Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #14 in Moscow, Russia
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4 km
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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 MoscowSight 1: В. В. Лебедеву
Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Sight 2: С. Е. Савицкой
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
Sight 3: В. А. Соловьёву
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov is a former Soviet and Russian cosmonaut.
Sight 4: А. П. Александрову
Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
Sight 5: Memorial Museum of Astronautics
The Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, also known as the Memorial Museum of Astronautics or Memorial Museum of Space Exploration, is a museum in Moscow, Russia, dedicated to space exploration. It is located within the base of the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the north-east of the city. The museum contains a wide variety of Soviet and Russian space-related exhibits and models which explore the history of flight; astronomy; space exploration; space technology; and space in the arts. According to the Russian tourist board, the museum's collection holds approximately 85,000 different items and receives approximately 300,000 visitors yearly.
Sight 6: Monument to the Conquerors of Space
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space is a giant obelisk erected in Moscow in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration. It depicts a starting rocket that rises on its exhaust plume.
Sight 7: Charles de Gaulle
The Monument to Charles de Gaulle stands in front of the Cosmos Hotel on a square named after Charles de Gaulle in Moscow, Russia.
Sight 8: Храм Тихвинской иконы Божией Матери
The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Alekseevsky is an Orthodox church in Moscow, consecrated in 1680 in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. It belongs to the Trinity Deanery of the Moscow Diocese. It was built on the territory of the royal estate of Alekseevsky at the Travel Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, dismantled in the early 19th century. The temple has never been closed.
Wikipedia: Храм Тихвинской иконы Божией Матери в Алексеевском (RU)
Sight 9: Ракетный бульвар
Raketny Boulevard is a boulevard in the Alekseevsky District of the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. It runs from Yaroslavskaya Street to Konstantinova Street.
Sight 10: Rostokino Aqueduct
Rostokino Aqueduct, also known as Millionny Bridge, is a stone aqueduct over Yauza River in Rostokino District of Moscow, Russia, built in 1780-1804. It is the only remaining aqueduct in Moscow, once a part of Mytishchi Water Supply, Moscow's first centralized water utility.
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