Tolstoy Memorial Museum, Moscow

Christ the Savior Cathedral

This cathedral, the tallest Orthodox church in the world (the largest being the Temple of St

Pushkin Museum

Pushkin Museum is dedicated to Western art and has one of the world's most significant Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections, along with some Old Masters

Gogol House

Old Arbat Street

Walk down this kitschy street and don't forget to look at the small by-streets around the Arbat

Povarskaya (Cook) Street

The street where the tsars' cooks lived, now the hub of Moscow's artistic community, with the Russian Academy of Music (the Gnesin Institute), and the Tsentralny Dom Literatorov (Central House of Writers) located here

Victory Park

This massive memorial to WWII was built for the 50-year anniversary of V-E day in 1995

Garden of Fallen Monuments

The Garden of Fallen Monuments, officially called the Muzeon Sculpture Park, is the graveyard to where several infamous statues in Moscow were relocated after the Soviet collapse

Diamond Fund

It holds the Imperial collection, including the crown jewels

New Arbat Street

Located near Old Arbat Street, this street offers a contrast from the touristy pedestrian-only thoroughfare

Russian State Library

One of the largest libraries in the world