Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Moscow, Russia
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Experience Moscow in Russia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in MoscowIndividual Sights in MoscowSight 1: Музей-квартира А.М. Васнецова
The Apollinary Vasnetsov Memorial Museum is a museum in memory of the artist Apollinary Vasnetsov in Moscow. It is located in the house on Furmanny Lane, where the painter lived from 1903 to 1933. The first memorial rooms were opened to visitors in 1965, and in 1986 the museum became part of the Tretyakov Gallery.
Wikipedia: Мемориальный музей-квартира А. М. Васнецова (RU), Website
Sight 2: Abay Kunanbaev
A monument to Abai Kunanbayev was erected in Moscow on Chistoprudny Boulevard near the Embassy of Kazakhstan.
Sight 3: Menshikov Tower
Menshikov Tower, also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthodox Church in Basmanny District of Moscow, within the Boulevard Ring. The church was initially built in 1707 to order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny assisted by Domenico Trezzini, a team of Italian-Swiss craftsmen from Ticino and Fribourg cantons and Russian stonemasons from Kostroma and Yaroslavl. The earliest extant Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, Menshikov Tower was substantially altered in the 1770s. The church traditionally functioned in summer only; in winter the congregation assembled in nearby Church of Theodor Stratelates, built in 1782–1806. Church of Saint Theodore also provides the bells for ritual ringing: despite its height, Menshikov Tower does not have bells.
Sight 4: Огни Москвы
"Lights of Moscow" is a Moscow museum dedicated to the history of lighting fixtures. The museum was opened in 1980 in Armyansky Lane in the building of the Protopopov (Miloslavsky) chambers of the XVII century.
Sight 5: Lazarevs Obelisk
The obelisk monument to the Lazarev family is one of the first monuments in Moscow that has survived to this day. It was installed on December 12, 1822 in the courtyard of the Armenian School, founded and existed on the money of the Lazarev patrons. The school later went down in history as the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, in the Soviet years it was closed. As of 2017, the Embassy of Armenia in Russia is located in the building of the institute, and the obelisk, which was moved to the main entrance before the revolution, stands in front of the building behind a solid cast-iron fence, there is no direct access to it. Originating as a sculpture in the courtyard of a private property, the obelisk changed its status during its existence, was moved to a public space and was not destroyed during the Soviet era.
Sight 6: Палаты Голицыных
The Golitsyn Chambers in Krivokolenny Lane is a two-story building of the XVII century, located in Moscow at the address: Central Administrative District, Krivokolenny Lane, 10, building 1. It is an architectural monument of federal significance.
Sight 7: Museum of Vladimir Mayakovsky
The State Museum of Vladimir Mayakovsky-the Museum-Quarter of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, founded in 1937 on the initiative of Lily Brik as a library-museum. Initially located in Gendricov Lane, where the poet lived with Lily and Osip Briks from 1926 to 1930. In the afternoon of April 14, 1930, Mayakovsky committed suicide. In 1972, the museum was moved to the former communal apartment under the 12th floor number in the Lubyansky passage, where it was completely rebuilt. In 1989, according to the project of the museums of Taras Polyakov, the exposition was modernized in the constructivist style, a four-story exhibition space was created according to the project of architect A.V. Bokov, dedicated not only by the poet’s memory, but also to the Russian avant-garde.
Wikipedia: Государственный музей В. В. Маяковского (RU), Website
Sight 8: В. В. Маяковскому
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky was a Soviet Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement. He co-signed the Futurist manifesto, A Slap in the Face of Public Taste (1913), and wrote such poems as "A Cloud in Trousers" (1915) and "Backbone Flute" (1916). Mayakovsky produced a large and diverse body of work during the course of his career: he wrote poems, wrote and directed plays, appeared in films, edited the art journal LEF, and produced agitprop posters in support of the Communist Party during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922.
