Moscow 2

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Moscow

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Moscow

Spasskaya Tower

The Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by an Italian architect PietroAntonio Solari.

Red Square

Close to the Kremlin is the famous Red Square where most important official public events take place, such as military parades on May 9.

Red Square

In the Red Square, there is also St Basil’s Cathedral, Lenin’s Mausoleum and GUM.

St. Basil’s Cathedral

The Tretyakov Gallery

There are many museums and galleries in Moscow holding masterpieces of fine arts.

The Tretyakov Gallery is dedicated exclusively to Russian artists of various periods and styles such as Repin, Shishkin, Ayvazovsky, Vrubel and others.

The Tretyakov Gallery

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

In the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts one can see hundreds of masterpieces by both Russian artists as well as foreign ones.

The Old Arbat Street

Moscow is a magnificent city.

It has a great number of green parks, and wide streets.

The New Arbat Street

Also significant are the New and the Old Arbat, the streets which the tourists are always eager to visit.

The Tverskaya Street

The monument of the founder of the city, Yuri Dolgoruky.

Moscow is a magnificent city.

Moscow has been sung and admired by many artists and writers.

It never fails to astonish with its beauties.

One can never have enough of Moscow.

It takes just one visit to Moscow to fall in love with the city.