Dom Knigi

Western European Russia


Constructed in 1955, the exterior of this building is decorated with busts of famous writers and thinkers, including Lenin and Marx on the corner - now the entrance to a bank.


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2. Ivan The Terrible Monument

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3. Turgenev Statue

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4. City Park of Culture & Rest

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6. Turgenev Museum

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8. Nikolai Leskov House Museum

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