A list of top ten famous tourist attractions in Russia

Russia is a country rich in tourism resources. Attractions such as Moscow's Red Square and the majestic Kremlin have long been world-famous. Russians are also enthusiastic and unrestrained. This vast land has created Russians with an open mind. The long winter has made Russians full of love for nature. They use music and dance to express their inner enthusiasm for life; Russians are also delicate and sentimental, otherwise the Russians would not have created such brilliant artistic treasures and such soul-shaking literary masterpieces.

Moscow The capital of Russia (Moscow) was founded in 1147 and has a history of more than 800 years. It has gone through several major historical changes and has many monuments. I believe that Red Square, the Kremlin, and Lenin's Tomb will not be unfamiliar to you. Arbat Street, the Great Petrov Theater in Moscow, the Tretyakov Art Museum and other places have profound Russian cultural heritage.

The urban sculptures in Moscow are unique, mainly bronze, such as the bronze commemorative statue of Yuri Dolgoruki and Lenin in Soviet Square, the Pushkin statue on Pushkin Square, and the national heroes Minin and Pocharsky on the south of Red Square.

As Russia's political, economic, financial, scientific, and artistic center, the entire city is centered on Red Square and the Kremlin, and the urban area is surrounded by the ring highway. The Russians themselves said,"Moscow is not a city, Moscow is a world." There are 4000 streets, nearly 100 colleges and universities, more than 80 museums, more than 30 theaters and more than 4000 libraries. Theatres can be seen everywhere, including the world-famous Academy of Sciences and the Russian State Library with a collection of 30 million volumes.

You can sing "Night on the outskirts of Moscow" and chew rye bread and cruise the Moscow River on a yacht; or enjoy the ballet "Swan Lake", Repin's oil paintings and Tchaikovsky's music in Moscow. Moscow attracts tourists from all over the world with its unique charm.

Neva Street Neva Street has a history as long as the city history of St. Petersburg. From a simple transportation artery at the beginning, to an aristocratic street full of gorgeous palaces and elegant small buildings, to a bourgeois avenue lined with banks and commercial buildings, Neva Street and St. Petersburg have experienced countless changes, ups and downs. In fact, the name of Neva Street is closely related to many historical events and historical celebrities in Russian history. It also frequently appears in modern Russian literary works, such as Gogol's "Neva Street", which accurately depicts the city's life in St. Petersburg in the mid-19th century.

Today, Neva Street is the busiest and busiest street in St. Petersburg, home to the city's largest bookstores, food stores, largest department stores and most expensive shopping centers.

Neva Street is also a street of great tourist value, where you can admire various churches, many famous houses and historical sites.

Neva Street is a place of tolerance of faith. Here, the Orthodox Kazan Cathedral, the Protestant Church of St. Peter and Paul, the Catholic Church of St. Catherine, the Dutch Church, the Armenian Church, etc. coexist in one place and live in peace. People can't help but be surprised.

You can also visit the former residences of Gogol and Tchaikovsky. But the most must-see thing is the "Literary Cafe", located at the intersection of Neva Street and Damarskaya Street and Moica Coastal Street. On January 27, 1837, Pushkin drank his last cup of coffee from this sweet shop and rushed directly to the duel venue "Little Black River".

Finally, you can visit the headquarters of the Leningrad front newspaper "On the Fatherland Line", located in a building on the corner of Neva Street and the central square of St. Petersburg-Palace Square. During the Second Patriotic War, daily news from the city's most forward defense positions came from here, inspiring the besieged Leningrad people.

Old Arbat Street Old Arbat Street is a road located in the historical center of Moscow, the capital of Russia. It is one kilometer long. According to records, this street has existed since the 15th century and has a history of more than 500 years. It is one of the oldest existing streets in Moscow. "Arbat" means cart in Russian, because when it was first built 500 years ago, it was a market where Arab merchants gathered. They often used cart to load goods, hence the name.

The vicissitudes of time have never changed its important position in the hearts of Moscow people. It is still a landmark street that best reflects the characteristics of the city. Old Arbat Street is only more than 10 meters wide and less than 1 kilometer long. The entire street is paved with stones. Looking straight ahead along the long and curved old street street, simple and elegant street lights are like two rows of guards guarding this ancient market.

