Russia Attractions
Catherine Palace and Park
Catherine Palace (Екатерининский дворец) is one of
Russia’s former imperial palaces and summer residence to its tsar’s
built on the orders of Catherine I. ...
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Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
The former residence of the imperial family Tsarskoye Selo (Ца́рское Село) or Tsar’s Village, is now one of Russia’s most significant cultural heritage sites. ...
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Peterhof Palace and Garden (Petrodvorets)
Petrhof (Петерго́ф) or “Peter’s yard” is considered the fountain capital of the world and is in the eyes of any visitor, an absolute gem of environs in St. ...
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Hermitage
The State Hermitage (Государственный Эрмитаж) is one of the largest and
oldest art and cultural museums in the world. The museum was originally
built ...
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The Moscow Metro
In Moscow, grand boulevards and massive buildings that seem to stretch for miles are the norm, but some of the city’s most impressive sites are actually found ...
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Moscow
A buzzing metropolis that continues to expand, Moscow is the cultural, political and historic heart of Russia. Sprawling out from the Kremlin and Red Square, ...
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Kremlin
A mighty symbol of Russia's imperialistic and religious history, not to mention its tendency for grandeur, the Moscow Kremlin may never have been as impressive ...
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Red Square (Krasnaya Ploschad)
Red Square is the central square in Moscow, sitting just northeast of the famous Kremlin. Once a marketplace, over the years it has been the sight of public ...
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St Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sabor)
With its colorful onion-shaped domes, St. Basil’s Cathedral may be one of the most iconic sights in Moscow, if not in all of Russia. Finished in 1561, the ...
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Kolomenskoye Museum and Reserve
Kolomenskoye is an ancient royal estate located a few kilometers southeast of Moscow. Perched on a bluff above the Moscow River, the estate served as a summer ...
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St Petersburg Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad)
Palace Square is
the central square of St. Petersberg, which conjoins some of the city’s
major landmarks and monuments, including most famously the Winter ...
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Pushkin Museum
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is the largest European art museum in Moscow, with over 560,000 works of art. Opened in 1912, it actually has no connection to ...
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Peter and Paul Cathedral
The Peter and Paul Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral and burial place of Russian emperors dating as far back as Peter the Great. As the oldest cathedral in ...
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra Monastery
Founded by Peter the Great in 1710 to commemorate the Russian military leader who stopped the advance of the Germans and Swedes in the 13th century, the ...
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Bolshoi Theatre
One of the best known theaters in the world, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, traces its history back to 1776. This was when Empress Catherine the Great granted ...
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