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Moscow Sightseeing
There are a few must-sees that should be on even the shortest of tours to Moscow and St. Petersburg: Kremlin and Red Square, Arbat, Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery, The Hermitage, St. Isaacs, Peter & Paul Fortress, and the summer palaces (Peterhof and/or Pushkin and Pavlovsk). Of course at least one performance, probably ballet or opera, should be included. With these essentials, you've realistically scheduled a good portion of six days to see both cities. Let us briefly extend on some of them.
Kremlin the small city in the center of Moscow, once the residence of Czars and Patriarchs, contains Russia's main cathedral, the Assumption Cathedral. The Armory collection of gold, silver and jewelry, Faberge eggs, carriages and Czarist thrones are reason enough to visit Moscow.
Hermitage Museum - one of the major museums in the world. Its collection consists of nearly three million art treasures. Exhibits are displayed in the world famous Winter palace as well as the Small, Old and New Hermitages.
Petrodvorets (Petergoph) - one of the major palace-and-park complexes in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. This magnificent architectural ensemble overlooking the Gulf of Finland is known for its stately parks with marble statues, numerous palaces and pavilions, beautiful fountains, marvelous man-made lakes and gorgeous interiors of the Great Palace.
Of course you should also include in your program sightseeing tour round the most beautiful places of Moscow - main streets, squares and places of interest: the Tverskaya street the most animated and saucy, the former headquarters of the KGB, the Bolshoy Theatre, Russian White House, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Red Square, the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed and other major city sights.
Panoramic city tour in St-Petersburg usually includes all major city highlights - visit to Peter & Paul Fortress - the first building of the city, the burial place of all Russian Emperors and St. Isaacs Cathedral -the forth highest cathedral in the world with breathtaking design.
• History: Siege of Leningrad (Museum and Piskarovskoe cemetery), Aurora, Yusupov Palace, History Museum (Moscow), Museum of Contemporary History (Moscow).
• Art: Hermitage, Russian Museum, Pushkin Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, Mayakovsky Museum (a very interesting artistic statement in and of itself!), Museum of Decorative and Fine Arts, Abramtsevo (artist colony), and more. Architecture easily added to such a tour as most museums are themselves historical/architural monuments.
• Theater: Numerous performances (better to schedule trip earlier than later in the summer); Puppetry (including museum); Theater Museum (St. Petersburg or Moscow).
• Music and Music History: Concerts – from folk groups to classical conservatories to bard halls to clubs; Composer and musician house-museums and monuments.
• Literature: Author-specific tours (Dostoevsky’s St. Petersburg, for example); Yasnaya Polyana (Tolstoy); Peredelkino (Pasternak); Multitude of other house-museums.
• Business and Politics: Visits to NGOs, meetings with politicians and businesspeople, the Duma, Chambers of Commerce, Embassy briefings.
• Science (environmental, space): Star City (cosmonaut training center – outside of Moscow), Hydro-electric dam, Limnological Museum, Minerological Museum, Ice-Breaker Museum (all in Irkutsk/Lake Baikal area)
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