Historical Sites In Russia

Red Square

Landmark square, site of the Kremlin, the 16th-century St. Basil's Cathedral & Lenin's mausoleum.

Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Peterhof

Seafront museum complex in former royal palace surrounded by parkland known for its many fountains.

Razvodnaya Ulitsa, 2, St Petersburg, Russia

Kazan Kremlin

Hilltop complex of fortified palaces & monuments erected over 1,000 years, now serving as museums.

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, 420014

Winter Palace

Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms.

Palace Embankment, 32, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000

Peter and Paul Fortress

Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral.

St Petersburg, Russia, 197046

Catherine Palace

Baroque 18th-century palace with large grounds where Russian royal family spent their summers.

Garden St, 7, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196601

Ostankino Television Tower

Rocket-like TV tower with 45 levels & an open-air observation deck accessible by guided tour only.

Akademika Koroleva St, 15, Moscow, Russia, 127427

St. Basil's Cathedral

Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church.

Red Square, 7, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Alexander Column

Iconic monolith in the center of a square commemorating Russia’s victory over Napoleon’s France.

Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, 198324

Monument Millennium of Russia

Big bronze monument with historical figures, built in 1862 to honor the start of Russian statehood.

Territoriya Kreml', 4, Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 173000

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Monument honoring the unnamed dead & missing soldiers of WWII, featuring a constant burning flame.

Alexander Garden, Moscow, Russia, 125009

Monument "Broken Ring"

Разорванное кольцо Коккорево Ленинградская область RU 188675 шоссе Дорога Жизни, Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188675

State Historical Museum

Imposing neo-Russian building of 1881, displaying prehistoric relics, Romanov dynasty art & more.

Red Square, 1, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

Titanium statue of Yuri Gagarin atop a giant column, with a model of the Vostok spacecraft.

Ploshchad' Gagarina, Moscow, Russia, 119334

Samyy Staryy Zhiloy Dom V Rossii

Krepostnaya Ulitsa, 13А, Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 188800

Dmitrovskiy Kreml'

Museum complex on a historic site, showcasing regional art, artifacts, books, weapons & more.

Ulitsa Zagorskaya, 17, Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 141800

Monument to the victims of political repression "Wall of Grief"

Moscow, Russia, 107045

Porkhovskaya Krepost'

Naberezhnaya Aleksandra Nevskogo, 1, Porkhov, Pskov Oblast, Russia, 182620

Suyumbike Tower

Landmark leaning tower featuring Russian & Tatar designs & a green spire with a Muslim crescent.

Ulitsa Sheynkmana, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, 420111

Chambers of the Romanov Boyars

Former residence of 15th to 17th-century aristocrats, with period weapons & reconstructed chambers.

Ulitsa Varvarka, 10, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Yegipetskiy Dom

Zakhar'yevskaya Ulitsa, 23, St Petersburg, Russia, 191123

Kudrinskaya Square Building

Kudrinskaya Ploshchad', 1, Moscow, Russia, 123242

Alleya Praviteley Rossii

Petroverigskiy Pereulok, 4, стр. 2, Moscow, Russia, 101000

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk

Landmark obelisk topped with a bronze star, honoring the victims of a long Nazi siege during WWII.

Nevsky Ave, 85, St Petersburg, Russia, 191086

Dacha Gausval'd

Srednyaya Alleya, St Petersburg, Russia, 197376

Apollinary Vasnetsov Memorial Flat

Furmannyy Pereulok, 6, Moscow, Russia, 107078

Protivotankovyye Yezhi

Leningradskoye Hwy, 39, Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 125466

Gorodskaya Usad'ba A.l. Knopa

Kolpachnyy Pereulok, 5 строение 2, Moscow, Russia, 101000

Column of Glory Izmailovo Regiment

Izmaylovskiy Prospekt, 7А, St Petersburg, Russia, 190005

Zdaniye Krigskomissariata

Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, 24с1, Moscow, Russia, 115035

Corner Arsenalnaya Tower

Кремль, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Cannon Shooting at Noon

Заячий пер., St Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Chamber Averky Kirillov. The main manor house

Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya, 18с3, Moscow, Russia, 119072

Grateful Russia to the Heroes of 1812

Ulitsa Dzerzhinskogo, 6, Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, 214000

Nikol'skaya Ulitsa

Nikolskaya St, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Golosovskiy Dom

Imposing residential structure from the 1930s best known for its statues of a worker & a farmer.

Podkolokol'nyy Pereulok, 16/2, Moscow, Russia, 109028

Баболовский дворец

Babolovskoye Shosse, St Petersburg, Russia, 196603

Rasstrel'nyy Dom

Nikolskaya St, 23, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Voskresenskiye Vorota

A replica of the now destroyed 1680 gate at the northwest corner of Red Square with twin red towers.

Moscow, Russia, 109012

L'vy Dvortsovoy Pristani

Admiralty Embankment, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000

Ruins Grotto

Moscow, Russia, 125009

Zdaniye Glavnogo Shtaba

Palace Embankment, 6, St Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Pavil'on Rossi V Mikhaylovskom Sadu

St Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Dokhodnyy Dom M.n. Miansarovoy

Pankrat'yevskiy Pereulok, 12/12, Moscow, Russia, 107045

Nevskiye Vorota

Zayachiy per., St Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Rumyantsev obelisk

Rumyantsevskaya Ploshchad', 3, St Petersburg, Russia, 199034

Monument "Grateful Russia - its defenders"

Voroshilovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 143273

Genrich Gilse van der Pals Mansion

Angliyskiy Prospekt, 8, St Petersburg, Russia, 190121

Ploshchad' Vasil'yevskiy Spusk

Между Красной площадью и Кремлевская набережная, Moscow, Russia, 109012

Osobnyak N.k. Bolya - K.a. Gutkheylya

Denezhnyy Pereulok, 13, Moscow, Russia, 119002