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Kolomenskoye: UNESCO Ascension Church, Wooden Palace and Park
A former royal estate on the Moskva River with the UNESCO-listed Church of the Ascension of 1532, a reconstructed wooden palace, the…
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Sokolniki: Moscow’s Falcon Park, Kitchen Debate Site and Ice Rink
A large park in north-east Moscow, once the tsars' falconry forest, with long alleys, a winter ice rink, a park museum and…
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Izmailovo: Kremlin, Vernissage Market and the Romanov Estate
An eastern district of Moscow known for the Izmailovo Kremlin, a stylized wooden complex, the Vernissage souvenir market, the Romanov estate on…
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VDNH and Ostankino: Pavilions, Space Museum, TV Tower and Park
A large exhibition park of Soviet pavilions and fountains, with the Museum of Cosmonautics, the Ostankino Tower, the Ostankino estate and the…
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Bauman: Baumanskaya Metro, Bauman Garden and the German Quarter
An area of Basmanny named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman, around Baumanskaya metro, with Bauman Garden, the technical university, the Epiphany Cathedral…
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Kotelnicheskaya Embankment: Stalin Skyscraper and the Yauza Mouth
A riverside street at the mouth of the Yauza, known for the Stalin skyscraper of 1952, one of the Seven Sisters, with…
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Belorusskaya: Belorussky Station, Aeroexpress and Tverskaya Zastava
The area around Belorussky Station, the terminal of 1870 for trains to the west and the Aeroexpress to Sheremetyevo, on Tverskaya Zastava…
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Paveletskaya: Paveletsky Station, Aeroexpress and Metro Hub Guide
The area around Paveletsky Station, the terminal of 1900 for the Volga cities and the Aeroexpress to Domodedovo Airport, with two metro…
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Krymsky Val: New Tretyakov Gallery, Muzeon Park and Gorky Park
A Garden Ring street between Park Kultury and Oktyabrskaya, with the New Tretyakov Gallery, the Muzeon sculpture park, Gorky Park's main gate…
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Sparrow Hills: Moscow’s Best Viewpoint, University and Nature Reserve
A high bank of the Moskva River with the best-known viewpoint over central Moscow, the main building of Moscow State University, a…
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