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fiogf49gjkf0d MOSCOW - THE TERRITORY OF THE KREMLIN. THIS IS THE AREA
APPROXIMATLEY 40 METRES IN HEIGHT ON LEFT BANK OF MOSKOVA
RIVER. THIS IS THE CITYS CRADLE OF HISTORY. IT IS A CITY
WITHIN A CITY. BEHIND THE WALLS OF THIS AREA ARE CATHEDRALS,
& THE GRAND PALACE OF THE KREMLIN.
THE RED SQUARE, IS THE LARGEST OF THE CITY. THERE IS ALSO
THE CATHEDRAL ST BASILE.
OTHER SITES INCLUDE MOSCOW METRO, MAUSOLEUM OF LENIN. ARBAT
STREET,HERE ARE EASTERN EUROPEAN EQUIVALENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
STORES FOUND IN OTHER CITYS OF THE WORLD.
AROUND THE CITY
70 KILOMETRE NORTHOF MOSCOW IS ZAGORSK THE MOST IMPORTANT
RELIGIOUS CENTRE FOR THE ORTHODOX RUSSIANS. ALSO THERE IS
ONE OF THE OLDEST MONASTRYS OF RUSSIA, THE LAURE OF THE
TRINITY ST SERGE OF THE 16TH CENTURY.
ST. PETERSBURG
THE PLACE OF THE PALACE AND THE WINTER PALACE (HERMITAGE)
ON THE BANK OF THE NEVA RIVER - ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD.
THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF THE CITY IS THE ADMIRALTY AND THE
CATHEDRAL OF ST ISAAC. TO SEE ALSO IS THE PRINCIPAL AVENUE
OF THE CITY, THE NEVSKI PROSPECT. OTHER THINGS TO SEE
ARE THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME OF KAZAN.
THE PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS MARKED THE BIRTH OF THE
CITY AND WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE NORDIC BAROQUE STYLE.
OUTSIDE THE CITY
THEIR ARE THE IMPERIAL RESIDENCES OF PETRODVORETS, THE
PALACE OF CATHERINE AND THE PALACE OF PAVLOVSK. THIS IS
APPROXIMATELY 30 KILOMETRES OUTSIDE ST PETERSBURG.
NOVGOROD:
BYZANTINE CATHEDRAL OF ST SOPHIA, THE MILLENNIUM OF RUSSIA
MONUMENT, THE ICON-FILLED CHAMBER OF FACETS & THE RESEARCH
BASED MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART.
THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR AT ILINO IS ARGUABLY ONE OF RUSSIA'S
MOST CHARMING, WITH PLAYFUL ORNAMENTATION AND GABLES, AND
AN INTERIOR BOASTING BYZANTINE FRESCOES.
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