The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is the country’s cultural heart. View splendid architectural gems like the Winter Palace and the Kazan Cathedral, and give yourself plenty of time to browse the world-renowned art collection of the Hermitage. Sprawling across the Neva River delta, St. Petersburg offers enough art, nightlife, fine dining and cultural destinations for many... More

The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is the country’s cultural heart. View splendid architectural gems like the Winter Palace and the Kazan Cathedral, and give yourself plenty of time to browse the world-renowned art collection of the Hermitage. Sprawling across the Neva River delta, St. Petersburg offers enough art, nightlife, fine dining and cultural destinations for many repeat visits. Less

Sergiyev Posad is roughly 70 km northeast of Moscow, accessible by train from Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station. The city’s centerpiece is the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius Lavra, one of the largest and most important monasteries in Russia.

Located in the village of Bykovo is the Church of Vladimir Icon of Mother of God built in 1789. It may be the only one of its kind in Russia as it is an oval house compared to a crossing square, which is how most Orthodox churches are built. The church is also considered to be one of the most beautiful in the country.

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The site of Vladimir Lenin's death, the Gorki Leninskie Sanitarium is located in the suburbs of Moscow (about 30km south of the city) and encompasses three museums dedicated to Lenin.

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The Abramtsevo Museum is near the town of Sergiev Posad (roughly 60 kilometers northeast of Moscow). The estate is along the River Vorya and was built in the mid 18th century. The writer Sergey Aksakov purchased Abramtsevo in 1843 and is said to have created his best works there, including notes on angling, hunting and autobiographical stories. Writers Nikolay Gogol and Ivan Turgenev... More

The Abramtsevo Museum is near the town of Sergiev Posad (roughly 60 kilometers northeast of Moscow). The estate is along the River Vorya and was built in the mid 18th century. The writer Sergey Aksakov purchased Abramtsevo in 1843 and is said to have created his best works there, including notes on angling, hunting and autobiographical stories. Writers Nikolay Gogol and Ivan Turgenev are also said to have visited Abramtsevo. Less

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An artists' colony to the southwest of Moscow where Boris Pasternak, author of Doctor Zhivago and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for literature, and Kornei Chukovsky spent their summers writing. The writers’ second homes here are now considered museums.