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A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

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

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

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

Stalin's secret bunker.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

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

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

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

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

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

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

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