
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Writ Chamber
This 17th-century stone building once held the administrative chambers of Pskov. Today it houses a small museum that gives some insight into the workings and officialdom of the old city; theres also a decent souvenir shop on the premises and an information centre. Outside, youll fi
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Nevyansk History and Architecture Museum
The main highlight in Nevyansk is the Nevyansk Leaning Tower, an impressive structure flanked by an equally impressive Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral. The worthwhile excursions (in Russian) into the tower are the only way to climb up for the fantastic views unless you can latch
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Church of St Nicholas in Tolmachi
Within the museum grounds, the Church of St Nicholas in Tolmachi is the church where Pavel Tretyakov regularly attended services. It was transferred to the museum grounds and restored in 1997, and now functions as exhibit hall and working church. The exquisite five-tiered iconostas
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Yusupov Gardens
West of Sennaya pl along Sadovaya ul you’ll find the charming Yusupov Gardens, a pleasant park with a big lake in the middle. The flower-filled grounds are a popular place to stroll, sit and sunbathe. The building set back behind the gardens is the Old Yusupov Palace (not to be con
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