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Moscow May 2006

A trip from May 13, 2006 to May 22, 2006, travelling to Moscow, Moskva, St Petersburg
Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia
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Moscow, St Petersburg...
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05/13/2006 to 05/22/2006
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Mon 05/15/06 (day 3) - Moscow, Moskva

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Moscow Kremlin (The)

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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
Mon May 15 6:00am - Mon May 15 11:00pm
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Red Square (Krasnaia Ploshchad')

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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
Moskva, 125
Russia
Mon May 15 6:00am - Mon May 15 12:00pm
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Faceted Palace (Granovitaya Palata)

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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
Mon May 15 6:00am - Mon May 15 11:00pm
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Great Kremlin Palace (Bol'shoi Kremlevskii Dvorets)

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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
Moskva, 119
Russia
Mon May 15 6:00am - Mon May 15 11:00pm
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Tue 05/16/06 (day 4) - Moskva, Moscow

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Alexander Gardens (Aleksandrovskii Sad)

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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
Moskva, 119
Russia
Tue May 16 6:00am - Tue May 16 11:00pm
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St. Basil's Cathedral

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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, 109004
Russia
+7 495 698 3304/+7 495 298 5880
Tue May 16 6:00am - Tue May 16 11:00pm
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Main Building of Moscow State University

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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
Leninskie Gory
Moscow, 119991
Russia
+7 495 939 1000
Tue May 16 6:00am - Tue May 16 11:00pm
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Russian State Library

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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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3-5 Vozdvizhenka Street
Moscow, 119019
Russia
+7 495 202 5790
Tue May 16 12:00pm - Tue May 16 6:00pm
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Wed 05/17/06 (day 5) - Moscow, St Petersburg

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Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception

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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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27/13 Malaia Gruzinskaia Ulitsa
Moscow, 123242
Russia
+7 499 252 4051
Wed May 17 6:00am - Wed May 17 12:00pm
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Monument to Catherine The Great

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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
Ploschad Ostrovskovo
St Petersburg, 191
Russia
Wed May 17 6:00am - Wed May 17 11:00pm
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Hermitage Gardens

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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
Wed May 17 6:00pm - Thu May 18 12:00am
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Thu 05/18/06 (day 6) - Moscow

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Pushkin Museum on the Arbat

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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
Thu May 18 6:00am - Thu May 18 12:00pm
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State Tretyakov Gallery (Tret'iakovskaia Galereia)

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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
Thu May 18 12:00pm - Thu May 18 6:00pm
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Thursday nights at Propaganda

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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
Thu May 18 6:00pm - Fri May 19 12:00am
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Fri 05/19/06 (day 7) - Moskva

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Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent and Cemetery

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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
1 Novodevichy proezd
Moskva, 119
Russia
+7 495 246 8526
Fri May 19 6:00am - Fri May 19 11:00pm
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Sat 05/20/06 (day 8) - St Petersburg

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Petropavlovskaia Krepost' (Peter and Paul Fortress)

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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)
3 Petropavlovskaya Ulitsa
St Petersburg, 197
Russia
+7 812 576 6094
Sat May 20 6:00am - Sat May 20 11:00pm
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Letnyi Sad (Summer Gardens)

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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
Sat May 20 12:00pm - Sat May 20 6:00pm
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Potseluev Most (Bridge of Kisses)

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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
Sat May 20 6:00pm - Sun May 21 12:00am
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Sun 05/21/06 (day 9) - St Petersburg

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Peter and Paul Cathedral

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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
Sun May 21 6:00am - Sun May 21 12:00pm
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Marble Palace

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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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5/1 Millionaia Ulitisa
St Petersburg, 191186
Russia
+7 812 312 9054
Sun May 21 6:00am - Sun May 21 11:00pm
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Unscheduled - Moscow

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Tolstoy Museum (Muzei L.N. Tolstogo)

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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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Unscheduled - Moskva

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Dostoevsky Apartment Museum (Muzei Dostoevskogo)

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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)
2 Dostoyevskogo Ulitsa
Moskva, 127
Russia
+7 95 281 1085
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Unscheduled - St Petersburg

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Sergey M. Kirov's Museum (The)

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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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26/28 Kamenoostrovskii Prospekt
St Petersburg, 197101
Russia
+7 812 346 0217
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