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Minsalim Folk Art
Minsalim is a master bone-carver who turns mammoth tusks and antler fragments into detailed figurines related to myths and legends of the local brand of shamanism. With a long mustache and flowing mane, eccentric Minsalim is something of a shaman himself, and will gladly lead you o
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Kant Island & Riverside
This once densely populated island – now a parkland dotted with sculptures – is dominated by the Kaliningrad Cathedral. A few nearby buildings – the former Stock Exchange from the 1870s and the neotraditional row of shops, restaurants and hotels known as Fish Village – hint at what
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Museum of Visual Arts
This exceptional gallery charts a course from gilded icons and late-15th-century European paintings through to fascinating pieces of socialist realism from the 20th century, including animated porcelain figurines of heroic workers and explorers. The exquisite collection includes wo
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Trinity Monastery
Riverside Trinity Monastery is undoubtedly Tyumen’s most appealing architectural complex. Its kremlin-style crenellated outer wall is pierced by a single gate tower. Behind, gold domes top the striking Troitsky Church in the centre of the courtyard and, next to the black-turreted m
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Music & Time
Every object has a voice in this little house containing ex-conjuror John Mostoslavsky’s impressive collection of clocks, musical instruments, bells and old vinyl records. Guides, including the owner himself, turn each tour into a bit of a concert. There are also exhibitions of por
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State Art Museum
The highlight is the museums collection of 65 original paintings by Nikolai Rerikh on the second floor, mostly mountainscapes from the celebrated drifters time in the Himalayas. The second floor also has a room of 17th-century European (mostly Dutch) masters, a collection of icons
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Riverside Promenade
Tyumens sleek new riverside promenade that runs northwest from the centre almost all the way to Trinity Monastery. The promenade offers great views of the Voznesensko Georgievskiy Church reflected in the Tura River from the opposite (east) bank. Lovers Bridge leads over to the east
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Cable Car
Connecting Nizhny Novgorod with the unattractive settlement of Bor across the Volga, this cable car offers a spectacular 13-minute ride. In winter there are views of dot-sized figures fishing on Volga ice below, and in summer theres swamp, lush greens and gentle blues. Take any bus
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Narzan Gallery
This graceful, well-preserved 1850s building recalls the spa town of Bath, England. Inside, the rich, carbonic Narzan Spring bubbles up inside a glass dome and spits out nearly undrinkable water – both hot and cold – into more than a dozen fountains. Never mind the foul taste; if y
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Park Pobedy
The Great Patriotic War – as WWII is known in Russia – was a momentous event that is still vivid in the hearts, minds and memories of many Russian citizens. Magnificent Park Pobedy (Victory Park) at Poklonnaya Hill is a huge memorial complex commemorating the sacrifice and celebrat
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Regional Studies Museum
Comprehensive exhibits at Murmansks oldest museum include one on Sami culture and handicrafts, a vast natural-history section with all manner of taxidermied beasts and Wait For Me – an exhibition on the fierce defence of the north during the Great Patriotic War. Delve also into the
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Zhiguli Brewery
This unlikely highlight of Samara is best enjoyed on a warm day. Here you can take your plastic bottle out of the rucksack and fill it up at the kiosk that sells the amber gold from the tap. Rows of stalls sell smoked and salted fish, all which can be enjoyed on the Volga bank, fol
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Snow Village
Every November, ice sculptors from all over the region make their way to Kirovsk to chisel into existence the snowy halls and tunnels of the Snow Village, wowing visitors with ice sculptures and annually changing themed displays carved into walls – from snowy pharaohs in chariots t
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Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour
Founded in the 12th century, the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour was one of Russia’s richest and best-fortified monasteries by the 16th century. The oldest surviving structures, dating from 1516, are the Holy Gate near the main entrance (Главный вход) by the river a
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Nativity Cathedral
The five-domed, 1562 star of Sobornaya Ploschad sports intriguing timber-encased corner buttresses and houses a splendid iconostasis on the 1st floor (only open in summer). On a pillar, the superb Starshni Sud (Judgement Day) icon is a who’s who of saints on what looks like a heave
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Northern Naval Museum
Beautifully presented nautical exhibits cluster around the striking centrepiece – the prow of a ship – in the light-filled main hall of Arkhangelsks most modern museum. Lose yourself amid fishing and whaling tools, maps of northern seas and fine models of icebreakers, and then head
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Alyosha
One of Murmansk’s most memorable sights is a gigantic concrete soldier nicknamed Alyosha, erected to commemorate the Arctic fighters who perished in the Great Patriotic War (WWII). From his hilltop perch, Alyoshas stony visage stares across the Kola Inlet at the snow-speckled Arcti
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Nuclear Icebreaker Lenin
Murmansk is a centre for nuclear icebreakers that carve their way to the North Pole, but even in port you can give in to your wildest seafaring/Arctic explorer/Cold War spy fantasies aboard the 1957 NS Lenin, the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker. Tours take in the canteen,
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Russian Museum
The handsome Mikhailovsky Palace is home to the countrys biggest collection of Russian art. After the Hermitage you may feel you have had your fill of art, but try your utmost to make some time for this gem of a museum. Theres also a lovely garden behind the palace. Permanent and t
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Sami History & Culture Museum
This excellent museum delves into the troubled history of the Sami, whose way of life barely survived the threat from Christian missionaries and forced collectivisation. Heroic efforts to keep the culture alive included the putting together of Russias first Sami dictionary by local
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