Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #20 in Moscow, Russia

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 5.1 km
Ascend 86 m
Descend 86 m

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 Moscow

Sight 1: Палаты в Овчинниках

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The chambers in Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Lane are a landmark building in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Палаты в Среднем Овчинниковском переулке (RU)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Адам и Ева

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"Adam and Eve" is a fountain in Moscow. It is located on Pyatnitskaya Street, in a park near the Novokuznetskaya metro station. It was installed in 2007.

Wikipedia: Адам и Ева (фонтан) (RU)

354 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Крокин галерея

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The Krokin Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Крокин галерея (RU)

294 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: А. А. Ахматовой

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The monument to Anna Akhmatova is a monument to the Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova, erected on November 7, 2000 in Moscow, on Bolshaya Ordynka.

Wikipedia: Памятник Анне Ахматовой (Москва) (RU)

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Храм Воскресения Христова в Кадашах

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The Resurrection Church in Kadashi Sloboda is a major Naryshkin Baroque church in Moscow, formerly the tallest building in Zamoskvorechye. It may still be seen from Red Square.

Wikipedia: Kadashi Church (EN), Website

398 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Третьяковская галерея на Кадашёвской набережной

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Третьяковская галерея на Кадашёвской набережной shakko / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Tretyakov Gallery on Kadashevskaya Embankment is a new building of the Tretyakov Gallery under construction, located at 10 Kadashevskaya Embankment, next to the historical buildings of the museum in Lavrushinsky Lane. The new museum building was designed by Mosproekt-4 and supplemented by a competition project of facades from the SPEECH architectural bureau. Construction began in the summer of 2014, completion of work is scheduled for 2024.

Wikipedia: Третьяковская галерея на Кадашёвской набережной (RU)

509 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Храм Николая Чудотворца в Толмачах

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Храм Николая Чудотворца в Толмачах Architect of the church itself: unknown (unlike the names of the donors, the Longin and the Demidov families).Architect of the belltower: Fyodor Shestakov.1910 renovation: Cherkasov.Photo: NVO. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi is both a Russian Orthodox house church and museum that is part of the State Tretyakov Gallery located in Moscow. The church is home to several religious relics and icons, including the culturally important Our Lady of Vladimir.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (EN)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Monument to Georgi Dimitrov

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Monument to Georgi Dimitrov скульпторы К. М. Мерабишвили, М. К. Мерабишвили; архитектор Р. Н. Гвоздев; фотограф Andreykor / CC BY-SA 4.0

The monument to Georgy Dimitrov was erected in 1972 in Moscow on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street. The authors of the monument are sculptors K. M. Merabishvili, M. K. Merabishvili and architect R. N. Gvozdev. The monument has the status of a declared cultural heritage site.

Wikipedia: Памятник Георгию Димитрову (Москва) (RU)

577 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Church of St. Nicholas

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The Church of St. Nicholas in Golutvin is an Orthodox church in the Yakimanka district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow at 14 1st Golutvinsky Lane. Administratively, it belongs to the Moskvoretsky Deanery of the Moscow Diocese.

Wikipedia: Церковь Николая Чудотворца в Голутвине (RU)

443 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Peter the Great Statue

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The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and It weighs around 1,000 tons containing 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper.

Wikipedia: Peter the Great Statue (EN)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Big Clay #4

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Big clay No. 4 - sculpture of the Swiss artist Urs Fisher, presenting the act of creation, creation, transformation. Created in 2013-2014 was exhibited in New York (2015) and Florence (2017). In August 2021, shortly before the opening of the Center for Contemporary Art “House of Culture GES-2”, was installed in front of its entrance complex, in the Moscow Bolotnaya embankment, and caused an extremely ambiguous assessment.

Wikipedia: Большая глина № 4 (RU)

737 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 12: Храм Державной иконы Божией Матери

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The Church of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God is a wooden Orthodox church-chapel in Moscow, part of the complex of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. It belongs to the Central Deanery of the Moscow Diocese.

Wikipedia: Храм Державной иконы Божией Матери (Москва) (RU)

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