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Red Square   Moscow

Red Square, Moscow

 293 Reviews  16th century Place of execution (Lobnoe mesto). Any gude will tell you that but do not trust this information, please, because it's a prevailing MISTAKE... No one person was executed on this... 

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Cathedrals and Churches   Saint Petersburg

Cathedrals and Churches, Saint Petersburg

 269 Reviews  After having a good look inside, it was then time to walk the whole way around the outside. The construction of the church was almost entirely funded by the Imperial family and thousands of private... 

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Mamayev Kurgan   Volgograd

Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd

 22 Reviews  Visiting the WWII memorial complex is a must in Volgograd. The complex is called To the Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle and it is well-known all over FSU countries as Mamayev Kurgan. It attracts lots... 

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The Kremlin   Moscow

The Kremlin, Moscow

 342 Reviews  The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль, Moskovski Kremlin) is the geographical and historical... 

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Hermitage   Saint Petersburg

Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

 265 Reviews  The Hermitage is a State Museum, said to be one of the world's largest and most prestigious museums in the World. There are over 3 million items in its collection, from Impressionist masterpieces to... 

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The Panorama and Mill   Volgograd

The Panorama and Mill, Volgograd

 8 Reviews  Beside the Stalingrad museum in Volgograd is a red brick building full of bullet holes. This is the only (to my knowledge) remaining building from the former Stalingrad. Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov is... 

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Red Sq. - Kremlin area/Manezhnaya Sq.   Moscow

Red Sq. - Kremlin area/Manezhnaya Sq., Moscow

 150 Reviews  St. Basil (Russian: Покровский собор, Pokrovskij Sobor) or Basil's Cathedral (Храм... 

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St.Peter and St.Paul's Fortress   Saint Petersburg

St.Peter and St.Paul's Fortress, Saint Petersburg

 117 Reviews  For some reason, the statue of Peter the Great is one of the most controversial monuments to be erected in St. Petersburg in the last 10 years. An American sculptor of Russian descent created the... 

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Moscow Metro   Moscow

Moscow Metro, Moscow

 72 Reviews  In niches of each of arches, a station hall, 76 bronze figures representing the Soviet people (author Matvej Manizer) are established. 80 sculptures was at first , but in 1947 in connection with... 

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Palaces   Saint Petersburg

Palaces, Saint Petersburg

 135 Reviews  Located on the southern corner of Nevsky Prospekt and the Fontanka river, is the pink Belozersky Palace. This was the last private palace constructed on this multi-palatial street and was completed... 

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Bolshoi Theatre   Moscow

Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

 49 Reviews  Not all Russian girls are mail-order brides. What you seek is what you get, folks. Ekaterina Shcherbachenko is The Singer of the World 2009 She is Micaela in Temirkanov's Karmen at the Bolshoi,... 

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St.Isaac's Cathedral   Saint Petersburg

St.Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

 69 Reviews  St. Isaac's Cathedral was originally St. Petersburgs main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, and still is an amazing sight to see, especially the big... 

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ex-KGB headquarters/Lubyanka   Moscow

ex-KGB headquarters/Lubyanka, Moscow

 33 Reviews  Lubyanka Square in downtown Moscow is the site of the site of the Lubyanka head-quarters of the KGB. KGB directors from Lavrentiya Beriya to Yuriy Andropov had their office on the third floor of the... 

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Rivers and Canals   Saint Petersburg

Rivers and Canals, Saint Petersburg

 90 Reviews  Summary..... Seeing a lovely Orthodox Church was a nice finish to a wonderful canal tour. I have told you about as much as I can, there were more sights but I can't find out what they were. It was a... 

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Christ the Saviour & other churches   Moscow

Christ the Saviour & other churches, Moscow

 92 Reviews  The original of a temple was will erect in gratitude to God for rescue of Russia from Napoleonic invasion. The temple has been constructed under the project of architect Konstantin Tona. Building... 

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Museums   Saint Petersburg

Museums, Saint Petersburg

 147 Reviews  Interested in Russia art from the 12th century to the mid-20th century, then you had better come to this Museum, second only to the famous Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. We were on tour, so didn't go... 

