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The way is divided
on 6 sectors for
better perception.
HISTORICAL CENTRE OF MOSCOW
RED SQUARE
THE CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR
STALIN’S HIGH-RISES
SOUVENIRS
WAY
STRELKA DISTRICT
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Way starts from
Kuznetsky Most
metro station and
ends on Arbatskaya.
The lobby is situated in
the court. In order to get
Rojdestvenskaya street
you need to pass through
one of three arches.
start
sights
metro station
cafe
Kuznetskiy metro station- violet line. In order
to get right entrance outside the metro you need
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you go from centre. train
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KUZNETSKY MOST
Kuznetskiy Most metro station, Kuznetskiy Most street.
This is one of the oldest streets of
Moscow. As always, it is street of
shops and restaraunts.
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TEATRALNAYA SQUARE
Teatralnaya metro station, Okhotny Ryad
Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Maly
Theatre and TSUM are situated
there. Metropol holtel is on the opposite side of the road.
KAMERGERSKY LANE
Kuznetskiy, Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad
metro stations.
Pedestrian street with lots of cafes
and number os shops. Practically
all buildings there are architectural
monuments.
TVERSKAYA STREET
Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya,
Okhotny Ryad metro stations.
Central street of Moscow, one of the
reachest strees not only in Moscow,
but maybe in the whole world. This
is also centre of night life.
RED SQUARE
Okhotny Ryad, Ploschad Revolutcii
metro stations.
The most famous square in Moscow, main place for demonstrations,
concerts and fairs.
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TVERSKAYA STREET
Ploschad Revolutcii metro station.
Situated 100 meters from Kremlin
on one of the oldest streets of Moscow. It is consider the most prestige
showroom.
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NIKOLSKAYA STREET
Ploshad Revolutci, Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya, Lubyanka metro stations.
In XVII centuries there were
ceremonial passages in Kremlin
in this street. Lots of cloisters and
churches are situated there.
TRETIYAKOVSKY PASSAGE
Ploshad Revolutci, Lubyanka metro stations.
Small vivid street in Kitay - Gorod. It
attracts Muscovites and tourists with
its luxurious shops.
LUBYANSKAYA SQUARE
Lubyanka metro stations.
Lubyanskaya street is famous by building, which was Soviet and then Russian
headquarters of sequrity. It is former
building of Insurance Society “Russia“.
Word “Lubyanka“ became to associate
with state sequrity body.
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MAYAKOVSKY’S MUSEUM
Lubyanka, Kuznetskuy Most metro
stations.
Unusual museum for lovers of
Russian poetry of XX century and
Avant - Garde art.
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MYASNITSKAYA STREET
Lubyanka, Chistye Prudy metro stations.
It is symbol of Moscow. It is very
symbolical and could be compare
with Tverskaya, Arbat and
Zamoskvorechye.
Open from 10:00 till 20:00. Wednesdayday off, last Friday of each month- Sanitary day.
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CHISTOPRUDNY
BOULEVARD
Chistye Prudy metro station.
One of 10 boulevards of Moscow
boulevard’s rings. It is a place
of exhibitions, concerts, cultural
events and walkings. There is free
skating-rink on pond in winter.
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POKROVKA STREET
Kitay Gorod metro station.
One of the oldest streets of Moscow
with lots of lanes, going out of it. It
is narrow and consist of low buildings. Lots of cafes, restaraunts and
small shops create nice and comfortable atmosphere.
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SLAVYANSKAYA SQUARE
Kitay - Gorod metro station.
Place of recreation in centre of
Moscow. Protests and piquets are
frequent take place there.
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VARVARKA STREET
Lubyanka, Ploschad Revolutcii metro
stations.
Unique and unusual street. It appeared in XIV century, when Moscow was white-stone. Every building and object on this street has its
own inimitable history, connected
with names of poets, composers,
actors, revolutioners.
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ST. BASIL’S CATHEDRAL
Okhotny Ryad metro station.
