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Moscow seems to have been founded by Yury Dolgoruky, Prince of Suzdal, who is recorded as giving a feasts here around the years of 1147.

In the first half of the XIII century Moscow was sacked and robbed along with the rest of the Vladimir-Suzdal heritage by Tatars warriors led by Batu, Genghis Khan's grandson.

Prince Ivan III The Great brought some architects from Italy to build the Kremlin and some other nearby buildings somewhere in the XV century.

My trip to Moscow just let me astonished by its beauty and by its chaotic way of life which would be impossible for me to live in such a city of course, but never the less, I enjoy each moment in this special city which now stands on my TOP 10 of most interesting cities I ahve ever been to.

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Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

This is an amazing museum that I enjoyed very much to visit. Many of its collections are amazing and you can see great sculptors as great painters from all different times in art history. Great Van Goghs and great Matisses along with Picassos can be seen.
By the time I visited it there was this video from Bill Viola taken place and also this huge exhibit called "RUSSIA vs ITALY", given a short view of Italy art scene in the Renaissance period. So a few Leonardos could be seen.

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Red Square Moscow

The Kremlin and its surrounds were settled back in the XI century. Its amazing walls and inside buildings are enourmous and with its opponence mark your mind for a long time after you actually visited the city.
Right aside the Kremlin walls you have the well known Red Square and the also famous Pokrovsky Cathedral that you can see on the picture.

  • Last visit to Moscow: Feb 2005
  • Intro Updated Mar 13, 2005
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