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While Moscow is best known (in terms of museum-speak) for the Pushkin, the only Russian thing about the Pushkin is its name. So if you're in the market for Russian art, hop the metro to...
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The Hermitage can be daunting, especially if you don't have a couple of days to spend exploring the majority of its works. The 1057-room palace (don't worry, they aren't all open to the public) was...
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Vorobyovy Gory is situated on the Moscow River and, like Victory Park,
offers some beautiful views alongside Sparrow Hills. You'll see a lot
of nature, not very common for this city...
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Vodka had its start in Moscow, so it's only natural that the Vodka
Museum should be transferred from St. Petersburg to its proper home
recently. Granted, it seems a little obvious—a...
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Victory Park in Moscow was set up as a memorial to World War II (also
known here as the Great Patriotic War). This was one of my favourite
places to go jogging (along with the circle...
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The State History Museum looks like a frosted red-velvet cupcake when
it's caked under snow in the winter. It sits at the northern entrance
of Red Square and is a good museum to check...
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Sparrow Hills is a great place to hike up (or take the bus) to for
amazing panoramic views of the city. You'll see everything from Red
Square to the Kremlin to the stadium built for...
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Even if you're not a fan of churches and cathedrals (especially in
Europe in which they are seemingly endless), St. Basil's Cathedral
(Sobor Vasilia Blazhennogo) is a must. One of the...
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Red Square is Russia and Russia is Red Square. It's the center of
Moscow, even moreso than Times Square is to New York, and houses some
of Russia's best-known landmarks including the...
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OGI is a publishing house in Moscow that has now gone the way of the
Globe in Prague. Proekt OGI, a chain of cafes around the center of the
city, was born a few years ago and is a...
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Old Arbat Street is to Moscow as Union Square is to New York or Covent
Garden to London. A car-free thoroughfare, there are tons of street
performers and buskers (everything from...
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Lenin's Tomb is the apex of Communist nostalgia in Moscow. Up there
with the Red Army hats, hammer and sickle badges, and (my personal
favorite) flasks with Lenin's head on the cap,...
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I actually bought something from GUM, which is one of the biggest
signs of capitalism and "westernization" creeping into the
post-perestroika Red Square. This former Soviet shopping...
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One of my favourite memories of living in Russia was cashing in 270
Roubles (now a mere $11.00 in USD, although it was only $9 when I was
last there), putting on a dress and heels...
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Outside of its pulsating night clubs, Moscow offers several other
religious experiences, depending on which way you swing. As a former
theatre student, I was initially drawn to the...
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While any fortress or citadel is a kremlin, THE Kremlin (with a
capital K) is a landmark of the Moscow skyline. Once the Czars'
pied-a-terre in Moscow, it is now the seat of power for...
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Spasskaya Tower is the most famous of the Kremlin towers, built by an
Italian architect and sitting at the main entrance, it's one of the
best towers to climb. Its giant clock, star...
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