Sights & Attractions in Moscow

Things to Do in Kitai Gorod

Name	Category	Location

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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