List of tourist attractions in Moscow
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This is a list of major tourist attractions in the Russian city of Moscow.
Museums
Religious buildings
Convents and monasteries
- St. Andronik Monastery
- Epiphany Monastery
- Chudov Monastery
- Danilov Monastery
- Donskoy Monastery
- Krutitsy
- Marfo-Mariinsky Convent
- Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
- Novodevichy Convent
- Novospassky Monastery
- Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery
- Simonov Monastery
- Sretensky Monastery
- Ascension Convent
- Vysokopetrovsky Monastery
- Zaikonospassky monastery
- Chrysostom Monastery
Churches
Orthodox:
- Saint Basil's Cathedral
- Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
- Yelokhovo Cathedral
- Kazan Cathedral
- Church of the Intercession at Fili
- St Clement's Church, Moscow
- Nativity Church in Putinki
- Iberian Gate and Chapel
- Church of St. John the Warrior
- Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki
- Church of All Saints, Moscow
- Church of the Savior on Bolvany
Catholic:
Religious buildings of other religions
Theatres
Stadiums
Film studios
Monuments and sculptures
Government buildings
Modern buildings
Moscow International Business Center
Other sights
- Tallest buildings
- Central Moscow Hippodrome
- Kitai-gorod
- Moscow City Hall
- Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
- Moscow House of Nationalities
- State Public Science and Technical Library
- Manege
- Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki
- Lubyanka (KGB)
- Moscow Zoo
- Ostankino Tower
- Patriarch's Ponds
- Menshikov Tower
- Moscow Gostiny Dvor
- Moscow Orphanage
- Moscow State Technical University
- Petrovsky Passage
- Hotel Metropol
- Tsoi Wall
Natural and urban attractions
Avenues, boulevards, and streets
Squares
Bridges
Hills
Parks and gardens
- All-Russia Exhibition Centre (until 1992 known as the "Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy", VDNKh)
- Bauman Garden
- Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences
- Gorky Park
- Izmaylovskiy Park
- Kolomenskoye
- Losiny Ostrov National Park
- Neskuchniy Garden
- Sokolniki Park
- Tsaritsyno Park
Districts
Moskva River
Transportal architecture
Moscow rail terminals
The nine Moscow rail terminals are located within a kilometer or two outside of the Garden Ring. Below they are listed clockwise, along with a sample of destinations served by each one, starting with the three stations at Komsomolskaya Square:
- Leningradsky Rail Terminal (Saint Petersburg, Tallinn, Helsinki, Murmansk)
- Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal (Yaroslavl, Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Beijing)
- Kazanskiy Rail Terminal (Kazan, Almaty, Tashkent)
- Kursky Rail Terminal (Kursk, Sevastopol, Sochi)
- Paveletskiy Rail Terminal (Pavelets, Astrakhan, Baku)
- Kievsky Rail Terminal (Kyiv, Odesa, Budapest)
- Belorussky Rail Terminal (Minsk, Warsaw, Berlin)
- Savyolovskiy Rail Terminal (Savyolovo, Dubna)
- Rizhsky Rail Terminal (Riga)
Airports
There are five airports serving Moscow:
Moscow Metro stations
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- Komsomolskaya (Line 1)
- Krasniye Vorota
- Kropotkinskaya
- Vorobyovy Gory
- Mayakovskaya
- Novokuznetskaya
- Avtozavodskaya
- Park Pobedy
- Kiyevskaya(Line 3)
- Arbatskaya (Line 3)
- Ploshchad Revolyutsii
- Elektrozavodskaya
- Taganskaya (Line 5)
- Komsomolskaya (Line 5)
- Prospekt Mira (Line 5)
- Novoslobodskaya
- Kiyevskaya (Line 5)
- Pushkinskaya
- Kuznetsky most
- Nagatinskaya
Sights which do not exist
Destroyed or lost sights
- Rossiya Hotel (demolished in March 2006)
- Hotel Moskva (demolished in 2004; rebuild in 2014)
- Red Gate
- Sukharev Tower
Sights which were never built