Whether it is the roadside bars and card bars dotted with flowers on the street, or the elegant and simple street lights with round glass shades next to classical Russian buildings, or the tall, slender and plump Russian girls and the sunny, handsome Russian guys, they are all A flowing scenery.

Painting for tourists on the street is a major feature of Arbat Street. Under the smooth writing of this old painter, the image of the group members popped onto the paper in an instant. Then pay the money with one hand and pick up the painting with the other, and both parties have fun. It is said that there are many unknown but talented painters gathered here. They used Arbat Street as a base to paint portraits of tourists all year round. Over time, they have become an immortal scenery on Arbat Street.

Among the many famous former residences on Arbat Street, the most famous one is Pushkin's former residence No. 53, which is regarded as a literary holy land by countless domestic and foreign tourists. Pushkin, a national treasure poet of Russia, was born in this house in 1799. He spent twelve years here until he studied in the Imperial Village of St. Petersburg in 1811. In 1831, the poet returned here and married Natalia Gangcharova, the "First Beauty of Russia", spending the best time of his short life.

The Kremlin Russia The world-famous complex of buildings is located in the center of Moscow, Russia. It enjoys the reputation of "the eighth wonder of the world" and is a must-visit for tourists to Russia. The Kremlin has an equilateral triangle as a whole, with an area of 275,000 square meters and a circumference of more than 2 kilometers. It was built in 1156. It was originally a small wooden castle on the estate of Yuri Dolgoruki, Grand Duke of Suzdari. Later, towers were built around the city wall. After several repairs and expansions, it developed into its current appearance.

Around the Kremlin are a group of large-scale, beautifully designed buildings such as Red Square and Church Square; in addition, there are also the Privy Council Building built in the 18th century AD, and the Grand Kremlin and Weapon Exhibition Hall built in the 19th century AD. Every building here contains the unparalleled wisdom of the Russian people and is a rare masterpiece in the history of world architecture. The palace retains masterpieces of Russian casting art: the 40-ton "Cannon King" and the 200-ton "Bell King", making the Kremlin a highly valued cultural heritage in Russia.

Suzdari's Kremlin is located on a towering hill with a winding stone river on its side, giving prominent terrain. Compared with the Kremlin in Moscow, it is much smaller and older. The famous Nativity Cathedral in the palace is a 13th century building, and the bishop's hall was the office place for religious leaders at that time.

Peter the Great Summer Palace Garden Peter the Great Summer Palace is an early building built by Peter the Great from 1710 to 1714. It is located on the bank of the Fontanka River in the new capital of St. Petersburg, in today's Summer Garden. It faces the Gulf of Finland and consists of beautiful fountains, parks and palaces. It is one of the most famous attractions in St. Petersburg.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered the construction of a summer palace, which was simple and solemn in appearance and lavishly decorated inside. Many large-scale balls, court celebrations and other activities at that time were held here, and Peter the Great would come here every year to spend the summer during his lifetime. Today, Peter the Great's Summer Palace has become a complex of palace gardens in the 18th and 19th centuries and is popular among tourists. It is divided into an upper garden and a lower garden. The large palace is located in the upper garden, and the interior and exterior of the palace are extremely gorgeous.

In front of the hall is a group of fountains called the Great Waterfall. There are 37 golden statues, 29 submerged embossed, 150 statuettes, 64 fountains and 2 trapezoidal waterfalls. The golden sculpture is dazzling in the splashing water curtain and is very spectacular. The more famous ones are Pyramid Fountain, Sun Fountain, Oak Fountain, Adam Fountain, Eve Fountain, etc. Each fountain has its own style, including characters and animals. Each of them is lifelike, vivid and lovely, and attracts imagination.

In the center of the fountains stands a statue of Samson and a lion fighting against each other. Samson held the lion's upper and lower jaws open with both hands, and spring water gushed out of the lion's mouth into the sky, and the water column sprayed 22 meters high. This sculpture symbolizes Russia's victory over Sweden. The fountains are under the blue sky and white clouds, shining with the brilliance of gold and the silver shadow of water. The golden sculpture is bathed in the water curtain, and jade beads splash, dazzling. Strolling in the quiet and tall forest, every time you walk a short distance, you will see flying jade beads flashing in front of your eyes.