It is one of the most famous sights
of Russia. According to legend, after building cathedral, architectors
were blinded in order of Ivan IV
The Terrible, so they could never
build the same beautiful effidences.
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MANEGE
ALEXANDROVSKY
GARDEN
Ploschad Revolutcii, Okhotny Ryad
metro stations.
Unique and unusual street. It appeared in XIV century, when Moscow was white-stone. Every building and object on this street has its
own inimitable history, connected
with names of poets, composers,
actors, revolutioners.
Alexandrovkiy Sad, Okhotny Ryad, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina metro stations.
Manege was build in 1817 in honour of victory in Great Patriotic
War in 1812. Nowaday it is used for
exhibitions, expositions and other
public events
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PASHKOV HOUSE
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina metro station.
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Pashkov house is situated on big
Vagankovksy hill on the opposite
of Kremlin. It was first high-society
building, from which it was possible to observe Kremlin not in
a way of bottom-up. It was also
possible to observe Ivanovskaya
and Sobornaya squares, which now
belongs stage biblioteque.
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LENIN LIBRARY
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Kropotkinskaya
metro stations.
This is the biggest Russian biblioteque. There is also Museum of
Book, including hundrends of rare
editions.
THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM
OF FINE ARTS
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Kropotkinskaya
metro stations.
This is the main captial museum.
At the begining its creator, the professor of Moscow State University
Ivan Tsvetaev planned the building
as tutorial on history of art with
copies of antique vases, sculptures
and other ancient stuff. Nowaday
lots of exhibitions of masterpieces
of art from the world’s galleries are
held there.
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GAS STATION
Kropotkinskaya metro station.
This is the Kremlin’s gas station,
where only Kremlin’s cars refuel.
ART STRELKA
Kropotkinskaya metro station.
This is cultral centre with galleries, museums, bars, restaraunts
and university. It is situated in
former building of confectioner’s
factory “Red October“.
BOLOTNAYA SQUARE
Tret’yakovskaya metro station.
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This is the place, were fisticuffs
and execution use to held. Nowaday it is a meeting place of firemans
and other subclutures.
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CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST
THE SAVIOR
Kropotkinskaya metro station.
The biggest orthodox cathedral
was blown up in 1931 in order to
build huge 300m high Sovet Palace
with 100m Lenin sculpture.
HOUSE ON
EMBANKMENT
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina,
Tret’yakovskaya metro stations.
This is 12- floor house on embankment with 505 flats (24 entrances)
became the biggest one in Europe.
TRET’YAKOVSKAYA
GALLERY
Tret’yakovskaya metro station.
This is art museum, founded by
merchant Pavel Tret’yakov in 1856.
It contain the biggest collection of
Russian figurative art.
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BOLSHAYA ORDYNKA
STREET
Tret’yakovskaya metro station.
This is central street of historical
Zamoskvorechye.
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THE CONVENT OF
MARTHA AND MARY
Tret’yakovskaya metro station.
The community of nurses, that look
like a nunnery in their regulations.
ST CATHERINE THE
GREAT MARTYR CHURCH
Tret’yakovskaya metro station.
Baroque church was build in 17661775 by project of Karl Blank. The building probably was ordered
by Ekaterina II during her coornation in 1762.
You should move from Bolshaya
Ordynka to Serpuhovskaya Square,
which is situated on Sadovoe
Kolzo. Catch a trolleybus on station
“Serpuhovskaya Square” and go to
station “Smolenskaya Square“.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
Smolenskaya metro station.
The typical feature is huge USSR
state on facade. This building is
only from 7 high-rises buildings,
which streeple do not have fivepointed star, possibly because of its
fragility.
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ARBAT
Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya metro stations.
This is the main pedestrian Moscow street with lots of cafes, souvenirs and entertainments.
MELNIKOV HOUSE
Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya metro stations.
This is one-flat house, a famous
architectural monument of Soviet
Avangarde. It was built in 19271929 in Krivobarbatskiy lane by the
plan of distinguished soviet architector Konstantin Melnikov.