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wendyellis

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Lubyanka

Former headquarters of the KGB.

House With Animals

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Miniature Moscow

Back in the tiny USSR.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Fallen Monument Park

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Allison

Added by Allison

Golosov Ravine

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

alleywaykid

Added by alleywaykid

Laika Monument

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Added by rohancf

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Allison

Added by Allison

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Dampo

Children are the Victims of Adult Vices

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Dampo

Lenin's Mausoleum

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Izmailovo Kremlin

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

LaurynSmith11

Added by LaurynSmith11

Bunker-42

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

Added by aelandry