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NEW ARBAT STREET. New Arbat Street runs from Arbat Square to the Novoarbatsky Bridge that crosses the Moscow River. The avenue is best for high-end shopping, dining, and entertainment, but visitors also can see some Moscow sights on New Arbat Street. On nearby Molchanovka Street, you'll find the Lermontov House Museum. The Russian White House stands at the other end of New Arbat, and if you look across the Novoarbatsky Bridge, you'll see Hotel Ukraina, one of Stalin's Seven Sisters.
Igor Stepanov
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OLD ARBAT STREET. The most famous street in Moscow lies to the West of the Kremlin, where its 1.25km span stretches from Arbatskaya square to Smolenskaya square. It is one of the oldest roads in the city and was first mentioned as early as 1493. In the 18th Century the Arbat became popular with Moscow's intelligentsia and artistic community, who enjoyed frequenting the many cafes and taking strolls along the area's mansion-lined boulevards. Pushkin himself lived here with his wife in house number 53 (the building has since been turned into a museum dedicated to the poet).
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MOSCOW CITY. The Moscow International Business Centre (MIBC) is an ambitious engineering project in the centre of Moscow. The site is on an old urban area near the river embankment. The elegant skyscrapers of the Moskva-City business center are already a prominent feature of the Moscow skyline.The goal of the MIBIC project is to create a new business district within the city.
Igor Stepanov
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RED SQUARE. The Red square's name has nothing to do with communism or with the color of many of its buildings. In fact it derives from the word 'krasnyi', which once meant 'beautiful', and has only come to mean 'red' in contemporary Russian. Red Square came into its own in the 20th Century, when it was most famous as the site of official military parades demonstrating to the world the might of the Soviet armed forces. Today it's hard to think of a place that is more beloved of Muscovites and visitors to the city.
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NOVODEVICHIY CONVENT. Located on the Moscow River, Novodevichiy Monastyr (New Maiden's Convent) is a peaceful retreat from the bustling city of Moscow. The site includes a beautiful 17th-century convent complex that is once again in use and an atmospheric cemetery where many of Russia's most famous writers, poets, politicians and public figures are buried.
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FRUNZENSKAYA EMBANKMENT. Frunzenskaya Embankment is considered to be one of the most prestigious districts of Moscow. It is because of its location on the curve of Moscow river banks with beautiful river-sides green boulevards and wide-open yards. Up to the 60s this side was actively built and renovated. The side was especially popular among the top men in the Government and the Party as well as art elite of those times.
Igor Stepanov
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MSU. Moscow State University was established in 1755. More than 40 000 students (graduate and postgraduate) and about 7 000 undergraduates study at the university. Moscow University campus is an extremely complex system, with its 1 000 000 m2 floor area in 1 000 buildings and structures, with its 8 dormitories housing over 12 000 students and 300 km of utility lines.
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LUZHNIKI ARENA. Russia's biggest and most famous arena is the Luzhniki in Moscow. Its total seating capacity is 89,318 seats. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in the bend of Moscow River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows".
Igor Stepanov
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KRYMSKY BRIDGE. Krymsky Bridge оr Crimean Bridge іs а steel suspension bridge іn Moscow. The bridge spans the Moskva River 1,800 metres south-west frоm the Kremlin аnd carries the Garden Ring across the river.
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THE BOLSHOI. The Bolshoi is one of the greatest theatres in the world, with its own proud traditions and unforgettable atmosphere. The building itself is one of Moscow's most symbolic sites, a truly impressive example of Russian Classical architecture that faces the Kremlin walls, and some fairly tacky open air bars and restaurants, with proud indifference. The Bolshoi is the second biggest opera house in Europe (after La Scala), and grandeur and artistic strength are combined in everything from the impressive statue of Apollo that crowns the facade to the ballet's famously muscular style of choreography.
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