Sight 9: Vatslav Vorovsky
The Monument to Vaclav Vorovsky is a monument to one of the first Soviet diplomats, Vaclav Vorovsky. It was installed in 1924 in Moscow on Vorovsky Square. The author of the monument is sculptor Mikhail Katz. The monument has the status of a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
Sight 10: Москонцерт на Пушечной
Mosconcert is the oldest cultural organization in Moscow. Its full name is "Mosconcert, state budgetary institution of culture of Moscow"
Sight 11: Большой театр. Камерная сцена им. Б. А. Покровского
The Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre is a Moscow theatre and opera house. The theatre was founded in 1971 and carries the name of its founder Boris Alexandrovich Pokrovsky. The theatre troupe resident at the theatre is also known as the "Pokrovsky Opera".
Sight 12: Karl Marx
The Monument to Karl Marx in Moscow is a monument completed in 1961 by Soviet sculptor Lev Kerbel. It is located near the Bolshoi Theatre in Theatre Square.
Sight 13: А. Н. Островскому
The monument to A. N. Ostrovsky is a monument to the writer Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky. It was installed in Moscow on Theater Square in front of the Maly Theater in 1929. The sculptor is Nikolai Andreev, the architect is Fyodor Shekhtel. The sculpture is made of bronze, located on a granite pedestal.
Sight 14: Bolshoi Theatre
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.
Sight 15: Moscow Operetta
The Moscow State Academic Theatre of Operetta, 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), Website
Sight 16: Moscow Archaeology Museum
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 Association "Museum of Moscow".
Sight 17: Kilometre zero
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.
Sight 18: 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, leading to Red Square.
Sight 19: Mikhail Lomonosov
The monument to M. V. Lomonosov on Mokhovaya Street in Moscow was erected next to the building of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow University in the Arbat district. The current monument to Lomonosov is the third one that stood on this site.
Sight 20: Мемориальный музей-квартира Тимирязева Климента Аркадьевича
The Memorial Museum-Apartment of Kliment Arkadievich Timiryazev is a museum of the scientist and physiologist Kliment Timiryazev, founded as a memorial office in 1942. It belongs to the Moscow Agricultural Academy. It is located at Romanov Lane, 4, building 2 in the wing of a former apartment building. The museum's exposition consists of more than 29 thousand exhibits, including books from the Timiryazev Scientific Library, antique furniture and artworks.
Sight 21: Zoological Museum of Moscow University
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
Sight 22: 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.
Sight 23: Yermolov Theatre
The Yermolova Theatre is a theatre company in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It is under the artistic direction of Vladimir Andreyev.
Sight 24: А. П. Чехову
The monument to Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in Kamergersky Lane was installed in the pedestrian zone near house No 2 Tverskaya Street in Moscow.
Sight 25: М. Л. Ростроповичу
The Monument to Mstislav Rostropovich is a monument in Moscow, erected in 2012. Dedicated to the famous cellist, pianist and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR Mstislav Rostropovich. It is located in Bryusov Lane, in the Mstislav Rostropovich Square. The authors of the monument are sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov and architect Igor Voskresensky.
Sight 26: Museum of Oriental Arts
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
Sight 27: Lermontov Museum House
The House-Museum of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov is a museum dedicated to the work of the poet Mikhail Lermontov. It is located in Moscow at Malaya Molchanovka Street, 2 and is part of the State Literary Museum. Lermontov lived in this mansion with his grandmother Elizaveta Arsenyeva from 1829 to 1832. The museum was opened in 1981 thanks to the initiative of the writer and TV presenter Irakli Andronikov. As of 2018, the collection includes antique furniture of the XIX century, a collection of lifetime publications, photographs and images of the poet's family and friends.
Sight 28: Spaso House
Spaso-haus, or Vtorov's mansion, is a historic mansion in the center of Moscow, since the end of 1933 rented by the US government as the residence of the US ambassador to the USSR or Russia. A monument of neoclassical architecture of the pre-revolutionary time, located at the address: Spasopeskovsky Lane, 10.
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