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Gargantuan home of Russian science.

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

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

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

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.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

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

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

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

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

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

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Back in the tiny USSR.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

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

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.