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Monuments & Landmarks Moscow
49 Reviews Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery was founded in 1380 in the village of Vysokoye by Prince Dmitry Donskoi after his return from the Battle of Kulikovo. This site was once occupied by the ancient...
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Cathedrals and Churches Saint Petersburg
41 Reviews The cathedral has its name in honour of Izmailovsky regiment. Regiment was moved from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1730 and was placed near of Fontanka river. Later the street had had a name...
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Outside Moscow Moscow
25 Reviews On my second trip to Moscow in October 2009 I wanted to take at least one daytrip from the Russian capital. I perused several guide books and finally decided on Sergiyev Posad. Sergiyev Posad, which...
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City Environs Saint Petersburg
58 Reviews Staraya Ladoga was the first Russian capital and has a more than 1000-year old history. The old city is dominated by an ancient fortress, which nowadays houses a museum. Other sights along the River...
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Museums Moscow
51 Reviews A museum in the open air; consists of churches, towers and wooden buildings from the 16th and 18th centuries. John the Baptiser church, The Church of Diakovo village, Voznesenia church, bell-towers,...
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Downtown Sites Saint Petersburg
50 Reviews A block or so to the east of Kamennoostrovskiy Prospekt, south of the mosque, you can find this additional example of Style Moderne architecture. Matilda Kshesinskaya was a ballet star (who is said to...
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Parks/Walking Routes Moscow
73 Reviews There are multiple botanical gardens in Moscow -- which can be confusing in a city that has a metro station called "Botanical Garden" (Botanichesky Sad). One night, we decided to explore the...
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Museums Saint Petersburg
28 Reviews The State memorial Museum of the Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov (1730-1800) was founded in 1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. That museum is dedicated to the best Russian military leader Fieldmarshal...
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Shopping Moscow
15 Reviews You can buy a pair of ‘valenki’ in a specialized shop, it would cost 400 – 1000 roubles, depending on decoration, the quality is basically the same. Address: Moscow, proezd Shokalskogo 67, korpus...
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Rivers and Canals Saint Petersburg
17 Reviews The old Dutch ship building works between the Moika River and the Neva River are on of the interesting architectural sites from the early 1700s. Large buildings of red bricks are monuments left to the...
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Estates Moscow
23 Reviews Melikhovo is a lovely day trip destination in Summer. It's about an hour and a half's journey outside Moscow and beautifully set in lovely gardens. Chekhov bought the estate in 1892 and wrote two of...
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Something special Saint Petersburg
15 Reviews You can day-trip from Saint Petersburg by bus on your own for $14 one-way for 3 1/2 hour ride one way leaving bus station at 7:30 am and return on 7:30 pm bus with plenty of time to see Novgorod city...
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Moscow University/Vorobievy Hills Moscow
15 Reviews Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills) is a hill located on the south bank of the Moskva River. Because it is one of the highest points in the city, the views here are quite impressive: on one side, there was...
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Habits and Ways Saint Petersburg
29 Reviews Watch all the latest releases like Harry Potter in 3D in large iMax format new in 2007 It is about 350 rubles for first run movies Kinostar City iMax theater Ksomonavtov 14 Raduga Center Free bus to...
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Monuments Saint Petersburg
31 Reviews Traveling a bit off the city center you will not fail to see Narva Triumphal Gate erected to mark Russia’s victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon. The gate commemorates the glory of...
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Bridges Saint Petersburg
8 Reviews Egyptian Bridge is one of the bridges of Fontanka River. It is situated not far from Izmailovsky Cathedral or Nikolsky Cathedral. The bridge was built in 1826 by V von Tretter and V Christianovich....
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Sea Port Saint Petersburg
2 Reviews It is surprising how the first sun feels so warm as winter starts to relent its hold. Locals gather along the Peter and Paul Fortress to gather the first warm rays as they bounce off the ice and...
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It's a small museum in Gatchinsky District (near Saint-Petersburg).The wood emblem on the top of the gate was curved by the man on the picture. The 'funny' thing is the museum has never paid for this work (shame of them, they have no conscience at all!) but Gennady is still very proud of the result.I agree that one of the main features of Russian men is generosity and for many reasons Russian people are not as individualistic as westerners.
It is something that you woun't see from a tourist bus window, a real life. Nothing ever really changes, does it? A decent sewer system is more rare than one would expect and the electricity supply is also really outdated and all facilities are pretty basic... Probably you will think it’s almost third world because of the lack of modern amenities but that’s not the point. The point is, these people are perfectly happy.It's Chernava, Lipetcky region.
