Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Moscow, Russia

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 97 m
Descend 95 m

Explore Moscow in Russia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in MoscowIndividual Sights in Moscow

Sight 1: Narkomfin Building

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Narkomfin Building

The Narkomfin Building is a block of flats at 25, Novinsky Boulevard, in the Central district of Moscow, Russia. Conceived as a "transitional type of experimental house", it is a renowned example of Constructivist architecture and avant-garde housing design.

Wikipedia: Narkomfin building (EN)

900 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Dolgoroukys house

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Solloguba Estate is a complex of buildings in the Central District of Moscow on Povarskaya Street. The oldest part of the mansion was built in the middle of the XVIII century under the first owner of the estate, the nobleman I. I. Vorontsov-Velyaminov. In the 1770s, the building became the property of the Dolgorukov family and was significantly reconstructed. It is not known for certain who was the architect of the building. In the middle of the 19th century, the estate was bought by Mikhail Bode-Kolychev, after whose death it was inherited by his son-in-law, the artist Fyodor Sollogub.

Wikipedia: Дом Ростовых (RU)

388 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Городская усадьба Черкасской — Баскакова

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The Cherkasskaya-Baskakova Urban Estate is an architectural monument located in the city of Moscow.

Wikipedia: Городская усадьба Черкасской — Баскакова (RU)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Храм Большое Вознесение у Никитских ворот

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The Greater Church of Christ's Ascension is one of the largest parish churches in downtown Moscow. It is a major landmark of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street and Nikitskiye Vorota Square. It is named "greater" to prevent confusion with a nearby church of the same name.

Wikipedia: Greater Church of the Ascension (EN), Website

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Музыкальный театр «Амадей»

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Музыкальный театр «Амадей» Нонна Васильева и Олег Митрофанов / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Amadeus Moscow Musical Theatre is an opera house in Moscow, Russia. Not having its own stage, it performs at various venues.

Wikipedia: Музыкальный театр «Амадей» (RU)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Gorky Museum

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Gorky Museum shakko / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Gorky Museum is an architectural landmark of the "Moderne" style, the Russian term for Art Nouveau. It was built in Moscow in 1900–02 by the architect Fyodor Schechtel. It is also known as the Ryabouchinsky House, for the young Russian industrialist and art collector who built it. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Ryabouchinsky family emigrated to France. In 1931 the Soviet government offered the house to the writer Maxim Gorky and his family. It was his home until his death in 1936. The widow of Gorky's son continued to live in the house until her death in 1965. It then became the Gorky Museum, dedicated to his life and work. It is located in the historic center of Moscow, at 6 Malaya Nikitskaya. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: Gorky Museum (EN), Website

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Благословенна в веках дружба народов России и Армении

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The monument "Blessed is the Friendship of the Peoples of Russia and Armenia for Centuries" is a monument to the friendship of the Christian peoples of Armenia and Russia. A statue of two female figures clinging to each other, with a cross between them.

Wikipedia: Благословенна в веках дружба народов России и Армении (RU)

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Maria Yermolova Museum

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The House-Museum of M. N. Ermolova is a museum in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Дом-музей М. Н. Ермоловой (RU), Website

478 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Museum of Oriental Arts

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The State Museum of Oriental Art is one of the biggest cultural institutions in the world for preservation, research, and display of Oriental art. The museum was founded in 1918 as a part of soviet programme to support unique cultures of USSR subdivisions. Since 1970 the museum is located in the centre of Moscow in the historical building known as the Lunins' House, a private residence built in the early 19th century by the famous architect Domenico Gilardi.

Wikipedia: State Museum of Oriental Art (EN), Website, Ok, Vk, Youtube

963 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: Zoological Museum of Moscow University

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The Zoological Museum of Moscow University is the second largest zoological museum in Russia and one of the twelve largest in the world.

Wikipedia: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (EN), Website

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Государственный геологический музей им. В. И. Вернадского

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Государственный геологический музей им. В. И. Вернадского

The Vernadsky State Geological Museum is the geological museum in Moscow. Mineralogical collection was founded in 1755 and is now an earth sciences and educational centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Wikipedia: Vernadsky State Geological Museum (EN), Website

315 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Yermolov Theatre

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The Yermolova Theatre is a theatre company in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It is under the artistic direction of Vladimir Andreyev.

Wikipedia: Yermolova Theatre (EN), Website

375 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Moscow Archaeology Museum

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The Museum of Archaeology of Moscow is a museum dedicated to archaeological excavations in Moscow. The opening took place in 1997, but due to the poor technical condition of the building, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out in 2011, which lasted until 2015. As of 2018, the exposition consists of more than two thousand exhibits and includes items from the Paleolithic era to the Modern Age, found during archaeological expeditions in Moscow and the Moscow region. The museum is part of the Museum of Moscow.

Wikipedia: Музей археологии Москвы (RU)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Часовня Иверской иконы Божией Матери

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Часовня Иверской иконы Божией Матери

The Iveron Chapel is a chapel with a copy of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God at the Resurrection Gate in Moscow, Russia, leading to Red Square.

Wikipedia: Иверская часовня (RU)

20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Kilometre zero

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In many countries, kilometre zero or similar terms in other languages denote a particular location from which distances are traditionally measured and some use this as their official country location or coordinates for faster search at space satellites, this is also used for measuring distances between different countries around the world. Historically, they were markers where drivers could set their odometers to follow the directions in early roaming guide books.

Wikipedia: Kilometre zero (EN)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812

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The Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 is a museum in Moscow dedicated to the events of the Patriotic War of 1812. It is located in a specially built pavilion in the courtyard of the former City Duma building. It is a branch of the State Historical Museum. The opening took place in 2012, on the 200th anniversary of the war with France. As of 2018, the exhibition includes more than 2,000 items: medals and orders, original weapons, archival documents and works of art.

Wikipedia: Музей Отечественной войны 1812 года (RU), Website

571 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: Bolshoi Theatre

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The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg.

Wikipedia: Bolshoi Theatre (EN), Website

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Moscow Operetta

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Moscow State Academic Opera Theatre, abbr. Titles. The Moscow Operetta or simply Mosoperetta is a musical theater in Moscow, the first state operetta theater in the USSR.

Wikipedia: Государственный академический театр «Московская оперетта» (RU)

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