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Main Department Store or GUM (ГУМ, pronounced as goom, in full Главный Универсальный Магазин, Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin) is a modern namer for the main department store in many cities of the Soviet Union, known as State Department Store Государственный Универсальный Магазин, Gosudarstvennyi Universalnyi Magazin) in the Soviet times. Similar-named stores were in the some Soviet republics and post-Soviet states. The most famous GUM is a large store in Kitai-gorod of Moscow, facing Red Square. It is actually a shopping mall. Prior to the 1920s the place was known as the Upper Trading Rows. Address: Red square Telephone: +7(495) 788-4343 Opening hours: 10am - 10pm |
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky is a bronze statue on Red Square of Moscow right in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Address: Red square |
Although it's known to everyone as St. Basil's, this legendary building is officially called "The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat". The popular alternative refers to Basil the Blessed, a Muscovite 'holy fool' who was buried on the site (in the Trinity Cathedral that once stood here) a few years before the present building was erected. Opening hours: Daily from 11.00 to 17.00, closed on Tuesdays. Address: Red square |
The Tsar Bell is a huge bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. The bell was commissioned by Empress Anna, niece of Peter the Great. Address: Moscow Kremlin |
Tsar Pushka is an enormous cannon, commissioned in 1586 by Russian Tsar Feodor and cast by Andrey Chokhov. The cannon weighs nearly 38 metric tonnes and has a length of 5.34 meters (17.5 feet), a calibre of 890 mm (35 inches), and an external diameter of 1200 mm (41 inches). The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the largest howitzer ever made. Address: Moscow Kremlin |
Lenin's Mausoleum also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in Moscow, is the mausoleum that serves as the current resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). Aleksey Shchusev's diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great. Address: Red square. Opening hours: daily from 10.00 to 13.00, closed on Mondays and Fridays. |
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by the architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and greatest ballet and opera companies of the world, respectively. The theatre is the parent company of The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, a world-leading school of ballet. The company was founded in 1776 by Prince Peter Urusov and Michael Maddox. Initially, it held performances in a private home, but in 1780, it acquired the Petrovka Theatre and began producing plays and operas.  | Address: 1, Teatralnaya Ploshad, Moscow, 103009, Russia
Telephone: +7 (495) 250-7317
Transport: Teatralnaya, Okhotnyi Ryad and Ploshad Revolutsii Metro Stations
Box Office: Open daily from 12:00 to 19:00 with a break from 15:00 to 16:00
Web: www.bolshoi.ru. Currently only the booking section is available in English. For reviews of recent productions, try searching on www.theoperacritic.com, www.ballet.co.uk or the Seen and Heard section of www.musicweb-international.com |
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Part of the Great Kremlin Palace complex, the Armory is home to Moscow's oldest and most prestigious museum, which boasts a staggering collection of Tsarist artifacts, Russian and foreign jewelry and armour. Although the museum has been open to the public since the mid-19th Century, the current collection was established as recently as 1986, which means that display techniques are relativelymodern, the layout is clear and coherent, and there is even plenty of labeling in English. | Address: Sobornaya Ploshad, Kremlin, Moscow, 103073, Russia
Telephone: +7 (495) 229-20-36, +7 (495) 925-81-12
Transport: Borovitskaya or Alexandrovsky Sad Metro Stations |
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Diamond Fund is a unique collection of gems, jewelry and natural nuggets, stored and exhibited in Moscow Kremlin, Russia. The Fund dates back to the Russian Crown treasury instituted by emperor Peter I of Russia in 1719. | Address: Sobornaya Ploshad, Kremlin, Moscow, 103073, Russia
Telephone: +7 (495) 229-20-36, +7 (495) 925-81-12
Transport: Borovitskaya or Alexandrovsky Sad Metro Stations |
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All-Russian Exhibition Centre is a permanent general-purpose trade show in Moscow, Russia. The "All-Russia Exhibition Centre" is a state joint-stock company, officially abbreviated as GAO "VVC", which stands for "Gosudarstvennoye Aktsionernoye Obshchestvo 'Vserossiyskiy Vystavochny Centr'". VVC is a member of exhibition associations: IUEF (since 1991) and UFI (since 1997). | Address: Prospekt Mira, Moscow, 129164, Russia
Telephone: Attraktsionomaniya: +7 (495) 181-98-08, Attra-park: +7 (495) 181-98-25, +7 (495) 181-98-61, Theatre of Funny Horrors: +7 (495) 182-47-90
Transport: VDNKh Metro Station |
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