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Moscow May 2006

A trip from May 13, 2006 to May 22, 2006, travelling to Moscow, St. Petersburg, St Petersburg
Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia
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05/13/2006 to 05/22/2006
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Unscheduled - Moscow

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Russia's walled fortress contains much of the country's history, politics and religion. The walls were originally bu …
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Moscow Kremlin (The)
Kremlevskaya naberezhnaya
Moscow, 119019
Russia
+7 495 697 0349/+7 495 697 4422/+7 495 697 4611/+7
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This is possibly the most famous central square in the world. It is a humbling sight both day and night; beautiful i …
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Red Square (Krasnaia Ploshchad')
Red Square
Moscow, 125
Russia
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This Kremlin building is Moscow's oldest secular structure. It is also the only surviving part of the palace complex …
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Kremlevskaya Naberezhnaya
Moscow, 119180
Russia
+7 495 697 0349
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Above the Moskva and still higher above the walls of the Kremlin looms the suitably-named Great Kremlin Palace. Erec …
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Kremlevskaya Naberezhnaya
Moscow, 119
Russia
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The Alexandrovskii Gardens were developed between 1820 and 1823 and run along the west wall of the Kremlin. The gard …
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Kremlevskaya Naberezhnaya
Moscow, 119
Russia
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Possibly the most widely-recognized of Russia's architectural monuments, St. Basil's looms at the southern end of Re …
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St. Basil's Cathedral
Krasnaya Ploshchad'
Moscow, 109
Russia
+7 495 698 3304/+7 495 298 5880
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At 240 meters, carrying a golden star-tipped spire on the top and displaying giant Communist-style statues on terrac …
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Main Building of Moscow State University
Ulitsa Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 117
Russia
+7 495 939 1000
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Still widely known under its Soviet name as the Lenin Library, it was founded at the end of the 18th century from th …
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5 Ulitsa Vozdvizhenka
Moscow, 119
Russia
+7 495 202 5790
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This church was built in 1911, closed in 1937 and re-opened in 1996. One of only two neo-Gothic churches in Europe, …
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Ulitsa Naberezhnaya
Moscow, 121
Russia
+7 499 252 4051
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This garden lying near the north-west stretch of the Garden Ring was founded in 1892 on Karetny Ryad by the entrepre …
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Karetnyy 3
Moscow, 127006
Russia
+7 495 699 9081/+7 495 699 0849/+7 495 699 0432
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This two storey 19th century house is a very interesting place for those who would like to know more about Russia's …
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Arbat Ulitsa 53
Moscow, 119002
Russia
+7 495 241 9295
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Pavel Tretiakov, collector of some the best work of contemporary artists in Moscow and St. Petersburg, founded this …
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State Tretyakov Gallery (Tret'iakovskaia Galereia)
Lavrushinsky pereulok 10
Moscow, Russia
+7 495 230 77 88
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This place boasts the trendiest Thursday nights in Moscow. It brings together the Russian middle class, local …
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Bolshoi Zlatoustinskii Pereulok 15
Moscow, Russia
+7 95 923 3494
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The roll-call of those who have been laid to rest in this fascinating cemetery says something about its prestige—the …
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Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent and Cemetery
2 Novodevichiy Proezd
Moscow, 119
Russia
+7 495 246 8526
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The great Russian author Leo Tolstoy lived here with his family from 1882 to 1901. The building itself dates from th …
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Prechistinka Ulitsa 11/8
Moscow, 119034
Russia
+7 495 637 7410
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This building was once the home of the novelist Fedor Dostoevskii (from 1821 to 1837 where he spent his childhood be …
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Dostoevsky Apartment Museum (Muzei Dostoevskogo)
Ulitsa Naberezhnaya
Moscow, 121
Russia
+7 95 281 1085
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Unscheduled - St. Petersburg

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Catherine II (more popularly known as Catherine the Great) had a huge influence on Russian history. The German-born …
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Monument to Catherine The Great
Ploshchad' Ostrovskogo
St. Petersburg, 191
Russia
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This is the historic heart of the city. Tsar Peter I built the fortress in just six months in 1703. Situated on the …
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Petropavlovskaia Krepost' (Peter and Paul Fortress)
4 Petropavlovskaya Ulitsa
St. Petersburg, 197
Russia
+7 812 576 6094
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In 1704, Peter the Great employed Frenchman Le Blond to design a luxurious formal garden in the manner of Versailles …
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Letnii Sad
St. Petersburg, 191
Russia
+7 812 314 0374
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This bridge is 35.8 meters wide and 23.5 meters long and crosses the river Moika at Ulitsa Glinki. From 1738, there …
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Glinki at the Moika River Ulitsa
St. Petersburg, 193
Russia
+7 812 576 6094
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Over 32 types of marble were used to create the interior and exterior of this unique stone residence designed by arc …
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1 Millionnaya Ulitsa
St. Petersburg, 191
Russia
+7 812 312 9054
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Sergei Kirov was Leningrad's Communist Party boss until his assassination in 1934, which it is largely accepted happ …
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28 Kamennoostrovskiy Prospekt
St. Petersburg, 197
Russia
+7 812 346 0217
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Unscheduled - St Petersburg

This cathedral's monumental belfry, with its spire topped by an angel bearing a cross, is one of St. Petersburg …
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Peter and Paul Cathedral
Petropavlovskaia Krepost'
St Petersburg, Russia
+7 812 238 4540
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Moscow is the largest city in Europe. If you wanna get in the middle of the big city life - go there. It's great, it's bustling, it's hot!!! Loved it, other cities in Europe just pale in comparison.
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