Moscow/Central-North

Metro Stations

• NordNordWest
  Chistye Prudy (Чистые Пруды)
• NordNordWest
  Lubyanka(Лубянка)
• NordNordWest
  Krasniye Vorota (Красные Ворота)
• NordNordWest
  Suharevskaya (Сухаревская),
• NordNordWest
  Turgenev (Тургеневская),
• NordNordWest
  Kitay-gorod (Китай-Город)
• NordNordWest
  Kitay-gorod (Китай-Город)
• NordNordWest
  Kuznetskiy (Кузнецкий Мост)
• NordNordWest
  Pushkinskaya (Пушкинская)
• NordNordWest
  Chekhovskaya (Чеховская)
• NordNordWest
  Tsvetnoi Bulvar (Цветной Бульвар)
• NordNordWest
  Sretensky Boulevard (Сретенский Бульвар)
• NordNordWest
  Trubnaya (Трубная)

Churches

• Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Shubino

  address: Pereulok Stoleshnikov, 2
  1657. Russian Orthodox

• Church of Saint Nicholas in Zvonary

  address: ulitsa Rozhdestvenka, 15/8
  1781 Russian Orthodox

• Church of Saint Nicholas in Derbenevo

  address: Ulanskiy pereulok, 11
  1715. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh in Krapivniki

  address: Tverskoy district, Krapivenskiy pereulok, 4
  1678 Russian Orthodox

• Church of Saint Louis of France

  address: Ulitsa Malaya Lubyanka, 12/7
  1835 Roman Catholic

• Katholikon of the Sretensky Monastery

  address: ulitsa Bolshaya Lubyanka, 19
  1679. Russian Orthodox

• Church of Sophia, Wisdom of God, at the Cannon Yard

  address: Meshchansky district,Pushechnaya ulitsa, 15
  1650. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Putinki

  address: Uspensky Lane 4
  1676. Russian Orthodox

• Nativity Church at Putinki

  address: Malaya Dimitrovka (ул. Малая Дмитровка), 4?
  1652. The Church's facades are decorated with pointed kokoshniks, column-type, keel-shaped platbands, and complex broken cornices typical of the 17th century. It consists of six exquisite tented roofs arranged in a highly unusual composition, three of them candle-like tents, placed in a row, crown the church, while its refectory is surmounted by several rows of corbel arches and the fourth tent. The fifth tent is a belltower placed between the church and refectory. The porch also terminates in a pyramidal roof.

• Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Petschatniki

  address: Ulitsa Sretenka, 3
  1695. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Theotokos icon of the Sign behind the Petrovka Gate

  address: 1-y Kolobovskiy pereulok, 1
  1679? Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Holy Trinity in Listy

  address: Ulitsa Sretenka, 27
  1661. Russian Orthodox

• Nativity Convent

  phone: +7 495 621-3986
  address: Ulitsa Rozhdestvenka (ул. Рождественка), 20
  One of the oldest nunneries in Moscow. Founded in 1386, probably by Maria of Rostov, mother of Prince Vladimir the Bold. The small katholikon was erected in the last years of Ivan III's reign. This is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Moscow, outside the Kremlin walls. The burial vault of the Lobanov-Rostovsky princely family dates from the 1670s. The divine service was resumed in 1992.

• Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery

  address: ulitsa Rozhdestvenka, 20/8
  1505. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Theotokos icon of Kazan at the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery

  address: Ulitsa Rozhdestvenka, 20/8
  1906. Russian Orthodox

• Church of Saint John Chrysostom at the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery

  address: Meshchansky district, Ulitsa Rozhdestvenka, 20/8
  1687. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Theotokos icon of Tolga at the former High Monastery of Saint Peter

  address: Ulitsa Petrovka, 28
  1750. Russian Orthodox

• Cathedral of the Protection of the Theotokos at the former High Monastery of Saint Peter

  address: Ulitsa Petrovka, 28
  1696. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Theotokos icon of Bogolyubovo at the former High Monastery of Saint Peter

  address: Ulitsa Petrovka, 28?
  1684. Russian Orthodox

• Church of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh at the former High Monastery of Saint Peter

  address: Tverskoy district, ulitsa Petrovka, 28
  1702. Russian Orthodox

• Cathedral of the Metropolitan Peter of Moscow at the former High Monastery of Saint Peter

  address: Tverskoy district, Ulitsa Petrovka, 28/2
  1517. Russian Orthodox

Museums

• State Museum of GULAG History

  phone: +7 495 621-7310
  address: ul Petrovka (ул. Петровка), 16
  Relatively small museum of GULAG history. Current exhibit though provides a fascinating look into censorship under Soviet times numerous and sometimes-famous doctored photographs are shown side-by-side with the un-doctored originals.

