Sheremetyevo -
State Historical Museum (39 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. Sokolniki Park (30 min) Park created by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who flew falcons here, with wildlife including hares. Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (17 min) Museum & exhibition center in the pedestal of a 24m-tall Soviet-era sculpture by Vera Mukhina. Museum of Cosmonautics (17 min) Extensive space museum within a titanium monument honoring the launch of Sputnik 1 & the space age. National Park «Elk Island» (22 min) Island national park with forests, wetlands, grasslands & ponds known for thriving moose population. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (37 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Ostankino Television Tower (24 min) Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only. Spasskaya Bashnya (38 min) Built in 1491, this historic 10-story clock tower at the Kremlin overlooks Red Square. Space Conquerors Monument (17 min) Towering sculpture depicting a rocket launch commemorating achievements of Soviet space exploration. Red Square (37 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. All-Russian Exhibition Center (19 min) High profile exhibition, fair & congress center opened in 1939 with halls for up to 500 people Usad'ba Izmaylovo (32 min) Former country estate of the Romanov tsars, with imposing manor houses & a church in leafy parkland. Izmailovo Kremlin (31 min) Cultural center with Russian Revival-style edifices, costumed workers, museums, workshops & markets. St. Basil's Cathedral (38 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Bolshoi Theatre (35 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. |