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The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
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1. Andronikov Monastery
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5.0 based on 73 reviews
The monastery was founded in the mid-14th century by Metropolitan Alexis, a prominent church figure in his time. The first superior of the monastery was a disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Andronicus, whose name the monastery bears to this day. The architectural monuments of the monastery ensemble date back to the 15th–19th centuries. These include the oldest remaining stone building in Moscow—the Cathedral of the Savior, built in the time of Andrey Rublev. Since 1947, the Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art named after Andrei Rublev has been located in the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery on the picturesque bank of the Yauza River.
Reviewed By aniska - Leeds, United Kingdom
The Monastery of the Saviour was founded in 1360 and is the oldest example of Russian stone architecture, which still exists at present day. Originally, the Monastery had wooden walls, which functioned as defense. From 1420 to 1428 the Cathedral was reconstructed and its walls were painted in white. The famous Russian painters Andrei Rublev and Daniel Chorny painted it but, unfortunately, their frescoes were destroyed by the 18th-century reconstruction and only a few small pieces survived. In 1812, the dome was destroyed by the fire, but got immediately reconstructed. In the 1840s, the interior changed. It was crowned with a tented-roof octagonal drum. Side chapels dedicated to St. Andronik and the Dormition were added to the northern and southern walls, which made the original appearance to be completely lost. However, in the 1950s and 1960s, the Cathedral was restored to its original state. From the 16th to the 19th century a refectory, side chapels, a cleric building, a Fraternal Building were added. In 1747 to 1756, the Cathedral got its stone walls. The old bell tower over the Holy Gates near the Cathedral of the Saviour was replaced by a new one 73 meters high. The temple was also used as a prison and as any other temple, the Monastery has its own cemetery that existed up to 1929. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Monastery was badly damaged. In 1919, it was occupied by proletarians. In the spring of 1922, all valuables were confiscated, and a juvenile prison for street children was established. In 1930, the bell tower was exploded. In 1947, the Monastery was announced a cultural reserve and many Old Russian icons were brought and kept there. In 1989, the Monastery was handed back to the Orthodox Church and has functioned since then. What strikes most, when visiting it, is the cleanliness of the whole area, the perfect lawn, the flowers, everything is perfectly kept and maintained. This results in a special, mystic feeling of sacredness and peace. Absolutely worth a visit, it easily reachable from Rimskaya metro station, just 5 minutes on foot.
2. Vanitas Gallery
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Museum of Culinary Art
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5. The Museum of Russian Icon
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5.0 based on 83 reviews
The museum of Russian icon was founded in 2006 on the initiative of the patron and businessman Mikhail Abramov. It is a unique in Russia private collection of Byzantine and Old Russian art that obtained the official status of public museum and became member of the IСOM (International Council of Museums). Every day the Museum organizes free survey and thematic excursions for all comers, museum consultants are always available, a lecture centre is operated, concerts and presentations are organized. The subject of the excursion, the date and time of its conduct are agreed in advance by phone. We are always happy to see in our Museum everyone who is interested in Russian culture.
6. Museum Collection
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
It is one of the largest private collections of the world's cultural heritage, the repositories of which hold over 20 000 items. The basis of the collection is built up with a great range of exhibits - self-playing musical instruments and mechanical rarities, among them are music boxes, organs, orchestrions, street organs, mechanical pianos and grand pianos, gramophones and phonographs, accordions, clocks and automata. The Museum houses a great variety of items of art and crafts, paintings and drawings, a comprehensive collection of Russian bronzes, including small statuary of illustrious artists of the 19th – 20th centuries, as well as the collection of old Russian and Foreign silver, glass and crystal.
7. Sakharovskiy Center
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
This museum honors the victims of the repressive Soviet regime and memorializes dissident hero Andrei Sakharov, promoting his ideals of intellectual and political freedom.
8. Novospasskiy Monastery
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4.5 based on 228 reviews
This monastery complex dates back to the 12th century and is surrounded by thick walls originally built to protect Moscow from foreign invaders.
Reviewed By darrenw597 - Melbourne, Australia
the novospasskiy monastery suffered greatly under comunisium was a prison then a drunk tank it was very closley associated with the romanovs nicholas the second visited in 1913 a lot of restoration going on,the remains of the grand duke sergie who was assinated in 1905 and originally buried in the kremlin was reintered here after they were found under a car park on the site of the demolished churh also in the grounds a copy of the memorial thatwas on the site of his murder also in the ground are a memorial to the many victims of stalin who were executed in the grounds in the 1930s also in the vault are many of the restored graves of the early romanovs
9. Furniture Museum
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
10. The Central Andrey Rublev Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art
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4.5 based on 61 reviews
The museum is named after the famous icon painter Andrei Rublev. The museum’s collection includes more than ten thousand works of art: icons of the 13th – early 20th centuries, works of decorative art, manuscripts and early printed books, as well as fragments of frescoes. This collection provides a complete and comprehensive picture of the art of Ancient Russia. The museum offers visitors a variety of general and specialized tours. Expert assessments of icons, arts and crafts and manuscripts are carried out by the leading specialists of the museum for individuals and organizations.
Reviewed By CAPerth
A very extensive collection of statues, paintings and iconography dating back over 500 years. We arrived late in the afternoon so did not have time to visit the adjacent monastery. You could easily spend a couple of hours here. It is relatively central to Moscow but since we visited as part of a tour with our private guide Victoria from Vikitours (including several other monastery complexes), using her car, I cannot say how accessible it is from public transport. The entry was a very unassuming doorway, which was a little bit tricky to find. Photography is allowed.