• Moscow Museum of Modern Art

  phone: +7 495 231-3660
  address: Tverskaya distr., Petrovka Street, 25
  Other units: Ermolaevskiy Lane, 17 (M: Mayakovskaya); Tverskoy Boulevard, 9 (M: Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya); Gogolevskiy Boulevard 10 (M: Kropotkinskaya). - The Petrovka unit is in the former Gubin’s mansion, an imposing monument of the 18th century neoclassical movement. - The highlights include objects and sculpture by Armand, the “Sun Disk” by the famous Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, the installation “CIS Ant Farm” by the Japanese conceptualist Yukinory Yanagi. The masters such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and Rufino Tamayo, are represented by their lithographs. Famous about the collection of Russian avant-garde art.

Monuments

• Lubyanka, the KGB prison

  address: Lubyanka Square
  The Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the KGB and affiliated prison on Lubyanka Square. It is a large Neo-Baroque building with a facade of yellow brick designed by Alexander V. Ivanov in 1897 and augmented by Aleksey Shchusev from 1940 to 1947. Today headquarters of the Border Guard Service of Russia, and houses the Lubyanka prison and one directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). In addition a museum of the KGB (now called Историко-демонстрационный зал ФСБ России, Historical-demonstration hall of the Russian FSB) was opened.

• Vasnetsova House-Museum

  address: Meshchansky District,

• Schepkina House-Museum

  phone: +7 495 688-5853
  address: Meshchansky District, Ul. Schepkina (Щепкина ул.), 47

• Catherine's Institute

  address: Meshchansky District,
  present-day House of Culture of Russian Army

• Mariinsky Hospital

  address: Meshchansky District, Dostoyevsky Street 2
  Birthplace of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and 1918 monument to Dostoyevsky

• Alexander's Institute

  address: Dostoyevsky Street 4
  Also a public hospital

• Tsentrosoyuz Building

  address: Myasnitskaya Street, 39
  A government complex, constructed in 1933 by Le Corbusier and Nikolai Kolli. Centrosoyuz refers to a Soviet bureaucracy, the Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives. The building included office space for 3,500 personnel, as well as a restaurant, lecture halls, a theater, and other facilities. Now it is the home of Goskomstat, the Russian State Committee for Statistics. - The project applied on larger scale Le Corbusier’s architectural principles: pilotis, curtain-wall façade, free floor plan, ribbon windows and flat roof. The glass façade was intended to include an innovative heating and ventilation system. A fine piece of Constructivist architecture.
• Monument to Alexander Pushkin Памятник А.С. Пушкину, Tverskoy District
• Yury Dolgoruky Monument Памятник Юрию Долгорукому, Tverskoy District
• Monument to Cyril and Methodius " Памятник Кириллу и Мефодию», Tverskoy District

Fountains

• Pushkin Square Fountain

  address: Pushkin Square, Пушкинская площадь
  - 1950. Popular meeting place

• Tsentralny, Central, former Soviet Fountain

  address: Tverskaya Square (Тверская площадь),
  Fountain "Sovetsky" - 1939.

Theaters

• Bolshoi Theatre

  phone: +7 495 455-5555
  address: Tverskoy District, Teatralnaya Square 1
  The grand theatre in the center of the city. Includes ballet, opera, and classical music performances. Tickets usually sell out well in advance. You do not need to dress up to attend.

• Nikulin Circus

  phone: +7 495 625-8970
  address: Tsvetnoi Bulevard, 11-13
  Opened on 20 October 1880 as the Salamonsky Circus. There is a statue of Nikulin in front of the circus building.

