Moscow - the capital of our Motherland

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Towers of the Kremlin The Kremlin is the symbol of Russia.

Towers of the Kremlin

The Kremlin is the symbol of Russia. The

symbol of the Kremlin is the Saviour’s Tower (Spasskaya Bashnya). It is 71m high. It is notable for the clock .
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The Kremlin Towers

The Kremlin Towers

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Cathedrals of Moscow Kremlin

Cathedrals of Moscow Kremlin

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Moscow Kremlin’s cathedrals

Moscow Kremlin’s cathedrals

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The Bell Tower of Ivan the Great Its height is 81

The Bell Tower of Ivan the Great

Its height is 81 m

and it has got 22 large and over 30 small bells in the Bell Tower. The tower was built during the reign of Ivan IV in 1600.
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The Tsar Bell It weighs more than 200 tons. In the

The Tsar Bell

It weighs more than 200 tons. In the Great

Fire of 1737 one of its sides cracked and broke off.
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The Tsar Cannon The Tsar Cannon was built in 1586 in

The Tsar Cannon

The Tsar Cannon was built in 1586 in Moscow

to defend the city, but it had never fired.
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The Red square It is the heart of the city and

The Red square

It is the heart of the city and one

of the biggest and the most beautiful squares in the world. It is 695m long and its width up to 130 metres. Its area is more than 70,000 sq.m.
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St Basil’s Cathedral

St Basil’s Cathedral

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St. Basil’s Cathedral In 1555-1561 St. Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral) was

St. Basil’s Cathedral

In 1555-1561 St. Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral) was erected

in the order of Ivan IV (the Terrible) to commemorate the annexation of the Кazan and Astrakhan khanates to Russia.
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Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Next to the Cathedral stands the

Monument to Minin and Pozharsky

Next to the Cathedral stands the monument

to Minin and Pozharsky. Under the leadership of these heroes of the 1612 war, Russian people drove the Polish invaders out of Moscow.
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The Lobnoye Mesto Not far from the Pokrovsky Cathedral there is

The Lobnoye Mesto

Not far from the Pokrovsky Cathedral there is a

place called the Lobnoe Mesto, the place of execution, a platform of white stone more than 400 years old.
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The State History Museum on the Red Square

The State History Museum on the Red Square

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Moscow museums The State Tretyakov Gallery houses a rich collection of Russian painting and Russian icons.

Moscow museums

The State Tretyakov Gallery houses a rich collection of Russian

painting and Russian icons.
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Panorama of Borodino (museum)

Panorama of Borodino (museum)

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Borodino battle The battle in the village Borodino in the war with the French in 1812

Borodino battle

The battle in the village Borodino in the war with

the French in 1812
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The Triumphal Arch

The Triumphal Arch

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The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

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Monuments of Moscow

Monuments of Moscow

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Monuments of Moscow

Monuments of Moscow

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Monuments Monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin

Monuments

Monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin

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Monument to Mayakovsky

Monument to Mayakovsky

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Arbat. Monument to Pushkin and his wife Nataly Goncharova

Arbat. Monument to Pushkin and his wife Nataly Goncharova

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The Alexandrovsky Garden The Tomb of Unknown Soldier

The Alexandrovsky Garden

The Tomb of Unknown Soldier

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The Bolshoi Opera House

The Bolshoi Opera House

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All-Russian Exhibition Centre

All-Russian Exhibition Centre

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All-Russian Exhibition Centre

All-Russian Exhibition Centre

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The Fountain “Friendship of the Nations”

The Fountain “Friendship of the Nations”

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The Fountain “The Stone Flower”

The Fountain “The Stone Flower”

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Moscow Metro stations

Moscow Metro stations

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