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Moscow: History and Present

Duration:

5 days 4 nights

Route:

Programm:

1 day.

Arrival of the group.

Transfer to the hotel.

Check-in and dinner at the hotel restaurant.

2 day.

Breakfast and departure for an excursion.

In the morning visit to the Kremlin with Armoury.

The Moscow Kremlin is a fortress in the center of Moscow and its oldest part, the main socio-political and historical-artistic complex of the city, the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

Over the centuries, the Kremlin has been rebuilt several times. The first stone wall was built in 1367. The Kremlin Armoury is one of the oldest museums of Moscow,

The Kremlin Armoury originated as the royal arsenal in 1508. Until the transfer of the court to

St Petersburg, the Armoury was in charge of producing, purchasing and storing weapons, jewelry and various household articles of the tsars, and valuables stolen from occupied countries.   In 1700, the Armoury was enriched with the treasures of the Golden and Silver chambers of the Russian tsars.

A walk along Red Square: St. Basil's Cathedral (One of the most significant monuments of ancient Russian architecture of the 16th century, the cathedral was built in 1555–1561 at the behest of Tsar Ivan the Terrible in honor of the conquest of the Kazan kingdom.), State Historical Museum (The largest national historical museum of Russia. It was founded in 1872.)

The museum fund has more than 5 million storage units and 14 million sheets of documentary materials. Since 1990, it has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the ensemble of Red Square), Kazan Cathedral, GUM (Department Store in the center of Moscow, which occupies an entire quarter of Kitai Gorod and faces the main facade on Red Square. The building is rented by the Russian retail company Bosco di Ciliegi, which specializes in the sale of luxury goods), Zaryadye Park.

In the afternoon, visit the museum "House on the Embankment". A residential building on the banks of the Moskva River was built in the early 30s as a government building in which the Soviet elite lived. Guests will visit a small museum dedicated to famous people who lived here and their fates.

Then take a walk through the open-air museum "Museon". Art Park "Museon" - a unique open-air sculpture museum. The collection includes more than 1000 sculptures: monuments of the Soviet era and the period of socialist realism, works of local avant-garde artists and contemporary artists, as well as works of folk art.

Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

3 day.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

In the morning, a city tour with a visit to the famous Novodevichy monastery and cemetery. The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524 by Tsar Vasily III in memory of the liberation of Smolensk from Lithuania. Novodevichy cemetery is one of the most famous honorary cemeteries in Russia. Novodevichy Convent, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Visit to the Moscow City business center and the Empire Tower with a museum on the 56th floor (with an observation deck).

Full name - Moscow International Business Center "Moscow City". It is located mainly on the left bank of the Moscow River, about 5 km from the Kremlin, the complex consists mainly of numerous architectural and artistic skyscrapers and is designed to accommodate commercial and office premises.

Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

4 day.

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.

Visit to the museum of modern history. Guests will learn about the dramatic aspects of Russian and Soviet history, starting with the transformations of the late 19th century (from the first Russian revolution of 1905 to the October Revolution of 1917 and the civil war)

Moscow subway with beautiful stations. The Moscow subway is not only fast transport, but also an amazing hidden world of the subway with sparkling chandeliers, mosaics, solemn marble halls and monuments. Moscow subway is considered one of the most beautiful.

After lunch, visit the bunker of Stalin. The creation of this object dates back to the 30s of the twentieth century. Its construction was part of the state defense program of the USSR.

The building is connected to the center of Moscow with a 17-kilometer underground road.

The Museum of the History of Vodka is located within the walls of the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow. The exposition is divided into eras - the Old Russian era, the Russian Empire, the Great Patriotic War, the USSR, modern Russia.

The museum presents the oldest Russian apparatus for distillation of alcohol-containing raw materials, historical documents, portraits of the founders of the alcohol industry, various vodka containers.

Return to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

5 day.

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant and check out.

Visit VDNH. The exhibition complex was officially opened in 1939 as the "All-Union Agricultural Exhibition". The territory of VDNH is rich in various architectural monuments, many of which are known throughout the world. The monuments created in Soviet times are an example of architectural trends that dominated at different times.

Next stop - the Cosmonautics Museum was inaugurated in April 1981.

Airport transfer. Evening departure.

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