Russia

Moscow is a multinational city, where people of different cultures and confessions have coexisted peacefully at all times.

The city treasures the heritage of the past, being also a modern metropolis, a large international business and financial centre.

Moscow offers a variety of options for children and educational tourism.Guests of Moscow have all opportunities not only to have fun, but also to learn many useful and fascinating things.

• More than 290 museums and exhibition halls at your disposal,

• 116 parks,

• 118 special protected natural reservations,

• 64 landmarks of palatial and landscape architecture,2 botanic gardens and a zoo.

World famous sites: Red Square, GUM Department Store, Kremlin, Armoury Chamber, Moscow Metro, OkhotnyRyad Shopping Centre, Bolshoi Theater, Ostankino TV Tower, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Arbat, Tretyakov Art Gallery and Novodevichy Convent.

Moscow is changing all the time. Bolshoi Theater and Moscow Planetarium are reopened after renovation. The Palace of the Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich in Kolomenskoye has been restored; the residence of Russian Ded Moroz, Santa Claus in Kuzminki offers meeting with a fairy tale throughout the year;the Cold War Museum located at 65 m below ground surfacehas been opened.