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The State Tretyakov Gallery (23 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Armoury Chamber (22 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Grand Kremlin Palace (23 min) Immense 1800s palace complex at the Kremlin with opulent private chambers & ceremonial halls. Sparrow Hills (21 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. State Historical Museum (24 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (22 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. St. Basil's Cathedral (27 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. The Moscow Kremlin (22 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (23 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (22 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. Bolshoi Theatre (29 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Red Square (26 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Kolomenskoye (17 min) Architecture from different eras in an open-air museum on former royal estate, with tours & events. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (26 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Novodevichy Convent (20 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. |