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About 306 miles away
One of Russia's oldest cities, with its kremlin.
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Red Square
The great cobbled square under the Kremlin walls, with St. Basil's at one end and Lenin's tomb at its foot.
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- Always, except during events
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Red Square, MoscowDirections
- Getting There
- Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Teatralnaya metro stations.
Why Go
The name comes from krasnaya, an old Russian word that meant beautiful before it meant red. The square has seen coronation processions, executions and Soviet military parades. Around it stand the brick State Historical Museum, the little Kazan Cathedral, the long glass-roofed shopping arcades of the 1890s and Lenin's Mausoleum under the walls. With the Kremlin, it is a UNESCO site.
Tips
- Come back at night, when the walls, towers and domes are lit.
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Worth a DetourKazan
About 446 miles away
Where Russia meets Islam, with a mosque and a cathedral in one Kremlin.
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