Moscow's metro stations are famous for their cultural value apart from sheer functionality. You’ll visit the best Moscow Metro stations of the soviet period that were designed and built in 1934-1960 by the outstanding architects and engineers and you’ll have a possibility to compare different architectural styles and the beauty of the underground.
The metro tour takes from 30 to 50 minutes.
The State Tretyakov Art Gallery is one of the largest art galleries in Russia that is famous for mostly classical Russian art – old Russian paintings including icons, sculptures, minor and applied arts, Russian graphic. Once the collection was private and belonged to a great connoisseur of Russian art, Paul Tretyakov who left his collection to the city of Moscow when there was no more space to the paintings in his house.
You’ll see the masterpieces by Vasnetsov, Repin, Ivanov, Serov, Brulov together with the pre-Mongolian icons and the world famous “Trinity” by A.Rublev in the main building of the gallery which is a masterpiece in a Russian authentic architectural style itself. You’ll be impressed by the uniqueness of the Russian art.
Meeting point: Marshal Zhukov monument (Manege Sq, Moscow, 109012)
The guide with "excursions.city" sign
Duration: 3 hours
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