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The Kremlin's smaller cathedral with nine golden domes, built in 1484–1489 as the private chapel of Moscow's grand princes and tsars. Its…

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The Kremlin's royal necropolis, built in 1505–1508 by an Italian architect, with 46 tombs of Moscow princes and tsars including Ivan Kalita…

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The main cathedral of the Kremlin, built in 1475–79 by an Italian architect and used for coronations of Russian rulers until 1896.…

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The central square of the Kremlin, ringed by white-stone cathedrals with golden domes, where Russia's tsars were crowned and buried. A single…

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The tallest structure in the Kremlin, built in 1505–1508 and raised to about 81 meters in 1600. A timed climb of 137…

Sightseeing

A 1954 fountain at VDNKh shaped like a gem flower from Pavel Bazhov's tale, decorated with smalt and gold leaf and ringed…

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The largest fountain at VDNKh, built in 1954, with sixteen gilded statues of women in national costumes around a golden sheaf. It…

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A 24.5-meter stainless-steel sculpture by Vera Mukhina, made for the 1937 Paris World's Fair and now standing above a reconstructed pavilion at…

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A 107-meter titanium obelisk shaped like a rocket, unveiled in 1964 beside VDNKh. The Museum of Cosmonautics is in its base, and…

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A large indoor oceanarium at VDNKh with 80 aquariums, dolphins, belugas and other marine animals. The aquarium and the water shows are…