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Arbat Streets   Moscow

Arbat Streets, Moscow

 40 Reviews  Arbad street was the art center during the communist period .Russian Artists tried to sell thair hand made works to the few tourists who visit the city .After the prestroika this place become very... 

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Nevsky Avenue   Saint Petersburg

Nevsky Avenue, Saint Petersburg

 77 Reviews  What we call the main street! Nevsky Prospect is St. Petersburg’s main avenue and one of the best-known streets in Russia. We were driven through here so we could see the historical center of the... 

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VDNKh (exhibition)   Moscow

VDNKh (exhibition), Moscow

 45 Reviews  At first this statue became for an exhibition in Paris.1937 . The idea to crown the Soviet pavilion of the World Parisian exhibition of pavilion monument « Worker and Farmer», executed of metal,... 

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Theaters and Concert Halls   Saint Petersburg

Theaters and Concert Halls, Saint Petersburg

 82 Reviews  The next important building we see on the Cruise, is the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, situated in a beautiful building near the Fontanka River. The building was constructed between... 

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Tverskaya Street   Moscow

Tverskaya Street, Moscow

 38 Reviews  Yes , this was my impression about Tverskaya Ulitsa. At the same time , Stalin let his fingerprints in Moscow at a so strong way , he could also create so beautiful places. This avenue was part of his... 

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Other Attractions   Saint Petersburg

Other Attractions, Saint Petersburg

 105 Reviews  We are now on the Moika River and viewing another massive Palace located close to the beautiful Mariinsky Theatre. Yusupov Palace is only one of two surviving St. Petersburg residences of the wealthy... 

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Gorky Park   Moscow

Gorky Park, Moscow

 20 Reviews  This famous park is named after the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. It was immortalized by the film "Gorky Park" although the film was actually filmed in Finland because of the political climate in... 

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Monuments   Saint Petersburg

Monuments, Saint Petersburg

 72 Reviews  The Alexander Column is a monument to the Russian military victory in the war with Napoleon. The coloumn is named after Emperor Alexander I, who ruled Russia between 1801 and 1825 (during the... 

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Moskva river/Boat trips   Moscow

Moskva river/Boat trips, Moscow

 22 Reviews  If you are talking about just a couple hour ride on the Moscow river, yes it's worth it.Just look at a map for the nearest dock, get on and take it to any other dock. If you are talking about a Moscow... 

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Saint Petersburg

by bugulma

Saint Petersburg is the most European-spirit Russian city in my opinion. It was built as the city that Peter I the Great showed to European partners as the best practice in Russia. Maybe my opinion is related with the position of the city (near of state borders) or maybe that the city has the best well-thought-out city plan in architecture in Russia. In any way, when I visit the city I feel that I crossed the border and I am in Europe somewhere. I can add that almost every person who visited both Moscow and Saint Petersburg agree with me, at least in the impression that these cities are absolutely different ones.In any way, Saint Petersburg has a lot of interesting architecture and maybe more gorgeous and impressive that is related that XVIII-XIX centuries were the boom for the palace buildings :-) and of course the capital needed it. Besides the cultural life is the same intensive one...

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Moscow

by bugulma

Moscow is the biggest city of Russia, its capital and one of the centers of cultural life full of interesting architecture and historical facts. Moscow played the great role in forming of Russian Kingdom in XV century, joining many Russian areas around that to organize the strong and powerful country. The city was the capital till 1704 when Peter I the Great moved the capital to Saint Petersburg and Moscow stayed in the shadow of the northern city till 1918 when the new Soviet state moved the capital back to Moscow. I think many persons of the last generations say that the main Russian symbol is Red Square and Kremlin in Moscow, so the city is symbolized all country in general. As I’ve said the city has many historical places, interesting architecture and sculptures, a lot of theatres and museums as well as many small and big green area and parks. Many people say that the city is...

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Sochi fun

by freds07

Went to see Sochi on the Black sea coast.Walked in some wonderful parks, It was very interesting and different culture.Another world to me.I recommend a boat trip.Seeing the parks . Take a train on the coast!Moscow See the red square, muesums,beauitful subways but aloooot of people.

