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Discover 29 unusual museums in Russia.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia
F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum
An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.
Moscow, Russia
Izmailovo Kremlin
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Suzdal', Russia
Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life
300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.
Klin, Russia
Tchaikovsky State House Museum
The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."
Ulan-Ude, Russia
Ulan-Ude Ethnographic Museum
A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.
Listvyanka, Russia
Museum Retro Park
A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.
Kazan, Russia
Soviet Lifestyle Museum
This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.
Moscow, Russia
Bunker-42
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
Moscow, Russia
Museum of the Moscow Railway
This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Museum of Hygiene
This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian Vodka Museum
The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.
Tula, Russia
Tula Museum of Samovars
A Russian museum dedicated to the household staple, the samovar.
Moscow, Russia
A.N. Scriabin Memorial Museum
A museum dedicated to controversial Russian pianist Alexander Scriabin.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
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