Places yaz999 Wants to Go

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

The composer did some of his finest work in this country home, including "The Nutcracker."

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

An art museum inside an active factory.

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.

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

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

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

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

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

Stalin's secret bunker.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

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

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

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