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Former headquarters of the KGB.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

The tallest hotel in Europe.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

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

An early-20th-century "dacha" village of quaint cottages curiously located in a modern part of Moscow.

Replica of mosque destroyed by Russia in the 16th century.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

Unusual, mushroom-like rock formations caused by weathering and water erosion, set to disappear, according to geologists.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

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

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

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

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

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.