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Moscow, Russia

Peter the Great Statue

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Moscow, Russia

Ticket to the USSR

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Moscow, Russia

Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.
Added by Anastasia Klimchynskaya
Sviyazhsk, Russia

Assumption Cathedral and Monastery

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.
Added by Ashawnta
Moscow, Russia

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Moscow, Russia

Independent Republic of California Embassy in Moscow

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Moscow, Russia

Red Gates Skyscraper

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Moscow, Russia

Gorki Leninskiye

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.
Allison Added by Allison
Samara, Russia

Stalin's Bunker

Stalin's secret bunker.
KaliaK Added by KaliaK
Ulan-Ude, Russia

Giant Lenin Head of Ulan-Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Yekaterinburg, Russia

The Church on the Blood

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
ronin Added by ronin
Kazan, Russia

Qolşärif Mosque

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.
atimian Added by atimian
Turukhansky District, Russia

The 'Dead Road' Transpolar Railway

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Kazan, Russia

Soviet Lifestyle Museum

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.
Added by raycunn
Solovetskiy, Russia

Solovki

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Perm, Russia

Gulag Museum

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.
PaperTiger Added by PaperTiger
Moscow, Russia

Hotel Ukraina

The tallest hotel in Europe.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Yagodninsky District, Russia

Kadykchan

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
serflac Added by serflac
Moscow, Russia

House With Animals

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Moscow, Russia

Novodevichy Cemetery

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.
Allison Added by Allison
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russian Vodka Museum

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Olkhonsky District, Russia

Baikal Seals

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Moscow, Russia

Lubyanka

Former headquarters of the KGB.
Moscow, Russia

Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Added by rohancf