Sights & Attractions in Moscow

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Alexander Garden Laid out in the 19th century by the Russian architect Osip Bove...	Gardens / Arboretums	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Amusement Palace Behind the State Kremlin Palace stands the Amusement Palace—so...	Castles / Palaces	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Andrei Bely Apartment Museum On display are artifacts from the life of the writer Andrei Bely...	Museums / Galleries	The Arbat, Old and New

Arsenal Commissioned in 1701 by Peter the Great, the weapons arsenal...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Borovitskaya Tower The main entrance to the Kremlin rises to more than 150 feet...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square


Cathedral of the Epiphany This church is all that remains of the monastery that was founded...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Cathedral of the Sign This solid redbrick church, topped with one gold and four green...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles Built in 1655-56 by Patriarch Nikon, this was used as his private...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Central Telegraph Once the place where foreigners had to go to phone home, Central...	Architectural Sites	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Church of All-Saints in Kulishki This fine example of 17th-century religious architecture was...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Church of St. George on Pskov Hill This majestic five-dome church with blue cupolas studded by gold...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Church of St. Maxim the Blessed In 1698 this white-stone church was built on the site where the...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki This church, which was built between 1679 and 1682 and remained...	Religious Sites	The Kropotkinsky District

Church of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe This single-dome church was built in 1484-86 by masters from...	Religious Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Church of the Trinity in Nikitniki Painted with white trim and topped by five green cupolas, this...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Episcopal Church Episcopal Church . Moscow's only Episcopal church is inside...	Religious Sites	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Gogol statue Gogol statue (Pamyatnik Gogolyu. This statue of a melancholy...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	The Arbat, Old and New

Gorky Literary Museum For Gorky buffs only, this museum is packed with the letters...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Gorky Park Muscovites usually refer to this park made famous by Martin Cruz...	Parks	Zamoskvoreche

Maly Theater Writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), known as the father of Soviet...	Arts / Performance Venues	Kitai Gorod

The Mint Built in 1697, the former mint, near the Cathedral of Our Lady...	Financial Institutions	Kitai Gorod

Monastery of the Savior Behind the Icons The monastery was founded at the beginning of the 17th century...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

Moscow State University Russia's oldest university was founded in 1755 by the father...	Educational Institutions	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Oriental Art Museum Oriental Art Museum . Glass cases filled to capacity with artwork...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Patriarch's Palace Adjoining the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles, the Patriarch's...	Museums / Galleries	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Peter the Great statue The enormous statue of the tsar stands atop a base made in the...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Zamoskvoreche

Polytechnical Museum The achievements of science and technology, including an awesome...	Museums / Galleries	Kitai Gorod

Pushkin Memorial Museum Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837) never lived here and probably never...	Museums / Galleries	The Kropotkinsky District

Romanov Palace Chambers in Zaryadye It's believed that Mikhail Romanov (1596-1645), the first tsar...	Museums / Galleries	Kitai Gorod

Ryabushinsky Bank Fyodor Shekhtel designed this turn-of-the-20th-century art nouveau...	Financial Institutions	Kitai Gorod

Sobakina Tower More than 180 feet high, the Sobakina (formerly Arsenal) Tower...	Military Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Spaso House The yellow neoclassical mansion behind the iron gate is the residence...	Houses / Mansions	The Arbat, Old and New

St. Barbara's Church This peach-and-white church, built in the classical style at...	Religious Sites	Kitai Gorod

State Kremlin Palace In 1961 this rectangular structure of glass and aluminum was...	Castles / Palaces	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Tower of the Savior Until Boris Yeltsin's presidency (1991-99) this 1491 tower served...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Troitskaya Tower Rising 240 feet above the garden, this is the tallest bashnya...	Architectural Sites	Heart of Russia: The Kremlin and Red Square

Tsvetaeva House Museum Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941), the renowned poet, lived in an...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa

Tverskaya Square This square, which dates to 1792, was named for the street, but...	Squares	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Tverskaya-Yamskaya ulitsa This last section of Tverskaya ulitsa leads to Belorussky railway...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Vakhtangov Theater An excellent traditional theater is housed within this impressive...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Arbat, Old and New

Yermolova Theater The theater housed in this short building with an arched entrance...	Arts / Performance Venues	Tverskaya Ulitsa: Moscow's Fifth Avenue

Zoological Museum Zoological Museum . This museum, founded in 1902, is always...	Museums / Galleries	The Old Moscow of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa
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