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St Basil
Built to celebrate Ivan the Terrible's conquest of Kazan in the 16th...
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GUM on Red Square
There are expensive shops inside.
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Pozharski and Minin
They defeated the Poles and Lithuanians during the 'Time of...
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A stalinist skyscraper
View from the bridge behind St Basil. Stalin had 7 such buildings erected in...
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Kremlin
The tallest cupola is Ivan the Great's belltower. He ruled in the 15th...
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Kremlin
View from another bridge. Turn yourhead left and you see the huge Saviour...
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Arch in West Moscow
Built to celebrate Russia's victory over Napoleon.
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Clock made out of flower
The clock really worked. It was close to Victory Hill where the arch stands
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St Georges Church in Victory Park
In the alley between the waterjets are five huge marble blocks with the years...
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Victory Park
At the base is an eagle whose head is being cut off by the spear, symbolising...
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Victory Park
Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Victory Park.
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Kremlin
Famous cupolas in the Kremlin
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Donskoi
Main church in the Donskoi monastery
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Donskoi
Fortification tower of the Donskoi monastery
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Elokhov Church
Brand new church located close to Baumanskaia metro station
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Fili Church
Rare example of Naryshkin architecture. Close to Fili Church in west Moscow
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Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kreml
The Italian who built this was told to use the Cathedral in Vladimir as a...
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Catherdal of the Annunciation
That's also in the Kremlin.
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Church of the Ascension
That's in Kolomenskoe (on the green metro line in the South of...
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Church of the Deposition of the Robe
A very small church in the Kremlin
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Wooden Palace at Kuskovo
Formerly the property of the Sheremetiev noble family. That's in...
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Faceted Palace with Red Staircase
That's in the Kremlin. Those stairs were destroyed, then rebuilt...
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Front Gate at Kolomenskoe
Currently covered by scaffoldings.
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Great Palace
Palace in the Kremlin
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Ivan the Great Bell Tower
The bell fell off during a fire. A piece broke apart. Everybody get...
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