The Savior's Cathedral The Savior's Cathedral is located in Moscow. It is the tallest Orthodox church in the world and one of the largest Orthodox churches. The church was built on the order of Tsar Alexander I on December 25, 1812, after the Napoleonic Wars. Its purpose was to thank Christ the Savior for "saving Russia from failure and preventing her from shame" and to commemorate the Russian people who died in the war.

Construction work on the Basilica of the Savior began in 1837, and the main structure was basically completed by 1860, but it took about 20 years to complete the luxurious interior decorations and murals. On May 26, 1883, the same day as the coronation of Tsar Alexander III, the Basilica of the Savior was officially completed. Unfortunately, after the October Revolution in Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church was closed down-the Cathedral of the Savior.

In 1931, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to build the huge Soviet Palace, whose address was chosen on the site of the Basilica of the Savior. For this reason, it was decided to demolish the Basilica of the Savior. Starting from the beginning of 1931, the church's gilded dome, crosses, copper bells, upper colonnade and embossed on the base were successively removed. The church's copper doors, murals, wall panels, marble sculptures, chandeliers and remaining Orthodox relics were also removed. On December 5, 1931, the remaining buildings of the Basilica of the Savior were blown up and razed to the ground.

Due to lack of funds, unstable foundations, floods in the Moscow River and the outbreak of war, the Soviet Palace was ultimately not built. On the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church received many requests to rebuild the Basilica of the Savior. In February 1990, a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction was held on the original site of the Basilica of the Savior. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Reconstruction Fund was established in 1992 and received large donations in 1994. In 1996, a consecration ceremony was held in the lower half of the Cathedral of the New Savior (the Cathedral of Jesus Transfiguration). The reconstruction of the entire church was completed on August 19, 2000.

The Holy Trinity Monastery of Sergi is one of the most famous monasteries in Russia. It is located in the city of Sergiyev (present-day Zakorsk), 70 kilometers northeast of Moscow. One of the architectural characteristics of the Holy Trinity Monastery of Sergi is that it has been continuously built and renovated for six centuries, thus embracing the architectural styles of different periods in Russia and becoming a representative of the classical architectural complex in Northeast Russia.

The Grand Abbey has various forms of cathedrals and ancillary buildings that have been rebuilt and expanded in different centuries and dynasties. These elegant, simple and harmonious buildings include: Holy Trinity Church, Dukhovsky Scouring Church and its later added towers, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, 11 bell towers, Charity Hospital, etc.

The most famous of these is the Holy Trinity Church, built between 1423 and 1442 and is a model of early white stone architecture in Russia. The interior of the church houses: the tomb of Sergi, the founder of the monastery; the mural "Three Saints"(later migrated) by the famous painter Andrei Rubilov and the sacred icons painted by Geonicia; the magnificent white stone brick house hall, built in 1682-1692, is 70 meters long and 15 meters wide, is a place for grand ceremonies; a five-story bell tower with a height of 87 meters built from 1741 to 1769, with 42 wall clocks inside.

In 1920, the monastery was listed as a National History Museum Reserve. The museum retains applied handicrafts from the 12th to 19th centuries, Russian paintings from the 18th century, and many folk art works such as wood, stone, murals, paper color paintings and Russian embroidery. After 1988, the Three Holy Monastery of Shegil resumed its normal religious functions.

Kazan Cathedral Kazan Cathedral was built from 1801 to 1811 based on Voronishin's design. Its appearance has typical characteristics of the imperial style at that time. The most distinctive feature of the church is that it has a semicircular colonnade. Behind the colonnade reveals a 70-meter-high church dome. The architect encountered many difficulties in designing the church. One of them is that the Orthodox Church requires the church to face the east; due to geographical constraints, the church can only face the main street with its side. The architects solved this problem by designing the sides to be spectacular. Because when people look at the extraordinary colonnade, they forget that it is not the facade of the church.

