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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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Museum of Russian Impressionism Moscow: Collection, Hours and Visit
A private museum opened in 2016 on the former Bolshevik chocolate factory site, with over 70 works by Korovin, Serov, Grabar and…
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Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow: Koolhaas Building and Visit
A contemporary art museum in Gorky Park, housed since 2015 in a 1968 Soviet restaurant rebuilt by Rem Koolhaas and OMA, with…
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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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Central Armed Forces Museum Moscow: Halls, Tanks and Practical Tips
A large military history museum in northern Moscow, in a building used since 1965, with indoor halls on Russian and Soviet military…
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Bunker-42 Moscow: Cold War Museum 65 Meters Underground
A once-secret Soviet command post about 65 meters under Taganka, now a Cold War museum visited on guided tours. Pre-booking is required,…
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Ostankino Estate Moscow: Serf Theatre Palace, Church and Park
A wooden neoclassical palace built in 1792–1798 around a theatre, the Sheremetev counts' summer estate with Italian and Egyptian pavilions, a 17th-century…
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