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fiogf49gjkf0d IN MOSCOW AS IN MANY OTHER CITIES STATE SHOPS, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, STREET MARKETS EXIST AS PLACES TO SHOP. GUM, IN RED SQUARE IS MOSCOWS BIGGEST DEPARTMENT STORE. STARY ARBAT IS A WELL KNOWN PEDESTRIANISED SHOPPING STREET IN MOSCOW. IN ST. PETERSBURG THE MAIN SHOPPING STREET IS NEVSKY PROSPEKT. OSTROVSKY SQUARE IS THE PLACE TO BUY PAINTINGS OF ST. PETERSBURG. DUTY FREE SHOPS CAN BE FOUND IN MOST OF THE HOTELS, THESE OFTEN SELL SOUVENIRS AND MANY IMPORTED GOODS. OTHER SOUVENIRS INCLUDE, PALEKH & KHOLUI LACQUERED BOXES MAKE ATTRACTIVE SOUVENIRS. TRADITIONAL AND SATIRICAL MATRYOSHKA WOODEN DOLLS. KHOKHLOMA WOODEN CUPS, SAUCERS AND SPOONS ARE PAINTED GOLD, RED AND BLACK. DYMKOVSKAYA IGRUSHKA ARE POTTERY FIGURINES BASED ON POPULAR FOLKLORE CHARACTERS. ENGRAVED AMBER, GZHEL PORCELAIN, VOLOGDA LACE AND FABERGE EGGS & JEWELLERY ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER.
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