Sights & Attractions in Moscow

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Name	Category	Location

Annunciation Cathedral This remarkable monument of Russian architecture, linking three...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Arbatskaya Ploshchad At this busy intersection, ulitsa Vozdvizhenka crosses the Boulevard...	Squares	The Arbat, Old and New

Armory Palace The Armory Palace is the oldest and richest museum in the Kremlin...	Castles / Palaces	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Assumption Cathedral This dominating structure is one of the oldest edifices of the...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Bely Dom This large, white, modern building perched along the riverbank...	Government Buildings	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa


Bolshaya Ordinka ulitsa Russian Orthodox churches, many recently restored, line this...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Zamoskvoreche

Bolshoi Theatre Moscow's "big" (bolshoi means "big") and oldest theater, formerly...	Arts / Performance Venues	Kitai Gorod

Cathedral of Christ Our Savior This cathedral carries an amazing tale of destruction and reconstruction...	Religious Sites	The Kropotkinsky District

Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Built between 1633 and 1636 to commemorate Russia's liberation...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Cathedral of the Archangel This five-dome cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Great (1440-1505)...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Cathedral Square This paved square, the ancient center of the Kremlin complex...	Squares	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

CDL: Central House of Writers The CDL is an exclusive club for members of the Writers' Union...	Houses / Mansions	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Central House of Artists The street entrance of this huge, modern building leads to the...	Museums / Galleries	Zamoskvoreche

Chaliapin House Museum Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), one of the world's greatest opera...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Chekhov House Museum The sign "Dr. Chekhov" still hangs from the door of this home...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Church of St. Simon the Stylite This bright white 17th-century church stands out in stark contrast...	Religious Sites	The Arbat, Old and New

Church of the Great Ascension Church of the Great Ascension . Like Moscow State University...	Religious Sites	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Church of the Resurrection Built in 1629, this is one of the few lucky churches to have...	Religious Sites	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Church of the Resurrection in Kadosh Because a high fence surrounds it, this colorful church is best...	Religious Sites	Zamoskvoreche

Church of the Transfiguration on the Sands Built in the 17th century, this elegant church was closed after...	Religious Sites	The Arbat, Old and New

Cook Street This is where the tsars' cooks lived. After the revolution the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Diamond Fund In 1922 the fledgling Soviet government established this amazing...	Museums / Galleries	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Dom Druzhby Dom Druzhby One of Moscow's most interesting buildings—it...	Houses / Mansions	The Arbat, Old and New

Dom Knigi Dom Knigi . The country's largest bookstore has an English-language...	Stores / Malls	The Arbat, Old and New

Dostoyevsky Memorial Apartment This museum is devoted to the great Russian novelist. It's on...	Museums / Galleries	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

English Court Built in the mid-16th century, this white-stone building with...	Museums / Galleries	Kitai Gorod

Great Kremlin Palace The palace actually consists of a group of buildings. The main...	Castles / Palaces	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

GUM GUM (Pronounced "goom," the initials are short for Gosudarstvenny...	Stores / Malls	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Historical Museum This redbrick museum was built in 1874-83 in the pseudo-Russian...	Museums / Galleries	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Ivan the Great Bell Tower The octagonal main tower of this, the tallest structure in the...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Kudrinskaya Ploshchad Along one side of this square, cars race along the Garden Ring...	Squares	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Kutafya Tower This white bastion, erected in 1516, once defended the approach...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Le Royal Meridien National The ornate art nouveau splendor of the National, built in 1903...	Hotels	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Lenin Mausoleum Except for a brief interval during World War II, when his body...	Memorials / Monuments	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Lobnoye Mesto The name of the strange, round, white-stone dais in front of...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Lubyanskaya Ploshchad Now called by its prerevolutionary name again, this circular...	Museums / Galleries, Squares	Kitai Gorod

Manezhnaya Ploshchad When the Soviets razed this square in 1938, many of the area's...	Squares	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Mayakovsky Museum The museum for one of Russia's great revolutionary poets is suitably...	Museums / Galleries	Kitai Gorod

Melnikov House This cylindrical concrete building was designed by the famous...	Houses / Mansions	The Arbat, Old and New