This treatment method is extremely bold and distinctive. A tall dome stands in the center above the rows of columns, and the dome is 70 meters high. The embossed on the front of the cathedral, the carvings on the north colonnade, the interior decoration and oil paintings are all by famous artists. The interior of Kazan Cathedral is not much like an ordinary church, but more like a palace. It is bright and lively, with a long main hall separated by columns being tall and spacious. The central dome is glorious and gorgeous. Looking up, you can see a picture of the Virgin Mary, decorated with carvings of biblical figures and watercolor murals.

The name of Kazan Church comes from the statue of the Virgin of Kazan enshrined in the church. When Ivan the Terrible's army raided Kazan, they found this icon in the beacon fire. Due to the constant manifestation of the statue of the Virgin Mary in Kazan, it has become one of the most venerated sacred icons among the Christians in Eastern Russia. 1612-1613 In 1998, a militia formed by Duke Detri Pozharsky also carried this icon with it during the battle to rescue Moscow occupied by the Polish army.

Under the protection of the Virgin of Kazan, the battle with the Polish army achieved an unprecedented victory. From then on, the icon painting has been regarded as the patron saint of the Russian-Team. In 1710, an icon similar to the Virgin of Kazan in shape and composition was shipped from Moscow to St. Petersburg. When Emperor Paul I of Russia visited Rome, he ordered the construction of a stone church based on the design of St. Bolecole de Torripeter's Church in Rome on Nevsky Avenue in St. Petersburg. The entire project took ten years. This is a unique Russian-style chapel.

During the war against Napoleon, the cathedral's religious significance had receded to secondary status. The temple houses captured battle flags and keys to some European cities and castles. In 1813, the coffin of Russian commander Kutuzov was buried on the altar on the north side of the church. In 1837, a stone statue of Kutuzov and Barclay de Tory was erected on the square in front of the church. Kazan Cathedral became a memorial hall for the Great Patriotic War of 1812-1814.

Since 1932, it has been established as the National Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism. This is the world's first museum with the purpose of explaining the history of religion and promoting atheism. The museum has more than 170,000 exhibits involving various religions that have existed in human history. Some of these objects of worship that reflect human primitive religious beliefs and objects of worship that reflect modern religious beliefs are unique in the world to date. In the "Oriental Religion" department, you can see exhibits of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as a wealth of superstitious supplies.

The most interesting one is the 1000 China folk New Year paintings collected by the Russian sinologist Alekseyev between 1906 and 1907. This is one of the best complete collections of China New Year paintings in the world. The library set up by the museum has the largest collection of religious history documents, atheism history and religious science research works in the former Soviet Union. It once served as a central institution to provide guidance to museums in other Union Republics.

Angarsk Watch Museum Angarsk is a small town in Siberia, Russia, about 50 kilometers away from Irkutsk and has a population of only more than 100,000. However, it is world-renowned for having a watch museum. Walking into the Angarsk Watch Museum and hearing the ticking of clocks, it was like entering the hall of a watch symphony concert. The museum displays more than 1500 watches and clocks unique in the world from the 17th century to the present. The most eye-catching ancient timepieces include date gauges, hourglasses and collards.

Here you can see the clock in the shape of a steam locomotive produced in France in the 18th century, and the pendulum clock made by the Russian watchmaker Bronnikov in the 19th century. The most peculiar thing about this pendulum clock is that all the components in the clock are made of wood and still travels accurately to this day. There are all kinds of clocks, wall clocks, pendulum clocks, chimes, pocket watches and watches displayed here, which is dizzying. In addition, these clocks have a variety of shapes, including palace type, tower type, gold-plated and silver-plated ones, and embedded gems. etc. In short, coming to this world of clocks will definitely make you miss going back and forth.

Through viewing, it is not difficult to see that the clocks from China, Japan, Switzerland, Poland, the Netherlands and Russia gathered here embody the efforts of generations of watchmakers, and their workmanship is amazing. When you see these displays, you will not only think: How much emotional investment these clocks have poured into and how much rich imagination the watchmaker has poured into. At the same time, you will also think of the owners who have used these clocks. Among the displays are the wall clock of the famous Russian writer Tolstoy, the clock of the famous Russian poet Lermontov, and the clock used by the Russian tsar and other dignitaries.