Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Moscow, Russia
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Experience Moscow in Russia in a whole new way with our free 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.
Individual Sights in MoscowSight 1: Храм святителя Николая в Кузнецкой Слободе
The Church of St. Nicholas in Kuznetskaya Sloboda is an Orthodox church in the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow. It belongs to the Moskvoretsky Deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is one of the few churches in the post-Soviet space that were not closed during the Soviet era.
Sight 2: Габдулле Тукаю
The monument to Gabdulla Tukay, the great Tatar folk poet, literary critic, publicist, public figure and translator, was erected in Moscow at the intersection of Novokuznetskaya Street and Maly Tatarsky Lane.
Sight 3: Bunker 703
Bunker 703 (ChZ-703)-Moscow underground structure under design number 703, previously owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. Construction continued from 1948 to 1961, after the completion of the premises were used as a storage of classified documents. The bunker is located at a depth of 43 meters opposite the chocolate factory "Rot Front" near the Paveletskaya metro station and has a connection with the official branch of the Moscow Metro. In 2018, an interactive museum of modern city fortification was opened in the underground rooms.
Sight 4: Возрождение
The Surveillance Palette is one of the attractions of Moscow, established in the private territory of the National Institute of Corporate Reform in 2000, located at the Bolshaya Ordynka 41, near the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Rasal.
Sight 5: Tropinin and Moscow Artists of His Time Museum
The Museum of Vasily Tropinin and the Moscow Artists of His Time is a chamber art museum located in an Empire mansion of the XIX century. The owners of the building were the merchant Petukhov family, who in 1965 transferred the mansion to the collector Felix Vishnevsky (1902-1978) for the organization of a permanent exhibition in it. The museum was founded in 1969, when Vishnevsky bequeathed the right to own the mansion and more than two hundred canvases to the state. The opening of the institution took place in 1971 on the basis of a permanent exhibition of works by artists of the XVIII-XIX centuries: Vasily Tropinin, Ivan Vishnyakov, Alexei Antropov, Ivan Argunov, Dmitry Levitsky, Sylvester Shchedrin, Dmitry Levitsky, Sergei Shchukin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexander Benois, Viktor Vasnetsov, Isaac Levitan, Konstantin Korovin, Vasily Polenov and others.
Wikipedia: Музей В. А. Тропинина и московских художников его времени (RU), Website
Sight 6: Особняк Новиковых
The Novikov Mansion is a historic building of the early XX century in Moscow, in the Yakimanka district on Bolshaya Polyanka Street. It is an object of cultural heritage of regional significance. Built in 1907 as a private house, the building was mainly occupied by a children's house of creativity during the Soviet period. Currently, the Bashmet Center is located there; The building is closed to the public.
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