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Ostankino Tower, one of the main tourist attractions in Moscow This is a list of major tourist attractions in the Russian city of Moscow . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Moscow" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Moscow contains Soviet-era buildings along with modern skyscrapers, while Saint Petersburg has classical architecture, rivers, channels and bridges. [citation needed] Grand Cascade in Peterhof in Saint Petersburg. Nizhny Novgorod is the capital of the Volga region. Nizhny Novgorod is divided into two parts by the Oka River.
Moscow was the host city of the 1980 Summer Olympics, with the yachting events being held at Tallinn, in present-day Estonia. Large sports facilities and the main international airport, Sheremetyevo Terminal 2, were built in preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Moscow had made a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, when final voting ...
The Moscow Central Circle or MCC is a 54 kilometres (34 mi) long orbital urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical Moscow. The line is rebuilt from the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway and opened to passengers on 10 September 2016. and is operated by the Moscow Government owned company MKZD through the Moscow Metro , with the ...
In Moscow, the name Red Square originally described the small area between St. Basil's Cathedral, the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, and the Lobnoye Mesto herald's platform. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich officially extended the name to encompass the entire square, which had previously been called Pozhar , or "burnt-out place", reflecting that ...
This is a list of museums in Moscow, the capital city of Russia. List. Museums Picture Established Reference ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum: 2007 [1] Bakhrushin Museum:
The Moscow Metro [a] is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union .