Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Moscow, Russia

The monument to Taras Shevchenko in Moscow is one of the monuments to the Ukrainian poet and writer, erected in the Russian capital. The authors of the monument are sculptors Yuli Sinkevich, Anatoly Fuzhenko and Mikhail Gritsyuk. The monument was solemnly opened on June 10, 1964. After restoration, it was returned to its original place on March 7, 2014.

Wikipedia: Памятник Тарасу Шевченко (Москва) (RU)

The monument to F. I. Chaliapin in Moscow is installed on Novinsky Boulevard next to the Chaliapin House-Museum.

Wikipedia: Памятник Шаляпину (Москва) (RU)

The Narkomfin Building is a block of flats at 25, Novinsky Boulevard, in the Central district of Moscow, Russia. Conceived as a "transitional type of experimental house", it is a renowned example of Constructivist architecture and avant-garde housing design.

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The Monument to Joseph Brodsky was installed in 2011 in Moscow on Novinsky Boulevard near the United States embassy building. The authors of the monument are the sculptor Georgy Frangulyan and the architect Sergey Skuratov.

Wikipedia: Monument to Joseph Brodsky (EN)

The monument to Leo Tolstoy on Povarskaya is a monument to the classic of Russian literature, the writer Leo Tolstoy in the front yard of the so-called "Rostov House" on Povarskaya Street in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Памятник Льву Толстому на Поварской (RU)

The Vasilchikov Estate is an architectural monument located in the city of Moscow.

Wikipedia: Усадьба Васильчиковых (RU)

The Cherkasskaya-Baskakov City Estate is an architectural monument located in the city of Moscow.

Wikipedia: Городская усадьба Черкасской — Баскакова (RU)

The monument to the writer Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy is a sculptural monument in Moscow. It is located at the intersection of Bolshaya and Malaya Nikitskaya streets. The authors of the monument are the sculptor G. I. Motovilov and the architect L. M. Polyakov. An object of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance.

Wikipedia: Памятник Алексею Толстому (Москва) (RU)

The Greater Church of Christ's Ascension is one of the largest parish churches in downtown Moscow. It is a major landmark of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street and Nikitskiye Vorota Square. It is named "greater" to prevent confusion with a nearby church of the same name.

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The monument "Blessed is the Friendship of the Peoples of Russia and Armenia for Centuries" is a monument to the friendship of the Christian peoples of Armenia and Russia. The statue consists of two female figures clinging to each other, and between them there is a cross.

Wikipedia: Благословенна в веках дружба народов России и Армении (RU)

Ryabushinsky Mansion is a city estate built by architect Fyodor Schechtel for entrepreneur Stepan Ryabushinsky in 1900-1903. It is one of the most representative examples of early Art Nouveau in Russian architecture. Since 1965, the building has housed the Gorky Museum-Apartment.

Wikipedia: Особняк С. П. Рябушинского (RU)

The Gorky Museum is an architectural landmark of the "Moderne" style, the Russian term for Art Nouveau. It was built in Moscow in 1900–02 by the architect Fyodor Schechtel. It is also known as the Ryabouchinsky House, for the young Russian industrialist and art collector who built it. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Ryabouchinsky family emigrated to France. In 1931 the Soviet government offered the house to the writer Maxim Gorky and his family. It was his home until his death in 1936. The widow of Gorky's son continued to live in the house until her death in 1965. It then became the Gorky Museum, dedicated to his life and work. It is located in the historic center of Moscow, at 6 Malaya Nikitskaya. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: Gorky Museum (EN)

The Moscow Musical Theater "Amadeus" is an opera house in Moscow. Not having its own stage, it carries out productions at various venues.

Wikipedia: Музыкальный театр «Амадей» (RU), Website

The monument to Alexander Blok is a monument to the Russian poet Alexander Blok, the work of sculptor Oleg Komov, installed in 1993 in Moscow, in the square near house 6 on Spiridonovka.

Wikipedia: Памятник Александру Блоку (Москва) (RU)

The monument to Sholem Aleichem in Moscow was erected in December 2001 at the intersection of Bolshaya Bronnaya and Malaya Bronnaya streets in the Presnensky district of the city.

Wikipedia: Памятник Шолом-Алейхему (Москва) (RU)

The House-Museum of M. N. Ermolova is a museum in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Дом-музей М. Н. Ермоловой (RU), Website

Pushkin Oak is a pedunculate oak on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow.

Wikipedia: Пушкинский дуб (Москва) (RU)

Timiryazev monument is a monumental sculpture in Moscow of the scientist Kliment Timiryazev. The statue was made by renowned Soviet sculptor Sergey Merkurov. It was installed in 1923 at the end of Tverskoy Boulevard.

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ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum is a museum of contemporary Russian art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to the public in May 2007. A privately owned institution, it houses the collection of Igor Markin.

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The Near the Stanislavsky House Theater is a Russian theater located next to the Stanislavsky House-Museum. Artistic director — Y. N. Pogrebnichko.

Wikipedia: Около дома Станиславского (RU), Website

The Church of St. Andrew is the only Anglican church in Moscow, an architectural monument of regional significance.

Wikipedia: Англиканская церковь Святого Андрея (Москва) (RU), Website

The Statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy is an equestrian statue which commemorates the founding of Moscow in 1147 by Yuriy Dolgorukiy. Dolgorukiy was the Grand Prince of the Kievan Rus' (Kiev) and a member of the Rurik dynasty. On 6 June 1954, the statue was erected on Soviet Square, located in front of the Mossoviet building. The sculptors were Sergei Mikhailovich Orlov, A. P. Antropov, and Nicholay Lvovich Shtamm. The architectural design was by Viktor Semenovich Andreyev. The statue replaced the Monument to the Soviet Constitution, which had been demolished in 1941.

Wikipedia: Statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, Moscow (EN)

Monument to Lenin on Tverskaya Square is a sculpture of Vladimir Lenin located in front of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History building in Moscow. Established in 1940. The authors of the monument are sculptor S. D. Merkurov and architect I. A. Frantsuz. The monument has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Wikipedia: Monument to Lenin on Tverskaya Square (EN)

Maya Plisetskaya Square is a square in the Tverskoy district of Moscow between houses 12/1, buildings 1 and 16, building 1 on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street. It was opened on November 20, 2015 in memory of the Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya.

Wikipedia: Сквер Майи Плисецкой (RU)