Sheremetyevo -
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (23 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. Izmailovo Kremlin (37 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (43 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Bolshoi Theatre (41 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Aleksandrovskiy Sad (48 min) Park with lawns, summer blooms & several monuments including one to Marshal Georgy Zhukov. St. Basil's Cathedral (43 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. National Park «Elk Island» (35 min) Island national park with forests, wetlands, grasslands & ponds known for thriving moose population. The Moscow Kremlin (47 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Sokolniki Park (36 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. State Historical Museum (45 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Museum of Cosmonautics (23 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. Ostankino Television Tower (30 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Tsar Cannon (49 min) Huge bronze cannon with intricate details, cast in 1586 & on display at the Moscow Kremlin. All-Russian Exhibition Center (25 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Red Square (43 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. |