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Novoslobodskaya Metro Station: Stained Glass Panels and Visit Tips
A Circle Line station of 1952 known for 32 stained-glass panels lit from within and framed in brass, from sketches by Pavel…
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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…
Metro Stations
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…
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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.…
Sightseeing
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…
Sightseeing
Moscow Cable Car: Sparrow Hills to Luzhniki, Hours and Fares
A 720-meter gondola ride across the Moskva River between Sparrow Hills and Luzhniki, opened in 2018, with views of Moscow City and…
Sightseeing
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…
Sightseeing
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…
Sightseeing
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,…
Sightseeing
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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