Moscow Information

For hundreds of years Moscow has been the center of the Russian national culture. The city possesses the most valuable historical and architectural monuments of world importance: the Kremlin, Novo-Devichiy Convent, Church of Pokrov in Fili, Moscow State University , Triumphal Arch, Memorial complex of Victory on the Poklonnaya Gora. The Temple of Christ, the Savior, on Kropotkinskaya embankment (it became Moscow's Cathedral), the Kremlin's Voskresenskiye Gates together with the Iverskaya Chapel and Temple of Icon of Kazan Mother of God on Red square were built anew. A great number of historic monuments are being reconstructed and restored. The process to preserve the historic heritage goes on and the Moscow government bodies act as its sponsors and active participants. A lot is done to make Muscovites and visitors feel nice and comfortable in the streets of the capital city. Pedestrian zones are set up, new hotels, cafes and restaurants are opened. Moscow regularly hosts major festivals, Olympiads, sports competitions and various international contests. Moscow is famous for its museums and such exhibition halls as the Tretyakov Art Gallery , Pushkin Museum , Manege. Those, who already visited Moscow , are sure to wish to come back to our hometown again. Moscow is considered one of the most beautiful cities of the world, is it not so?

Sights

The Nobleman's Assembly
The Nobleman's Assembly Okhotny Ryad, 2 The building of the Nobleman's Assembly is one of the few works of M. F. Kazakov in which the style of the great master was preserved despite the numerous late reconstructions the building underwent. The house was erected in 1784-1787 by Kazakov's project for the Moscow Nobleman's Assembly (which was created on the initiative of the prince A. B. Golitsin and M. F. Soymonov). The building became widely known thanks to its solemn and imposing Hall of Pillars. oday public activity and concerts take place in the Hall of Pillars.

Marsal G.K.Zhukov monument
The monument was built by famous sculptor V.M Klykov and architect Y.P Grigoryev and was unveiled on May, 8 1995 on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of victory in World War II. The sculptor created the monument in a traditional style of monumental sculpture, presenting a hero warrior on horseback. One of the main merits of the sculpture is its portrait accuracy, exact expression of the character of the field commander who led his army to the victory.

Kremlin towers and walls
Moscow 's Kremlin was founded as a fortress in the middle of the 12th century. The first wooden walls around it were erected in 1156. The scope of construction works was particularly wide in the years of Ivan Kalita's rule. It took only six years , from 1327 to 1333, to build several large stone temples: the Uspenskiy Cathedral (the Cathedral of the Assumption), Church of Ioann Lestvichnik , Church of Spas (Savior) and Arkhangelskiy Cathedral (the Cathedral of the Archangel ). In 1367-68 fortified stone walls around the Kremlin were built. The modern Kremlin ensemble was being put together by the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th centuries. Getting through the Tower was possible only by the inclined bridge that led to the Troitskaya Tower . In times of danger the gates were tightly shut up by the lifting part of the bridge. In 1685 the Kutafya Tower was built on with an open-work top having decor made of white stone. From the side of the city the Tower's height is 13.5 meters.

Source: Russia Tourism Official Website