Tag: мск
Cosmonauts Alley
Yuri Gagarin, the first human going to outer space, looks at the sky the launch of a rocket
ГУМ, Москва
Stolovaya was self-service canteen where the working class was having their breakfast, lunch and dinner in Soviet Union. In USSR these canteens had all of them the same culinary equipment, the same glasses, dishes forks, etc. If you don't mind waiting in line and serving your own food, you should visit a stolovaya.
Poklonnaya Hill
When Napoleon approached Moscow city during the French invasion in Russia, he waited for the keys of Kremlin in Poklonnaya Hill but Moscovites never gave the keys to the French.
Peter the Great Statue
Peter the Great statue in Moscow has a very controversial history. Many Moscovites consider it ugly while many question the purpose of such a statue in Moscow as King Peter transfered Russian capital to Saint Petersburg.
Moscow City
Moscow city is currently under construction and new sky scrapers are taking their space to the city landscape
Victory Park
Saint George slaying the dragon is the emblem depicted on coat of arms of Russian army since 16th century
