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Sukachev Regional Art Museum
The grand old art gallery has a valuable though poorly lit collection ranging from Mongolian thangkas (Tibetan Buddhist religious paintings) to Russian Impressionist canvases. However, the main reason for coming here may be to see a top-notch temporary show (extra charge).
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St Barbara’s Church
The pink-and-white St Barbara’s Church dates from the years 1795 to 1804 and is now given over to government offices. The reconstructed 16th-century Old English Court , white with peaked wooden roofs, was the residence of England’s first diplomats and traders sent to Russia.
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House Museum of Yelets Lace
This quaint, bright-blue building contains an exquisite collection of Yelets lacework displayed in elegant surrounds. The 2nd floor has a collection of paintings by local artists. Its best to phone or email ahead for an appointment, though it may be open if you just pop by.
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IN Kramskoy Regional Fine Arts Museum
Reached through a passage leading into a courtyard, this excellent regional arts museum offers up a solid collection of Russian painting and sculpture, Greek and Roman sculpture and an Egyptian sarcophagus. Exhibitions of modern local artists are held behind the main building.
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Tsar Cannon
North of the bell tower is the 40-tonne Tsar Cannon. It was cast in 1586 by the blacksmith Ivan Chokhov for Fyodor I, whose portrait is on the barrel. Shot has never sullied its 89cm bore and certainly not the cannonballs beside it, which are too big even for this elephantine firea
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Cathedral
The train station reflected in its gilt onion domes, Chita’s bright turquoise cathedral is the city’s most impressive building, though inside it’s lamentably plain. The original pre-Stalin cathedral stood on the main square, right on the spot where Lenin now fingers his lapels.
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Kryusha Quarter
The Kriusha area of former Tatar and Persian suburbs south of the May 1st Canal is still predominantly Muslim, which is reflected in the proliferation of mosques. Its quaint in a rundown sort of way, best avoided in the evening and a quarter where stray dogs roam along dirt roads.
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Cottage
The cottage doesnt really resemble a cottage and is also rather tellingly referred to as the Cottage Palace. It was created for Nicholas Is wife, Alexandra Feodorovna, who found the pomp of court life hard to bear and preferred a simpler lifestyle when staying at Peterhof.
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Church of Elijah the Prophet
The exquisite church that dominates Sovetskaya pl was built by prominent 17th-century fur dealers. It has some of the Golden Ring’s brightest frescoes, done by the ubiquitous Gury Nikitin of Kostroma and his school, and detailed exterior tiles. The church is closed during wet spell
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Petersburg Avant
Also known as the House of Matyushin, this small museum occupies a charming grey-painted wooden cottage dating from the mid-19th century that was once the home of avant-garde artist Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934). The exhibition here relates to Matyushin’s work and that of his coter
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Peter I’s Palace at Strelna
This is one of the first palaces that Peter the Great built out this way while supervising his far grander enterprise down the road. It has some well-furnished interiors with interesting exhibits, most notably a combined travelling chest and camp bed belonging to Alexander III.
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Railway Station
The epicentre of SB’s world is a striking construction with a nostalgically stranded steam locomotive standing guard to the right. The sweeping architectural design of the brave-new-world station resembles a ski jump – thanks to a previous mayor’s love of the sport, it’s claimed.
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Trubezh River
The Trubezh River, winding 2km from the kremlin to the lake, is fringed by trees and narrow lanes. You can follow the northern riverbank most of the way to the lake by a combination of paths and streets. The Forty Martyrs’ Church sits picturesquely on the south side of the river mo
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Trading Arcade
The focus of appealing ul Lenina is the 19th-century Trading Arcade, set back from the street. Behind the renovated facade is a luxuriously marble-lined shopping mall full of boutiques and cafs. Take any marshrutka (fixed route minibus) going to the stop Gostiny Dvor (Гостиний двор
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Chapel of the Revered Martyr Grand Princess Yelizaveta Fyodorovna
The pretty wooden Chapel of the Revered Martyr Grand Dutchess Yelizaveta Fyodorovna honours the imperial family’s great-aunt and faithful friend. After her relatives’ murders, this pious nun met an even worse end when she was thrown down a mineshaft, poisoned with gas and buried.
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City Park
The park has a summertime Ferris wheel (R50), a concert stage, amusement rides and a statue of Ivan Bunin. Next to the main entrance is the antique red-brick fire station; ask the firefighters if you can climb the observation tower for a bird’s-eye view of the town’s gilded cupolas
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Russian Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts hosts rotating exhibits in the historic 19th-century mansion of the Morozov estate. Despite the institutional-sounding name, this is part of the Zurab Tsereteli empire; it puts on inspired and varied shows featuring mostly contemporary Russian and foreig
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Sochi Park
Billed as Russia’s Disneyland, this sprawling funfair is located in the former Olympic Park. Rides are based around traditional Russian fairy tales. It also hosted its first Formula One motor race in 2014. Take marshrutka 124 from Sochi’s train station, or a train to the Olimpisky
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Epha’s Height
Near Morskoe village, this photogenic 2.8km hiking trail has boardwalks stretching from one side of the spit to the other, climaxing at the 40m-high Big Dune Ridge (Коса Большая Дюна). Along the way youll see Europes highest drifting dune, the 62m-high Orekhovoy Dune (also called P
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Nikolai Leskov House Museum
Author and journalist Nikolai Leskov (1831–95), who wrote the book on which the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is based, is remembered at this turquoise-and-cream wooden house. His death mask is in one corner; in another you’ll find incredible miniature silhouette cut-outs of rural
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