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The Shukhov Radio Tower started broadcasting the first regular TV programs in the USSR in 1937. A year later the Moscow TV Center moved into the building. After the much bigger Ostankino Tower was built, “Shabolovka” stopped being used as TV tower and is now a mere tourist attraction.
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy...Buildings The Moscow Circus, located on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, was Moscow’s only circus between 1926 and 1971. Today, it still remains the city’s most popular....
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy...Events The building was opened on October 20, 1880, consructed for the Albert Salamonsky Circus. They say that Salamonsky put the first ruble earned by the...
Kolomenskoye, Church of the...Buildings Kolomenskoye, a former royal estate that is located along an ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna (hence the name), is situated several miles...
Red Square, daySites Red Square (“Krasnaya ploshchad”) is the most famous square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most famous in the world. The square separates the...
The Cathedral of Christ the...Buildings The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (or Khram Khrista Spasitelya) is an impossible-to-miss structure on the banks of the Moskva River, just a few...
Athos Metochion, sacred...Buildings The monastery of St .Panteleymon of Athos, which dates back to the late 15th century, is located in the historical center of Moscow. The complex was...