Holy Basil Cathedral Red Square in Moscow © Evgeniy Parilov | Dreamstime.com
The Location - Russian Federation and Moscow
Russia is the largest country in the world, spanning 11 time zones and 2 continents. The country resonates with thousands of years of history and culture, while offering prime nature destinations of rivers, forests and towering mountains.
Hermitage Museum on the Palace Square, St. Petersburg © Larisa Shpineva | Dreamstime
Major attractions of the Russian Federation include:
The Red Square, probably the most recognizable symbol of Russia in the world, the glorious Red Square is located in Moscow and UNESCO listed as World Heritage, it accepts thousands of tourists each year.
The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin is considered to be a symbol of the Russian statehood. The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site incorporates the Armoury Chamber and the architectural ensemble of the Cathedral Square, consisting of the Assumption, Archangel and Annunciation cathedrals, the Church of Laying Our Lady's Holy Robe, the Patriarch's Palace with the Twelve Apostles' Church and the 'Ivan the Great' Bell Tower complex, as well as the exhibition halls in the Assumption Belfry and in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch’s Palace.
The State Hermitage located in St-Petersburg is one of the largest of art and historical museums in the world, the Federal State Institution of Culture. The collection of the State Hermitage Museum numbers about three million works of art and monuments of world culture.
Moscow Kremlin © Natalia Volkova | Dreamstime.com
About Moscow
As it is stated in ancient chronicles, in 1147 Prince Yury Dolgoruky invited his relative, Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich, to see him in Moscow which at that time was a small castle lost in the boundless Russian forest. Thus the history of the biggest political, economic, cultural and scientific center of Russia began.
In the 12th century Moscow turned into a fortress, by the 13th century it was already a town and in the 15th century Moscow became the capital of the Russian State. Today Moscow with its history, architectural masterpieces and innumerable art treasures has found itself in a whirlpool of global currents determining the world development. People from all over the world come to witness Moscow splendors and to fall for the charm the capital of the largest empire on earth certainly possesses.
