Tourist Attractions in Moscow

If there is one tourist attraction that needs to go, it is Lenin's tomb. Also, although he is considered a hero to some because he won the war, Stalin was a brutal dictator and responsible for the deaths of millions of Russians and Ukrainians. I am not a history revisionist, but memorials to him should also be banished from a modern, democratic Russian Federation.

i guess i'm not the first and wont be the last one to warn about dangers on moscow's streets, drivers are impolite, rude and sometimes even blind. if you dont take care of yourself, anyone will...so my advise better not to practice new meditation technics in the streets of our city, even if it's "green" please look many times around you before crossing the street. The most traffic busy hell location is Taganskaya place, it's huge and has vague resemblance with Place D'Etole in Paris, i mean how the streets are going different ways star-like..and unfirtunately this is also the place for young drivers to practice:))

Unique Suggestions: be careful...and more careful

Fun Alternatives: no alternatives

Before anyone gets too upset with me, I'm also going to list these as General tips. Just, when you go there, be prepared for some very long lines. You will wait and wait and wait to buy tickets to get in, then have to fight the crowds. On top of this, foto permits will cost extra and the Russians, in their busy bureaucratic way, don't really make things easier. You are required to check your bags, for a fee. Not much is in English or any other foreign language, and they aren't particularly concerned if you get to the front of the line and are told you can't go in because your purse is too large. They close in the middle of the day and at odd times, things like that.

Unique Suggestions: I'm not saying you shouldn't go see these attractions, a lot just depends on your personality, but I would like to say that you can still consider a visit to Moscow complete if you don't come here. Its not that big of a deal if you don't see Lenin's body on display or if you don't see these particular churches. To be honest, while nice, they are largely more of the same thing. After you see one, you've seen them all.

Fun Alternatives: This is one of the great cities of the world. Just wander. Hang your arm out and let a car stop, for 100 Rbl they will take you for a ten minute ride and drop you off.

Mummy , mummy , mum !
I did nothing , just kicked it...
I didn`t know that it tumble down and a piece fall off..!
Please forgive me , mum , don`t scold...
May be it`s possible to glue it...

Fun Alternatives: No , my son , don`t worry !
It happened before you kicked it - in XVIII century...
Let`s go to have fun with your girlfriend !

You will be impressed: it is the most beautiful metro I have never seen in my life!
But take care: everything is in Russian (cyrilic alphabet) and there are no colours for each line .... I was lost on my firts day!
It is very cheap: the price for a trip is 7 Rublos (today 30 roublos make 1 USD).

OK, so you have decided to go to the Kremlin. Fair enough, I can't blame you - I went myself. What I didn't realise is the rip-off that you have to buy a ticket (like most museums in Russia) to use your camera or videocamera.

This is a huge con. The professional photos available on sale are much better than the amateur ones you would be able to make (I presume, perhaps incorrectly, that you have the same ineptitude behind the shutter as I do!).

Unique Suggestions: Don't even think of sneaking some photos without coughing up. The ubiquitous babushki, this time armed with light assault weapons, will demand to see your ticket if you haven't got it stuck on your hat or jacket.

Woe betide you if you fail to pay - you know what the Lubianka is, right?

Beware of drunken people generally and specially around the Kremlin. They speak english and ask, if they can help you. Once you talk to them, you never get rid of them. They want money (for boose).

Try not to get into trouble with the police or any other uniformed profession. Somehow a uniform means that everyone else is beneath you and you are always right (maybe one of the reasons why there are so many uniforms in Russia). Then it is also allowed to rip off innocent people, preferable non-Russians. It's sad but true.

Blend in with the Russians and chances that you'll get into trouble are lower (Russians also will be ripped off if uniforms get their chance). Sometimes it helps if you ask for a reciept (=kwitantii) for the costs. As the money is not according to law, they will possibly get into troubles with their superiors.