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Moscow, Russia
6 places worth your time in Moscow, with what each is actually like and when to go.
The fortified centre of Russian power, with St Basil's at one end and Lenin's mausoleum along the wall.
Nine chapels under painted onion domes, built for Ivan the Terrible in 1561.
Marble, mosaics and chandeliers — Komsomolskaya, Mayakovskaya and Novoslobodskaya especially.
The definitive collection of Russian art, from icons to the Wanderers.
A redeveloped park with a sculpture garden of removed Soviet monuments.
A UNESCO-listed convent, with Chekhov, Gogol and Shostakovich buried alongside.
