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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Moscow

47 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Moscow, Russia

Updated March 9, 2022

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Bunker-42

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

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Izmailovo Kremlin

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

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Lenin's Mausoleum

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

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Children are the Victims of Adult Vices

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

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Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

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Laika Monument

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Moscow, Russia

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
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Stories About Moscow

The Society Editor Who Just Walked Into Soviet Russia and Started Spying

Marguerite Harrison was the United States’ first female foreign intelligence officer.
by April White
March 9, 2022

The U.S.S.R.'s Hottest Collectibles Are All Over eBay and Instagram

“Here was a piece of history that you could pin to your lapel."
by Susie Armitage
April 14, 2020

How Soviet Science Magazines Fantasized About Life in Outer Space

The Iron Curtain went to infinity and beyond.
by Winnie Lee
March 13, 2020

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

The same machine that popularized "The Oregon Trail" was secretly imported just a few years before the USSR collapsed.
by Yuri Litvinenko
October 7, 2019

Why Russians Are Lining Up for Soviet-Style Canteens

They haven’t lost their taste for Cold War-era comfort food.
by Susie Armitage
February 7, 2019

Found: A Pickpocket's Coin, Used for Ill-Gotten Gains

In 18th-century Russia, a two-kopeck coin could be worth much more than face value.
by Natasha Frost
May 18, 2018

A Moscow University Has Erected a Monument to Peer Review

Rejection is just one possible outcome.
by Eric Grundhauser
May 26, 2017

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