Metro Stations
Novokuznetskaya Metro Station: Wartime Mosaics and Bronze Reliefs
A wartime Metro station of 1943 by Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova, with ceiling mosaics, bas-reliefs of Red Army soldiers and bronze…
Line 6 (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya, orange)
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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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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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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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Stone Flower Fountain Moscow: Smalt, Gold and a Fairy-Tale Story
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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Friendship of Nations Fountain Moscow: Golden Statues Guide
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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Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Moscow: Mukhina’s Steel Icon and Pavilion
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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Monument to the Conquerors of Space Moscow: Titanium Rocket Guide
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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Moskvarium Moscow: Aquarium, Water Shows and Ticket Guide
A large indoor oceanarium at VDNKh with 80 aquariums, dolphins, belugas and other marine animals. The aquarium and the water shows are…
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Arbat Architecture and Literature Walking Tour
Explore Moscow's Arbat district on a walking tour connecting neoclassical architecture, Russian music, Asian art, theatre, experimental design and Pushkin's former home.
Bulgakov’s Moscow: From Patriarch’s Ponds to Theatre Square
A literary walk from the Bulgakov Museum and Patriarch's Ponds past the church where Pushkin married to the Maly Theatre and Theatre…
Along the Moskva: From Patriarshy Bridge to Neskuchny Garden
A riverside walk from the pedestrian Patriarshy Bridge past the Muzeon sculpture park and Krymsky Bridge to Gorky Park and the quiet…
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