Must-see attractions in Moscow

  • Memorial Synagogue at Poklonnaya Hill

    The Memorial Synagogue at Poklonnaya Hill opened in 1998 as a memorial to Holocaust victims, as well as a museum of the Russian Jewry. Admission is with a…

  • Russian Academy of Arts

    The Russian Academy of Arts hosts rotating exhibits in the historic 19th-century mansion of the Morozov estate. Despite the institutional-sounding name,…

  • Arsenal

    The 18th-century Arsenal was commissioned by Peter the Great to house workshops and depots for guns and weaponry. An unrealised plan at the end of the…

  • Triumphal Arch

    Just east of Park Pobedy, the Triumphal Arch celebrates the defeat of Napoleon in 1812. The original arch was demolished at its site in front of the…

  • Ecclesiastic Residence

    Across the road running south of Novospassky Monastery is the sumptuous Ecclesiastic Residence. It was the home of the Moscow metropolitans after the…

  • Bulat Okudzhava Statue

    Bulat Okudzhava was a poet-turned-songwriter who lived and often performed on the Arbat in the 1960s. He inspired a whole movement of liberal-thinking…

  • Moscow Main Botanical Gardens

    A huge, 330-hectare swath of parkland, the Botanical Gardens has not yet been touched by the renovations that have transformed other parks in Moscow. But…

  • Central House of Artists (TsDKh)

    Sometimes called by its initials, this huge building attached to the New Tretyakov Gallery contains studios and galleries, as well as exhibition space for…

  • Kitchen

    Formerly the estate kitchen, this outpost now contains a small exhibit of folk art. Built in 1870, the building originally served as living quarters for…

  • State Kremlin Palace

    The bombastic marble, glass and concrete State Kremlin Palace, built between 1960 and 1961 for Communist Party congresses, is now home to the Kremlin…

  • Vodka History Museum

    A concept long overdue, the Vodka History Museum is just three rooms, with the all-important traktir (tavern) attached.

  • Borovitskaya Tower

    Use the Kremlin entrance at Borovitskaya Tower if you intend to skip the churches and visit only the Armoury or Diamond Fund.

  • Museum of Wooden Architecture

    Just outside the New Jerusalem Monastery’s west wall, the Moscow region’s outdoor architectural museum is a collection of picturesque peasant cottages and…

  • Georgy Zhukov Statue

    Georgy Zhukov was Chief of Staff of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. He oversaw the defence of both Leningrad and Stalingrad, as well as the…

  • Karl Marx Statue

    Since 1961, Karl Marx has occupied this prominent position on pl Revolyutsii.

  • Supreme Soviet

    Next to the Senate is the 1930s Supreme Soviet building.