• Novaia Opera

  phone: +7 495 694-0868
  address: Ulitsa Karetnyy Ryad, 3

• Lenkom Theatre former Moscow State Theatre named after Lenin's Komsomol.

  address: Ulitsa Malaya Dmitrovka (ул. Малая Дмитровка), 6
  It was built in 1907 to house a Merchant's Club, and was home to many theatrical and musical performances. Over its 80-year career, Lenkom has been a forerunner of new, fresh and exprimental theatre.
• Theatre "Lenk" Театр «Ленком» , Tverskoy District
• Theater "Russian" Театр «Россия», Tverskoy District

Parks, gardens

• Ekaterininsky Park

  address: Meshchansky District,

• Public garden at Riga station

  address: Meshchansky District,

• Festivalny park

  address: Meshchansky District,

• Aptekarsky Ogorod Botanical Garden, Moscow State University

  address: Meshchansky District,

• Moscow Hermitage Garden

  phone: +7 495 699-0849, +7 495 699-0432
  address: Tverskoy District, Karetny Ryad Street (Каретный Ряд), 3
  It is known for its cultural attractions and adjacent theatres. Regular events include opera, ballet and concerts. The Novaya Opera, Hermitage and Sphera theatres are located in the Hermitage Garden. Since 1998, in summer the Garden is a traditional venue for the Moscow International Outdoor Jazz Festival – “Jazz at the Hermitage Garden”

• Detskiy Mir – Children's WorldHas lots of toys but other stores selling books, DVDs, and Peruvian souvenirs. Again, even if you do not buy anything, its worth going to explore this building. Now this building is subject to be closed for "renovation", which will probably kill the remnants of architectural and historical attraction of this building, equalling it to regular malls like Evropeiskiy or MEGA. Nevertheless, "Detskiy Mir" extended its network to almost Soviet-era scales, having outlets of different size (but vast choice of children's goods anyway) in many malls in Moscow and other major cities of Russia.

Malls

• Moscow TSUM

  phone: +7 495 933-7300
  address: Ul.Petrovka (ул. Петровка),2
  Built in 1857 by "Muir & Mirrielees" - a trading company founded by Scottish entrepreneurs. The building was itself a landmark - designed by the famous architect Roman Klein, it was the first store in Moscow with elevators. Today, the store sells more than 400 world brands of anything from apparel to perfume.

• Petrovsky Passage department store

  address: Petrovka Street
  Built in 1906. The engineer Vladimir Shukhov, also responsible for the GUM and the Shabolovka tower, designed a covered arcade with two wide three-storey galleries covered with high-pitched semi-cylindrical glass vaulting. The second storeys of opposite galleries are connected by exquisitely designed ferroconcrete catwalks.

• Piccolino

  phone: +7 495 799-82-92
  address: 1-Y Kolobovskiy Pereulok 11
  Casual Italian restaurant with cosy familial surroundings.

• Uzbekistan

  phone: +7 495 623-05-85
  address: Tverskaya, Neglinnaya St 29
  Beautifully-decorated Uzbek restaurant, English spoken.

• LavkaLavka

  phone: +7 903 115-50-33
  address: Petrovka Street, 21
  Modern twist on traditional Russian cuisine with a 'farm to table' philosophy.

• Cafe Didu

  phone: +7 495 624-13-20
  address: Myasnitskaya 24
  A large bar with furniture and artwork, including a portrait of Vladimir Putin, made out of clay.

• Jaws Spot

  phone: +7 985 339-27-57
  address: Nikolskaya 25
  A craft beer bar overlooking the former KGB headquarters.

Budget

• Godzillas Hostel Moscow

  phone: +7 495 699-4223
  address: Bolshoi Karetnyy 6
  One of the oldest and most popular hostels in Moscow, in the quiet area close to the Circus, Museum of Modern art and Petrovsky monastery. Newly renovated. Dormitory rooms as well as private rooms are available.

• Suharevka Hostel & Hostel

  phone: +7 910 420-3446
  address: Bolshaya Suharevskaya Ploshad 16/18

Mid-range

• Boulevard (Bulvar)

  phone: +7 495 699-1074
  address: Tsvetnoy Bulvar, 25
  All rooms have air-conditioner, a plasma TV with cable, a telephone, and private toilet and shower. Some of its amenities include dry cleaning/laundry and massage service.

• Courtyard Moscow City Center

  phone: +7 495 699-1074
  address: Voznesenskiy per., 7
  Can be noisy during conferences.

• Petrovka Loft

  phone: +7 495 626-2210
  address: Petrovka 17/2, 41
  Luxury budget hotel.

• Ulanskaya

  phone: +7 495 632-9695
  address: Ulanskiy pereulok (Уланский переулок) 16, bld.1A
  Rooms have LCD TV with local and international channels. Includes restaurant and bar, and room service.
• Hotel "Moscow" Гостиница «Москва», Tverskoy District

• Beeline salon

  address: Bulvar Strastnoy (Страстной бульвар), 4