Back to USSR: Soviet Moscow with a Private Guide

Itinerary
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Stop At: Lubyanka Square, Moscow 109012 Russia

Walk past monuments, memorials and museums from Lubyanka Square

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Solovetskiy Stone, Lubyanskaya Square, Moscow 101000 Russia

The Solovetsky Stone is a monument located in Lubyanka Square in Moscow, across from KGB headquarters. The monument consists of a large stone brought from the Solovetsky Islands, the location of Solovki prison camp, part of the Soviet Gulag system. The monument was erected in 1990 to honor victims of political suppression in the Soviet Union.



Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Lubyanka Building, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia, 107031

Lubyanka was originally built in 1898 as the headquarters of the All-Russia Insurance Company. It is a large Neo-Baroque building with a facade of yellow brick.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Revolution Square (Ploshchad Revolutsii), Ploschad Revolyutsii Close to Red Square, Moscow 109012 Russia

Revolution Square, the scene of hard-fought battles during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Feel the sense of history here, and learn about other chapters of the Soviet past, including Stalin’s Great Purges between 1934 and 1939, the KGB prisons, the tense stand-off of the Cold War and the Soviet Movement for Freedom.



Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Moscow State Duma, Revolutsii Sq., 2/3 Metro Okhotny riad, Moscow 109012 Russia

Learn about State Planning and famous 5-year plans

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Tverskaya Street (Ulitsa), Tverskaya ulitsa, Moscow Russia

Stroll along bustling Tverskaya Street, the city’s main thoroughfare where the buildings were MOVED towiden the roads, and see the Sluzhebny Vhod café and Eliseevsky Gastronum grocery store — both throwbacks to the days of communism.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh), Mira Ave., 119, Moscow 129223 Russia

VDNKh Soviet Park: enjoy walk through largest Soviet park in the words with fountains, marvel at 50 elaborate pavilions, each one dedicated to a former Soviet state, and the Cosmonaut Museum

Duration: 1 hour