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A solemn, monumental, kitschy palace of worship honoring victory in the Great Patriotic War.

For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

A monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

The world's first museum dedicated to the work of game-changing naturalist Charles Darwin.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.