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Day Trips

Polenovo, on the high bank of the Oka in the Tula region, is the estate of the landscape painter Vasily Polenov, reached…

Day Trips

Melikhovo, south of Moscow, is the country estate where Anton Chekhov lived from 1892 to 1899, now a museum-reserve reached by train…

Day Trips

Klin, 85 km from Moscow, is an easy day trip by train from Leningradsky Railway Terminal, built around the house where Tchaikovsky…

Churches

Yaroslavl, a Golden Ring city on the Volga about 260 km from Moscow, is a long day trip by train, with a…

Day Trips

Ryazan, about 180 km from Moscow, is a day trip by express train from Kazansky Railway Terminal, with the Ryazan Kremlin, its…

Day Trips

Kaluga, the city of the space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, is a day trip by express train from Moscow's Kievsky Railway Terminal, with…

Shopping

A chain of food discount supermarkets with stores in Moscow's residential districts and malls, including one near VDNKh, typically open daily from…

Shopping

A supermarket chain with about 95 Moscow stores, including central branches near Arbat and Plyushchikha, open typically from 08:00 or 09:00 to…

Shopping

A supermarket chain with about 200 stores in Moscow, mostly in residential districts, typically open from 08:00 to 22:00, with coffee to…

Shopping

A supermarket chain with stores across Moscow and Moscow Oblast, typically open daily from 08:00 to 23:00, with some stores open around…