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Park Pobedy Na Poklonnoy Gore (21 min) Sprawling war memorial park with fountains & forest, plus a museum & soaring obelisk. The Moscow Kremlin (29 min) Immense, fortified compound of churches & palaces, with museums of Russian state regalia & art. Novodevichy Convent (29 min) Riverside 1520s monastery known for its fresco-lined 5-domed cathedral & ornate soaring bell tower. Armoury Chamber (36 min) Armory museum in a Kremlin-style building with exhibits ranging from weapons to jewellery. Red Square (35 min) Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (31 min) Park with 1700s garden, boules cafe, open-air movie theater, contemporary art & winter ice rink. St. Basil's Cathedral (36 min) Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church. Bolshoi Theatre (37 min) Lavish neoclassical repertory theater housing Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Ballet & Bolshoi Opera. Poklonnaya Hill (20 min) One of Moscow's highest points, home to the Victory Park with World War II displays & a war museum. Sparrow Hills (31 min) Hilltop view point with panoramas of the city skyline, Moskva River & Olympic stadium. State Historical Museum (30 min) Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more. The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (29 min) Classical building with antiquities, sculpture & painting collections, plus temporary exhibitions. The State Tretyakov Gallery (34 min) Art museum with a collection of over 180,000 Russian works spanning multiple centuries. Lenin's Mausoleum at Red Square (36 min) Pyramid-shaped stone building, opened in 1930, with a memorial hall holding Lenin's sarcophagus. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (34 min) Gleaming domes top this Orthodox edifice, rebuilt in the 1990s, with ornate, fresco-lined interior. |