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Mirozhsky Monastery

by jorgejuansanchez

Pskov is a lovely historical town near the border with Estonia. I made a full day stop during my train journey from Novgorod to Tallinn and visited, apart from the beautiful Kremlin and the cathedral, this interesting monastery with its XII frescoes, which is under the list of Patrimonies of the Humankind by the UNESCO.The main wonders of Mirozhsky Monastery are the well preserved frescoes painted by Greek artists.(If you are interested in icons and frescoes art, I strongly recommend you to see Andrei Tarkovski film “Andrei Rublev”).

Dissident Andrei Sakharov Museum

by jorgejuansanchez

This is an apartment that has become a place of pilgrimage for the pacifist people. You can get there though the central boulevard.The nuclear physician Andrei Sakharov was confined in this town, Nizhniy Novgorod (called Gorki in Soviet Union times because Maxim Gorki was born there) from 1980 to 1986, until Gorbachov liberated him from his confinement.Once in Nizhniy Novgorod (not to be confused with the marvellous and historical Novgorod, dating from the V century, between Moscow and Saint Petersburg), do not miss the interesting kremlin, dating from the XIII century.Sakharov apartment is in the downtown, just follow the pedestrian street and ask in the pedestrian street Bolshaia Pokrovskaia; everybody knows where Sakharov lived. There is even a foundation bearing his name in Moscow.The building and apartment are nothing spectacular, just a Stalin block, but the fact to arrive there...

Typical Buryat Village, Bratsk

by jorgejuansanchez

Bratsk is a relatively new town in Siberia, located 450 kilometres north of Irkutsk, that owns its existence to the famous Dam, the fourth greatest in the world.The best of this town is its people, all originating from different parts of Russia and ex Soviet Union countries (Armenia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, etc.) that live there attracted by the high salaries.Apart from visiting the barrage of the hydroelectric station, the best tourist attraction is the Siberian Village, not far from the town, where you will experience the way of life of the Buryat people (Bratsk means place of life of the Buryats), their houses and traditions.

White Kremlin, Kazan

by jorgejuansanchez

Kazan is a wonderful and exotic town, capital of Tatarstan. You can get there by boat through the river Volga, from Nizni Novgorod, for instance (that is the way I reached Kazan).Apart from two historical mosques and the University where Lev Tolstoy and Lenin studied, you should visit one of the loveliest kremlins in the whole Russia, all of white colour dominating the river Volga, which oldest part dates from the XV century.

Khabarovsk Regional Lore Museum

by jorgejuansanchez

The complete name is: N. I. Grodekov Khabarovsk Regional Lore MuseumThis is one of the best museums in Russia. The part devoted to fauna is my favourite (see web page).Have you seen the film Dersu Uzala of Akira Kurosawa based in Vladimir Arsenyev book? It a good film about the encounter in Siberia of a Russian explorer and an aboriginal tribesman that became friends.

Transcaucasia Water Palace

by jorgejuansanchez

In Yessentuki downtown you will notice a building of one floor, looking like a palace, and many people going inside without interruption with a cup in their hands. I followed them, bought a plastic cup for 50 kopecks and entered the building. I saw many fountains and taps from where people served themselves different kind of waters, and immediately sat to drink them, usually in groups or with the family with children, including breastfeed babies. After drinking one glass they went again to the fountains to taste different spring waters. There were medicinal waters, with minerals suitable for the good health of the organism.Everything was for free, except the plastic cup.I combined my visit to Yessentuki with Pyatigorsk and Kislovodsk, in Stravopol, Transcaucasia. That area is very remote, in the border with Karachay Cherkessia and Kabardino Balkaria, near Georgia. You will see in the...

Limnological museum, Listvyanka

by jorgejuansanchez

This is an odd museum where you will see fantastic fishes in flasks taken in the Baikal Lake, the deepest in the world (1637 metres depth).You will be introduced with the Baikal history, fauna and flora, and will be able to watch a film by Jacques-Yves Cousteau.The views over the lake up the hill are extraordinary. There is a restaurant up there where you can have lunch before returning to Irkutsk. Try omul fish, unique in the world, a kind of endemic salmon fished in the Baikal Lake. It is delicious and not expensive.You can get to the pleasant fishing village Listvyanka from Irkutsk by ferry along the Angara River (70 kilometres).

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