Sightseeing in Moskow

The Zemlyanoy Gorod or “Earth Town” was built during the medieval period and became famous as the home ground of Pushkin, Chekhov, Gorky, Tolstoy and Bulgakov. It is also one of the more upmarket areas of Moscow, with impressive neoclassical and Art Nouveau mansions lining its streets along the Patriarch’s Ponds , a large pond at the heart of the square. These palatial residences, ...
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A permanent trade-fair-cum-shopping-centre for Russian producers, theVDNKh was built to impress the capital world with the superiority and the commercial success of the Soviet system. Unfortunately, its present day conditions have come to reflect the state of the national economy in ways far different from what its designers intended it to. Pride of place was given to the Space Obelisk , a 100m ...
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One of the loveliest monasteries in Moscow is the Novodevichiy Convent founded in 1524. The convent is picturesquely situated at the exact point where the Moskva River begins its loop around the marshy area of Luzhniki. The Convent consists of a cluster of shining domes in the protective custody of a fortified rampart, with the added attraction of a museum of icons ...
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The Beliy Gorod or “White Town” is the residential district that encircles the Kremlin. There are countless museums and sights situated in the Beliy Gorod, but probably two of the most important are south of Tverskaya ulitsa, on ulitsa Volkhonka: the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Private Collections. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts has a vast collection ...
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Simply meaning ‘across the Moscow River’, as its name suggests, Zamoskvareche lies across the river to the south of Kremlin. On the steep west bank of the Moskva River, 10km southeast of the Kremlin is Kolomenskoye. It grew from a village founded by refugees from Kolomna during the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, to become a royal summer retreat ...
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The Red Square is the historic and spiritual heart of the city, so loaded with associations and drama that it seems to embody all Russia’s triumphs and tragedies. The name Red Square (Krasnaya ploshchad) is derived from krasniy, the old Russian word for “beautiful”, which may have come to mean “red” giving the people’s desire for bright colours during the ...
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The general layout of the city is a series of concentric circles and radial lines emanating from the Kremlin – the ancient citadel that stands on a hill on the left banks of the Moskva River. For a long time now, the awe inspiring fortress has been the nucleus of political authority and the symbol of Russian power. The venue ...
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