Have you noticed that churches in Russia look always much better than houses?'In the first half of the 1990s, the Russian government returned numerous religious facilities that had been confiscated by its communist predecessors, providing some assistance in the repair and reconstruction of damaged structures.'
DACHAS (country houses).... mostly people in big cities have this kind of houses (better or worse...) and spend weekends there... Actually they work hard for getting some vegetables and fruit.... Sure if bad weather, insects and birds won’t get all harvest first... Why, when they can easy get any vegetables and fruit on the market... Pretty strange Russian hobbit - hard work after week of hard work :)I call it "humpbacked sanatorium" :))
VladimirVladimir is a town closeby Suzdal and mostly excursions to Suzdal will include also a short stop in Vladimir, a town with 300.000 inhabitants, about 40 km south of Suzdal.Solotyje Worota / the Golden Gate is one of the most interesting sights - see my main photograph. Another great sight is the cathedral (my 2nd and 3rd photo) Unfortunately it is usually closed for visitors, except during church-service.Demetrius cathedral is another very interesting sight of Vladimir, it is dating back to the year 1194. At first you will see the interesting stone-reliefs at the facade, that is quite unique in russian church-architecture. Inside the cathedral is rather simple with just a few remaining frescos and a giant golden cross at the altar. (my last 2 pics)
Jelissejew stands for pure luxury foodThis Delicatess-shop in Moscow was built in the year 1898 by Mr. Grigori Jelissejew . - In sowiet-times it was renamed into ' Gastronom I ' and the shop in Moscow is still operated nowadays, while the one in St. Petersburg was obviously closed forever.You can enter this shop and take a look around and even take photos without any problems. From outsdie this building does not really look very special (see my last pic) but the interior is really very special !
Fili : A heavenly Church in MoscowThis church is said to be one of the most beautiful churches of the so-called "Naryschkin-Baroque", and it was built 1693/94 for an uncle of Peter the Great.In this church you have to pay some entry-fee and you also have to pay extra for the permission to take pics - and you will be asked to take slippers over your shoes in order to keep the floor clean. Unfortunately the altar was under restauration in 2002 but you still can see the great icons and golden ornaments in my photos.Something very special in this church is the private balcony for the Tsar, who could attend the church-service that way, without beeing watched by the ordinary people.This church is a must in Moscow - although plenty of tourists miss it!You simply have to take the Metro to station :фИЛИ - FILIsimply follow the main street after you have left the metro...
Archipel Gulag was at Ostrov SolovetskiyWhatever you read about "Archipel Gulag" , the famous book tells the story of this remote island that was once built as a monastery and turned into one of the most horrible prison-camps of russian history.We got there as a fullday-trip from the end of Belomorsk-canal, at first 3 hours in a horrible bus on terrible roads and then another hour by ship to the islands, but it was really worth all the trouble.This monastery is really impressive, the walls around the monastery built of giant natural rocks and a lot of great antiques and works of art in its museums and churches.
Vytegra : a great surpriseThis interesting town was a surprise-stop on our cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow, BUT I doubt that any other ships will go there as well. There are lots of great wooden houses, an interesting church and even a museum-submarine close to the river-port.We had about 3 hours there to walk around, thats about enough for this place and you will see some great places of ordinary life in a typical russian town far away from Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Goritsy - the gate to Kirillov monasteryThere are several towns with this name all over Russia, but the most important of the ordinary tourists is this one in Vologdskaya Oblast, because it is quite close to the Kirillov monastery and most of the cruises between Moscow and St. Petersburg will stop there in order to show their passengers this wonderfull monastery, where also the russian letters originated (the cyrillic letters).Goritsy itself has a great monastery as well, but I am not sure whether it is open for tourists, in any case it is just about 20 min to walk to from the ships-landingstation and there are also lots of lovely wooden houses there as well.
Marriott Moscow Royal Moscow
6 Reviews and 146 Opinions The hotel has a great location, all the central attractions are very close. But the hotel is not...
Grand Hotel Europe Saint Petersburg
11 Reviews and 212 Opinions I wish I could have described my stay here, but I only passed by almost every night. The building is...
Hotel Mirage Kazan'
3 Reviews and 15 Opinions I have no idea about this hotel before I check in, neither about its location, nor its rating. I...
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Q: There are sereval satellite towns near by Moscow: Susdal, Yaroslaval, Sergiev Posad, Vladimir and may be else. - did anybody try...
A: Don't know about Nanotrip but have done a Golden Ring tour and can thoroughly recommend it. We went to Vladimir, Suzdal', Ples, Kostroma, Yaroslavl', Rostov Velikiy, ,...
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