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Things to do in Moscow, Central Russia: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
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. Cathedral of the Intercession
2. Church of the Resurrection
3. Church of St. Aleksiy Moskovskiy
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
4. Old Believer Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
5. Orthodox Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius
6. Assumption Cathedral
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5.0 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By drogilmour - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Just as in the Catholic Church wooden gold guided altars were changed when a new art style became fashionable, the icons were changed in the Orthodox and frescoes painted over to make room for better executed ones. Inside the church there are some first frescoes preserved and the differences in style are quite notable. Some wall frescoes and icons are being repaired so on wall is completely concealed by scaffold, meaning some items mentioned on the audio guide are out of sight,
