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Moscow Sights

Moscow is full of wonderful sights, however if you have limited time, it´s useful to know which ones are considered unmissable. Here is a list of the city´s top sights, along with all the information you’ll ever need about them.

The Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin, a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, is one of Moscow’s must-see sights. In fact you can’t really miss it. It overlooks the Moskva River (to the south), Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It includes four palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves is the Russian president’s official residence. ►Continue reading
Red Square Red Square is the best-known square in Moscow, located in the middle of the city. To the west of the square is the Moscow Kremline, to the east the department store GUM and Chinatown, to the north the Historical Museum and the Cathedral of the Icon of the Holy Mother, and to the south St. Basil’s (Pokrovsky) Cathedral ►Continue reading
St. Basil’s Cathedral St. Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square, considered to be a true symbol of Russia and an integral part of Moscow scenery, is one of the most remarkable monuments and the supreme achievement of ancient architecture of the capital. Great variety of architectural forms of the pillar-towers on the one hand and wild fantasy of the colorful decor and a rare unity of all the parts of the monument as a whole on the other indicate the brilliant talent of its creators who dared to boldly break the traditional canons of erecting a religious building ►Continue reading
Lenin’s Mausoleum The first wooden Mausoleum, a project of Shusev, was constructed for the day of Lenin’s burial (27 January 1924), and was in the form of a cube, united with a three-sided pyramid. The second version of the mausoleum was constructed in the spring of 1924 (again by Shusev) ►Continue reading
Sparrow Hills Sparrow Hills (from 1935-1999 – Lenin Hills) is the name of a location in the south-west of Moscow, positioned on the high right bank of the Moscow River and covered in forest. It is located opposite Luzhnikov, one of the seven hills of Moscow. The hills stretch from the mouth of the River Setuna to the Andreev bridge (on the small ring of the Moscow railroad). In the north they are bordered by the Neskuchny garden. ►Continue reading
Moscow State University (MGU) One of the oldest Russian institutions of higher education, Moscow University was established in 1755. In 1940 it was named after Academician Mikhail Lomonosov (1711 - 1765), an outstanding Russian scientist, who greatly contributed to the establishment of the university in Moscow ►Continue reading
Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1525 by the Great Prince Basil III. That was the promise he had given: to establish a monastery in honor of Smolenskaya icon of the Virgin on condition that Smolensk was freed from the Lithuanians. A special place was chosen for the erection of the building. That was Devichy meadow, called like that after a tatar tradition to choose girls to be taken to servitude. ►Continue reading
The Cathedral of Christ The Savior The history of the Cathedral begins on December 25, 1812. This was the day that the last soldiers of Napoleons'''' 600,000 man army were driven out of Russia. Emperor Alexander I signed a Manifesto ordering the construction of a magnificent Cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior in Moscow as a thanksgiving to God and to honor the victorious Russian army. ►Continue reading

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