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The Blyavtamaksky Volcano (Блявтамакский вулкан) is a regional nature monument in the Kuvandyksky urban district of Orenburg Region, near the village of Blyavtamak, about 9 km north of Mednogorsk. It is not an active volcano but the relic of an ancient, Middle Devonian volcanic structure: rocky outc
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The Triumphal Arch (Triumfalnaya Arka) stands on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow, on Victory Square next to Poklonnaya Hill, about 150 meters from the Park Pobedy metro station. The 28-meter Empire-style gate was built to commemorate Russia's victory in the Patriotic War of 1812. History The firs
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Muzeon is an open-air sculpture museum in Moscow, on Krymsky Val, as part of Gorky Park, next to the New Tretyakov Gallery and the former Central House of Artists. Hundreds of sculptures stand here in the open air: Soviet-era monuments moved here after 1991, and works by contemporary artists. Accord
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Chistye Prudy (Clean Ponds) is a pond on Chistoprudny Boulevard in central Moscow, in the Basmanny District, part of the Boulevard Ring. Despite the plural name, there is only one pond here. It is one of Moscow's best-known spots, celebrated in songs and literature, and one of the city's most popula
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Luzhniki is an Olympic sports complex in Moscow, on the left bank of the Moskva River opposite Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills). Its centrepiece is the Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena, the country's largest stadium, surrounded by several other sports facilities built for the 1980 Olympics. Until 1992 the c
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The Moscow Planetarium is the oldest still-operating and one of the largest planetariums in Russia. It stands by the Garden Ring next to Moscow Zoo, within walking distance of Barrikadnaya and Krasnopresnenskaya metro stations, at 5 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street. History The idea of building an a
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The Kuskovo museum-estate is an 18th-century architectural and park ensemble in eastern Moscow, in the Veshnyaki district, between the Ryazansky Prospekt, Vykhino and Novogireevo metro stations. The estate was the summer country residence of the Counts Sheremetev and covers about 20 hectares: a wood
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Donskoy Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Moscow, standing on Donskaya Square in the south of the city, near Shabolovka Street and the Sparrow Hills. The nearest metro station is Shabolovskaya, about a 10-12-minute walk away. The monastery grounds cover roughly 5 hectares, half of which
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Moscow Zoo is located in the Presnensky District of Moscow, on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street, next to the Krasnopresnenskaya and Barrikadnaya metro stations. It is the oldest zoo in Russia, opened in 1864, and remains one of the city's most visited attractions, drawing millions of visitors a year to s
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Sokolniki Park (Sokolniki) is one of Moscow's largest and oldest parks, covering over 500 hectares in the northeast of the city, between Rusakovskaya Street and Sokolnichesky Val. The main entrance faces the metro station of the same name, a few minutes' walk from the exit. Most of the territory is
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The Izmaylovsky Kremlin (Измайловский кремль) is a cultural and entertainment complex in Moscow's Izmaylovo district, next to the Partizanskaya metro station. It is not a historic landmark but a late 20th- and early 21st-century building built near the site of the former royal Izmaylovo estate, styl
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Novodevichy Convent is a women's Orthodox monastery in Moscow's Khamovniki district, by a bend of the Moskva River, a fifteen-minute walk from the Garden Ring. Its roughly 5.18-hectare grounds are enclosed by fortress walls with twelve towers stretching about 900 meters. Since 2004 the convent has b
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The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia's oldest and most famous opera and ballet house, a symbol of Moscow on a par with the Kremlin and Red Square. Its grand neoclassical building, fronted by a columned portico and a bronze quadriga of Apollo, stands on Theatre Square right in the city centre, a short walk
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Zaryadye Park is an urban park in the very centre of Moscow, on the bank of the Moskva River, a few minutes' walk from the Kremlin and Red Square. It covers about 13 hectares in the historic Zaryadye district, on the site of the demolished Rossiya Hotel, and opened on September 9, 2017, for Moscow's
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Moscow City is a business district in the western part of Moscow, on the bank of the Moskva River in the Presnensky District, next to the Third Ring Road. Officially the complex is called the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), and it brings together more than a dozen skyscrapers: offices,
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Patriarch Ponds is a pond and public garden in the Presnensky District of Moscow, inside the Garden Ring, between Malaya Bronnaya Street and Bolshoy Patriarshy Lane, two to three kilometers from the Kremlin. The water surface covers about 9,900 square meters with a depth of up to 2.5 meters, while t
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Arbat (Stary Arbat) is one of Moscow's oldest streets, a pedestrian zone about 1,250 metres long running between Arbatskiye Vorota Square and Smolenskaya Square, in the stretch between Prechistenka and Novy Arbat. The earliest chronicle mentions of the area date to the 15th century, and for decades
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Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills) is a natural area on the right bank of the Moskva River, at the foot of Moscow State University, across the river from the Luzhniki Stadium. It is the highest of Moscow's seven hills: the steep bank rises about 80 meters above the river and serves as the city's main vi
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Kolomenskoye is a museum-reserve and former tsarist residence in south-eastern Moscow, on a high bank of the Moskva River. The grounds cover about 390 hectares and border the Nagatinsky Zaton district; the nearest metro station is Kolomenskaya. Kolomenskoye became part of Moscow in the 1960s. The en
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Tsaritsyno is a palace-and-park ensemble and museum reserve in the south of Moscow, in the Southern Administrative Okrug, next to the "Tsaritsyno" and "Orekhovo" metro stations. It was built as a country residence for Catherine the Great on hilly ground cut by ravines; today it is one of the city's
