This church, commissioned by the weavers鈥 guild in 1676, is among the most colourful in Moscow. The ornate green-and-orange-tapestry exterior houses an equally exquisite interior, rich in frescoes and icons. Leo Tolstoy, who lived up the street, was a parishioner at St Nicholas, which is featured in his novel Resurrection. Look also for the old white stone house, built in 1689, which housed the office of the weavers鈥 guild and textile shop (袘褘胁褕邪褟 褌泻邪褑泻邪褟 谐懈谢褜写懈褟; ul Lva Tolstogo 10).
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The Armoury dates to 1511, when it was founded under Vasily III to manufacture and store weapons, imperial arms and regalia for the royal court. Later it鈥
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This is Moscow鈥檚 premier foreign-art museum, split over three branches and showing off a broad selection of European works, including masterpieces from鈥
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At the southern end of Red Square stands the icon of Russia: St Basil鈥檚 Cathedral. This crazy confusion of colours, patterns and shapes is the culmination鈥
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The apex of Russian political power and once the centre of the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin is the kernel of not only Moscow, but of the whole country鈥
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Although Vladimir Ilych requested that he be buried beside his mum in St Petersburg, he still lies in state at the foot of the Kremlin wall, receiving鈥
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Moscow's main city escape isn't your conventional expanse of nature preserved inside an urban jungle. It's not a fun fair either, though it used to be one鈥
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Immediately outside the Kremlin鈥檚 northeastern wall is the celebrated Red Square, the 400m-by-150m area of cobblestones that is at the very heart of鈥
State Tretyakov Gallery Main Branch
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The exotic boyar (high-ranking noble) castle on a little lane in Zamoskvorechie contains the main branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery, housing the world鈥
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Leo Tolstoy鈥檚 winter home during the 1880s and 1890s now houses an interesting museum dedicated to the writer鈥檚 home life. While it鈥檚 not particularly鈥
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The permanent history exhibit here demonstrates how the city has spread from its starting point at the Kremlin. It is heavy on artefacts from the 13th and鈥
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The grandiose colonnaded arch that serves as Gorky Park's front entrance now contains a museum, its exhibition largely comprised of old photographs and鈥
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5. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
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The brainchild of Moscow art fairy Darya Zhukova, Garage is one of the capital's hottest modern-art venues. In 2015, the museum moved to spectacular new鈥
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Also known as Pushkinsky bridge, this pedestrian bridge connects Gorky Park with the Frunzenskaya area on the other side of the river. A former railway鈥
7. Central House of Artists (TsDKh)
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Sometimes called by its initials, this huge building attached to the New Tretyakov Gallery contains studios and galleries, as well as exhibition space for鈥
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The Russian Academy of Arts hosts rotating exhibits in the historic 19th-century mansion of the Morozov estate. Despite the institutional-sounding name,鈥