Metro Stations
Ploshchad Revolyutsii Metro Station: 76 Bronze Statues and Luck
A Moscow Metro station of 1938 by Alexey Dushkin, famous for 76 bronze sculptures by Matvey Manizer in its arches, including the…
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Komsomolskaya Metro Station: Gold Mosaics, Chandeliers and Tips
A Circle Line station of 1952 under Komsomolskaya Square, designed by Alexey Shchusev, with gold smalt vaults, bronze chandeliers and eight ceiling…
Metro Stations
Mayakovskaya Metro Station: Deyneka Mosaics and Stainless Steel Arches
A Moscow Metro station of 1938 by Alexey Dushkin, with stainless steel arches, pink rhodonite and 35 ceiling mosaics by Alexander Deyneka.…
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Mosfilm Studios Moscow: Tour, Film Sets and How to Book
Russia's best-known film studio, founded in 1924, visited on a 1.5-hour guided tour of its museum, street sets and stages. Tours must…
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Krutitskoye Podvorye Moscow: Tiled Teremok, Cathedral and Hours
A small walled church estate on a steep river bank, with a tiled gate tower of 1693–1694, a brick Dormition Cathedral and…
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Novospassky Monastery Moscow: Romanov Burials, Walls and Visit Tips
A fortified monastery on the Moskva River, moved here in 1491, with the five-domed Transfiguration Cathedral of 1645–1649, Romanov family tombs, frescoes…
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Donskoy Monastery Moscow: Fortified Walls, Necropolis and Visit Tips
A fortified monastery founded in 1591 in southern Moscow, with two cathedrals, red-crowned towers, the relics of Patriarch Tikhon and a necropolis,…
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State Darwin Museum Moscow: Evolution Halls, Hours and Visitor Tips
The world's first museum of evolution, founded in 1907, with about 400,000 exhibits in three buildings, interactive halls and an open-air ecological…
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Gulag History Museum Moscow: Closure, History and What Replaced It
A Moscow museum on the Soviet labor camp system, founded in 2001, which has been closed since November 2024. Its building was…
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Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center Moscow: Exhibits, Hours and Visit
A large interactive museum on Jewish history in Russia, in a 1927 avant-garde bus garage by Konstantin Melnikov. It is closed on…
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Arbat Architecture and Literature Walking Tour
Explore Moscow's Arbat district on a walking tour connecting neoclassical architecture, Russian music, Asian art, theatre, experimental design and Pushkin's former home.
Bulgakov’s Moscow: From Patriarch’s Ponds to Theatre Square
A literary walk from the Bulgakov Museum and Patriarch's Ponds past the church where Pushkin married to the Maly Theatre and Theatre…
Along the Moskva: From Patriarshy Bridge to Neskuchny Garden
A riverside walk from the pedestrian Patriarshy Bridge past the Muzeon sculpture park and Krymsky Bridge to Gorky Park and the quiet…
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