Russkie Chasovye Traditsii


If you're in the market for a fancy timepiece, pop into the Arbat outlet of ‘Russian Watch Traditions’. On this touristy drag, these small shops carry exclusively Russian brands, including Aviator, Buran, Vostok, Poljot, Romanoff and Denissov.


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1. Gogol House

0.2 MILES

The 19th-century writer Nikolai Gogol spent his final tortured months here. The rooms – now a small but captivating museum – are arranged as they were…

2. Tochka-G Museum of Erotic Art

0.23 MILES

The name means G spot, in case you didn’t already guess. Among this gigantic display of erotica, you’re bound to find something that will titillate yours…

4. Museum of Oriental Art

0.3 MILES

This impressive museum on the Boulevard Ring holds three floors of exhibits spanning the Asian continent. Of particular interest is the 1st floor,…

5. Burganov House

0.32 MILES

Part studio, part museum, the Burganov House is a unique venue in Moscow, where the craft goes on around you, as you peruse the sculptures and other…

6. Melnikov House

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The only private house built during the Soviet period, the home of Konstantin Melnikov stands as testament to the innovation of the Russian avant-garde…

7. Shilov Gallery

0.41 MILES

‘What is a portrait? You have to attain not only an absolute physical likeness…but you need to express the inner world of the particular person you are…

8. Church of the Grand Ascension

0.43 MILES

In 1831 poet Alexander Pushkin married artist Natalia Goncharova in the elegant Church of the Grand Ascension, on the western side of pl Nikitskie Vorota…