Moscow museums
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Moscow Kremlin
The Moscow Kremlin is situated right at the heart of the Russian capital. It is made up of different museums, towers, golden-domed cathedrals and ancient palaces forming a magnificent architectural ensemble. The Kremlin is also the workplace of the Russian President to whom you can send a letter by following this link.
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Christ Saviour Cathedral
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the tallest Eastern Orthodox church in the world. The Cathedral took many years to build and did not emerge from its scaffolding until 1860. In Soviet times the Cathedral was demolished. It was fully rebuilt following the collapse of the Soviet regime.
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Tretyakov Gallery
The Gallery's collection consists of Russian art and work by artists who have made ? contribution to the history of Russian art. The collection contains more than 130 000 paintings, sculptures and graphic art, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists.
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The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum's collection includes a vast collection of tinted plaster casts of famous ancient, medieval and Renaissance sculptures and a collection of original works by foreign artists, sculptors and graphics together with objects of decorative arts.
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Museum-panorama The Borodino battle
The panoramic display The Battle of Borodino forms part of a local historical memorial which commemorates victory in the Patriotic War of 1812
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The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia
Historical sources and documentary records, which reflect Russia's social, political and economic history, as well as its intellectual development for the entire 150 years of its existence are collected, studied and exhibited in the Museum. At present the Museum has about 2 million historical and cultural records
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The Schusev State Museum of Architecture
The Schusev State Museum of Architecture is the world's first specialized architecture museum. It was founded by the Union of Soviet architects in 1934. Its collections reflect a thousand years of Russian architectural history.
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Tsaritsyno museum
The Tsaritsino Museum is a complex multi-purpose research centre and includes: a historical, architecture and landscape reserve museum, an art museum, cultural and receation centre.
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Ostankino Television Tower Panorama
Over more than 30 years the TV Tower has hosted over 10 million visitors on the observation deck, including tourists from more than 100 countries. An amazing panorama of Moscow and its immediate surroundings can be seen from the observation deck, which is located at a height of 337 meters.
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Lomakov Museum of Antique Cars and Motorcycles
The museum has a collection of 85 great historic cars, trucks and bikes. The items on display range from the Peugeot motorcycle of 1914 to a 1977 GAZ-13 Chaika, the official government limousine that was presented to The Patriarch of Russia Pimen by the KPSU General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
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The Earth History Museum
The Earth History Museum is the oldest in Moscow, founded in 1755 by M. Lomonosov through donations. The museum was updated in 1988. It is a scientific and educational centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of Earth sciences.
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The cat museum
The Moscow Cat Museum has been in Moscow since March 1993. The museum's exhibition includes different works of art: paintings, graphics, ceramics, batiks, tapestries, costumes, applications, dolls, installations, etc.
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Vodka museum
This museum takes you through the history of vodka, the process of distillation and provides the opportunity to try this Russian national beverage.
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Kremlin in Izmailovo
Kremlin in Izmailovo is located in one of the most ancient parts of Moscow - Izmailovo, on the shores of Serebryanno-Vinogradny pond. The area of this unique historical-architectural and entertainment complex offers 7 museums attractive to the visitors of various ages and nationalities. The world-famous Vernisage - the market for the objects of arts, folk-crafts, souvenirs and antiques - is located next to the complex.