Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #15 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: Центральный музей древнерусской культуры и искусства им. Андрея Рублева
The Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art named after Andrei Rublev is a museum of Russian church art of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. It was founded in 1947 by scientists Pyotr Baranovsky, Igor Grabar, Nikolai Voronin and Pyotr Maksimov, on whose initiative the restoration of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery began. The official opening of the museum took place on September 21, 1960 and was timed to coincide with the 600th anniversary of the birth of the icon painter Andrei Rublev. The collection consists of more than thirteen thousand icons of the 12th-20th centuries, frescoes, wooden sculptures, manuscripts and early printed books, objects of copper art casting, embroidery, tiles, as well as archaeological finds.
Wikipedia: Центральный музей древнерусской культуры и искусства имени Андрея Рублёва (RU), Website
Sight 2: Cathedral of the Savior
The Cathedral of the Savior of the Image Not Made by Hands is an Orthodox church in the Tagansky district of Moscow, in the former Spaso-Andronikov Monastery. A monument of early Moscow architecture. It was built in 1410-1427. It is the oldest surviving stone cathedral in Moscow.
Sight 3: Андрею Рублёву
The Monument to Andrei Rublev is a monument in Moscow, erected in 1985. It is located in front of the entrance to the former Spaso-Andronikov Monastery. The monument is dedicated to the most famous and revered Russian iconographer of the Moscow school of icon painting, book and monumental painting of the XV century, the monk of this monastery, Andrei Rublev. The authors of the monument are the sculptor O. K. Komov, architects V. A. Nesterov and N. I. Komova. The monument is located in front of the building at Andronyevskaya Square, 10.
Sight 4: Храм Сергия Радонежского
The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Rogozhskaya Sloboda in Gonnaya is an Orthodox church of the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese.
Wikipedia: Храм Сергия Радонежского в Рогожской слободе (RU), Website
Sight 5: STE - Studio of the Theatre Art
The Studio of Theater Art Theater (STI) is a federal drama theater in Moscow under the direction of Sergei Zhenovach. It was founded in 2005.
Wikipedia: Студия театрального искусства (RU), Facebook, Website
Sight 6: Московский областной государственный театр кукол
The Moscow Regional State Puppet Theater (MOGTK) is one of the oldest itinerant puppet theaters in Russia. It was organized in 1933 at the Moscow Regional House of Artistic Education of Children by the famous director and playwright Viktor Alexandrovich Shvemberger, an associate of outstanding figures of the puppet theater of Russia - Sergei Obraztsov, Evgeny Demmeni, Nina Simonovich-Efimova.
Sight 7: Московский театр русской драмы под руководством Михаила Щепенко
The Moscow Theater of Russian Drama under the direction of Mikhail Shchepenko is a Moscow drama theater that has existed since 1987. Located at 64 Zemlyanoy Val Street.
Wikipedia: Московский театр русской драмы под руководством Михаила Щепенко (RU), Website
Sight 8: House on Taganka
The State Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky is a cultural and scientific center engaged in the collection, storage and study of materials reflecting the life and work of Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky, as well as the era in which he lived.
Sight 9: Bunker 42 -Tagansky Protected Command Point
The Cold War Museum (Moscow) or Bunker GO-42, also known as "facility-02" (1947), CHZ-293 (1951), CHZ-572 (1953), and GO-42 (from 1980), and now Exhibition Complex Bunker-42, is a once-secret military complex, bunker, communication center in Moscow, Russia, near the underground Moscow Metro station Taganskaya. It has an area of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) and is situated at a depth of 65 metres (213 ft) below ground.
Sight 10: Институт философии РАН
The Tutolmin Estate is a city estate in Moscow at 12 Goncharnaya Street. An object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
Sight 11: Храм Великомученика Никиты
Church of St. Nicetas is one of the oldest parish churches in Moscow, dating to as early as 1476. Standing on Shvivova Gorka, the eastern slope of Taganka Hill, this small single-dome church once commanded a famous view of Zamoskvorechye.
Sight 12: Museum of Russian Icons
The Museum of Russian Icon is the first private museum of Russian icons in Moscow and the second in Russia. It was created on the initiative of Mikhail Abramov (1963-2019), an entrepreneur and philanthropist, owner of the Plaza Development company. It was opened in May 2006 in Moscow. Currently, the museum is located in the center of Moscow on Goncharnaya Street. The collection has about 5000 items.
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