This colorful, onion-domed church built between 1555 and 1560 stands in Red Square. Ivan the Terrible commissioned it, but contrary to popular myth, did not order the architect to be blinded afterward.
The mummified body of the Communist leader has rested in Red Square since his death in 1924. Chemists treat the corpse twice a week to keep it preserved.
Kolomenskoe was a royal retreat for Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great. Its grounds contain ancient oak trees, a wooden palace, the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan and the Church of the Ascension. It is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Historically, Russians went to bathhouses to wash themselves and today they go for dermatological and circulatory benefits. Bathers alternate from cold water pools to steam rooms where they whip themselves with birch twigs.
Muscovites have been enjoying Gorky Park since 1928. It includes roller coasters, cafes, a German beer hall and the Buryan spacecraft.
