Churches
Zachatyevsky Convent Moscow: Insider tips for a service-led visit
An active convent visit in Moscow, centered on the Holy Gates and the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Access depends…
History buffs
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Churches
Vysokopetrovsky Monastery Moscow: official tours and what to see
Vysokopetrovsky Monastery Moscow is a compact historic ensemble centered on the Cathedral of Saint Peter, with later churches and gate-church viewpoints reachable…
Architecture
Maxim Gorky House Museum Moscow: Schechtel’s Wave Staircase and Hours
Fyodor Schechtel's Art Nouveau Ryabushinsky Mansion, built in 1900 to 1903, became the home of the writer Maxim Gorky in the 1930s…
Museums
Pushkin Memorial Apartment on Arbat Moscow: Hours, Rooms and Tips
The rooms where Alexander Pushkin lived with Natalia Goncharova in the first months of their marriage in 1831 are now a small…
Museums
Sergey Korolev Memorial House Museum Moscow: Hours, Tickets and Tips
The 1959 house near VDNKh where the rocket designer Sergey Korolev lived and worked until 1966 is a small museum with his…
Museums
Museum of the History of Lefortovo Moscow: German Quarter and Hours
A small museum in the district named after Peter the Great's associate Franz Lefort, with a model of the German Quarter, maps,…
Museums
Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 Moscow: Tickets, Hours and Tips
A branch of the State Historical Museum beside Red Square that tells the story of Napoleon's invasion and the 1813–1814 campaigns through…
Museums
Vernadsky State Geological Museum Moscow: Minerals, Fossils and Hours
A science museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the old university building on Mokhovaya Street, with more than 300,000 minerals,…
Parks
Khodynskoye Pole Park Moscow: Khodynka Field History and Park Guide
A modern park of about 24 hectares on Khodynka Field, the historic open ground and first airfield of Moscow, with walking paths,…
Museums
Leo Tolstoy Estate Museum Moscow: Tolstoy’s Winter Home and Hours
The wooden Khamovniki estate where Leo Tolstoy spent nineteen winters from 1882 to 1901 is now a branch of the Tolstoy State…
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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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