Merchants' Arcade This former market, which takes up an entire block between ulitsa...	Stores / Malls	Kitai Gorod

Metropol Metropol (Built at the turn of the 20th century in preparation...	Hotels	Kitai Gorod

Minin and Pozharsky statue In 1818 sculptor Ivan Martos built this statue, which honors...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Monastery of the Conception Founded in the 16th century, this working monastery is the oldest...	Religious Sites	The Kropotkinsky District

Moscow Art Theater One of Moscow's most historically important theaters, this performance...	Arts / Performance Venues	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Moscow City Council This impressive structure was built at the end of the 18th century...	Government Buildings	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia The onetime social center of the Moscow aristocracy has an entrance...	Museums / Galleries	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Museum of the History of Moscow This small, manageable museum, housed in the former Church of...	Museums / Galleries	Kitai Gorod

New Tretyakov Gallery New Tretyakov Gallery . This branch of the Tretyakov Gallery...	Museums / Galleries	Zamoskvoreche

Nikitskiye Vorota This square was named after the vorota (gates) of the white-stone...	Squares	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Pashkov House Designed by Vasily Bazhenov, one of Russia's greatest architects...	Houses / Mansions	The Kropotkinsky District

Patriarch's Pond The beginning of Russian satirist and novelist Mikhail Bulgakov's...	Parks	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Pertsov House One of the finest examples of Moscow art nouveau was built in...	Houses / Mansions	The Kropotkinsky District

Pushkin Apartment Museum The poet Alexander Pushkin lived here with his bride, Natalya...	Museums / Galleries	The Arbat, Old and New

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts One of the finest art museums in Russia, the Pushkin is famous...	Museums / Galleries	The Kropotkinsky District

Pushkin Square Located at the intersection of Tverskaya ulitsa and the Boulevard...	Squares	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Red Square World famous for the grand military parades staged here during...	Squares	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Resurrection Gates These gates, which formed part of the Kitai Gorod defensive wall...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Russian State Library Once called Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, or the Lenin Library, this...	Libraries	The Kropotkinsky District

Ryabushinsky Mansion Ryabushinsky Mansion This marvelous example of Moscow art nouveau...	Architectural Sites	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Sandunovskiye Bani Dating to the early 1800s, this impeccably clean banya, known...	Architectural Sites	Kitai Gorod

Scriabin Museum This charming, dusty house-museum is in the composer Alexander...	Museums / Galleries	The Arbat, Old and New

Shchusev Architecture Museum This museum, in an 18th-century neoclassical mansion, has a good...	Museums / Galleries	The Arbat, Old and New

St. Basil's Cathedral Although it's popularly known as St. Basil's Cathedral, the proper...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

St. John's Convent This convent, which was built in the 16th century and restored...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Stanislavsky Museum Konstantin Stanislavsky was a Russian actor, director, and producer...	Museums / Galleries	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Tchaikovsky Conservatory The famous Tchaikovsky Music Competition takes place every four...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Tolstoy House Estate Museum Tolstoy bought this house in 1882, at the age of 54, and spent...	Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions	The Kropotkinsky District

Tolstoy Memorial Museum Architect Afanasy Grigoriev designed this mansion, a fine example...	Museums / Galleries	The Kropotkinsky District

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Dedicated on May 9, 1967, the 22nd anniversary of the Russian...	Memorials / Monuments	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Tretyakov Gallery The Tretyakov Gallery—now often called the "Old Tretyakov"...	Museums / Galleries	Zamoskvoreche

Triumphal Square This major intersection is where the grand boulevard of Moscow...	Squares	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Tropinin Museum The museum collection contains miniatures and portraits by serf...	Museums / Galleries	Zamoskvoreche

Tsar Bell The world's largest bell is also the world's most silent: it...	Memorials / Monuments	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Tsar Cannon This huge piece of artillery (pushka) has the largest caliber...	Military Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

V.I. Lenin Museum Although during the time of Soviet Russia this was a solemn and...	Architectural Sites	Kitai Gorod

Yeliseyevsky's Of all the stores and boutiques on Tverskaya ulitsa, this grocery...	Stores / Malls	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue
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