Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
NORTH EASTERN EUROPE 119 The Russian Federation, or Russia as it is commonly known, stretches from the Baltic to the Pacific and ...
120 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE Battle of Kulikovo (1380), and the Russian nation was reborn. During the long reign of Ivan III the Gre ...
MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURG 121 Exploring Moscow and St Petersburg The city of Moscow offers a wide variety of sights, ranging from ...
Moscow 1 With a population of over ten million, the Russian capital is now a place where past and pre sent com- bine to captivat ...
MOSCOW 123 KEY Street-by-Street area: see pp124–5 Street-by-Street area: see pp132–3 Major sight / Place of interest Airport Rai ...
Street-by-Street: The Kremlin 124 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE The Kremlin is home to the Russian president and the seat of his administ ...
MOSCOW 125 Faceted Palace was constructed by two Italian architects, Marco Ruffo and Pietro Solario, between 1485 and 1491. Cath ...
126 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp160–61 and pp162–3 The striking red-brick Trinity Tower ...
MOSCOW 127 The Cathedral of the Annunciation, crowned by golden onion domes Tiers of frescoes on the central cupola of the Cathe ...
128 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp160–61 and pp162–3 Resurrection Gate, housing the Chape ...
MOSCOW 129 The glass-roofed interior of Russia’s largest department store, GUM GUM q ГУМ GUM Krasnaya ploshchad 3. Map E2. Tel 7 ...
130 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE MININ AND POZHARSKIY This statue by Ivan Martos depicts two heroes from the Time of Troubles (1598–1613 ...
MOSCOW 131 Chapel of Bishop Gregory . Gallery Running around the outside of the Central Chapel, the gallery connects it to the o ...
132 NORTHERN EASTERN EUROPE Street-by-Street: Old Arbat In the 19th century, Old Arbat was the haunt of artists, musicians, poet ...
MOSCOW 133 Melnikov House Built in the 1920s by Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov, who lived here until his death in ...
134 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp160–61 and pp162–3 Melnikov House w Дом Мельникова Dom ...
MOSCOW 135 Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, rebuilt in the 1990s at huge cost Novodevichiy Convent i Новодевичий монастырь Novo ...
136 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE Tretyakov Gallery y Третьяковская галерея Tretyakovskaya galereya The gallery was founded in 1856 by Pa ...
MOSCOW 137 GALLERY GUIDE There are 62 rooms on two main floors. Visitors first go to the basement ticket office, then head to th ...
St Petersburg 2 138 NORTH EASTERN EUROPE Once Russia’s capital and known as its “Window on the West”, St Petersburg was built on ...
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