Moscow night tour BY CAR (3 hours)

Petrovka Street

• St. Peter᾿s Street, it has sumptuous buildings

• Where was the first traffic light installed in Moscow?

• Where is the museum of GULAG?

• Where did people buy the best French wine in Petrovka at the beginning of the 20^th century?

Neglinnaya Street

• This street keeps an atmosphere of old Moscow.

• Where did Russian writer Anton Chejov live from May to November of 1902?

• Where were the old sumptuous baths opened in the XIXth century and where are they located until today?

  Sretenka Street

    Famous by it᾿s Monastery

• What is the meaning of the word “Sretenka”?

• Why does this district have many side-streets?

• What was the kind of people who lived in this district in the XIXth century?

Garden Ring and a palace of Sheremetev

•  Where and when was constructed the fourth fortificational wall?

• Who were the Sheremetev family?

The Square of three Railway stations

• Trans Siberian train departs from this place, 10 thousand kilometers to Vladivostok  (to the Pacific Ocean), one week trip.

•  Where was  the first railway road constructed?

• What was the most visited department store in Soviet time?

Sakharov avenue

• Andrei Sakharov – the inventor of the first hydrogen bomb

• Why did this avenue become famous worldwide in 2012?

Miasnitskaya Street

• Meat Streat and tea-house of Perlov in Chinesse style (XIXth century)

• Why was this street the main one in the epoch of Peter the Great (Peter I)?

• How was the tipical look of a traditional Russian manor?

• How was the illumination of the streets in the epoch of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin?

Kitay-Gorodskaya Redbrick wall

• Second fortification wall after Kremlin᾿s one

• What do the words “Kitai-Gorodskaya” mean?

• What did this fortress protect?

Kremlin᾿s embankment

• It is under special protection of the government

• Which was the first embankment illuminated with electric lamps?

• How was the illumination before the electric lamps came in use?

• It is possible to see this panorama in the post cards that are sold in all Moscow souvenir shops.

The Monument to Peter the Great

• Hight – 98 meters

• Why did the Georgian sculptor Zurab Tseritelli become so popular in Moscow?

• Why do moscovites call this statue Peter Columbus or Cristopher Romanov?

• Why is this monument so huge?

 Building of Russian Academy of Science

• Unique in it᾿s architecture

• It represents the searching of new ideas in architecture

• Which Russian scientist was granted a Nobel Prize in 2002?

• Why do muscovites call this building “a golden brain” or a “bottle of perfume”?

Moscow State University

• One of the best buildings representing Stalinist style

• Why do people live in the main building of the University?

• Where is the biggest watсh of the world located?

• What world famose scientists were professors of this University?

Victory Park

• The center of the park is a huge stella of 141m 18 sentimeters – each 10 centimeters symbolize one day of the World War Two.

• Where did Napoleon Bonaparte wait for the keys of Moscow?

• What is the connection between this park and Bill Clinton and Felipe Gonzalez?

• Why are many temples of different confesions (musulman mosque, catholic chapel, orthodox church and sinagoga) located in this park?

Kutuzov Avenue

• What was the role of Marshal Kutuzov in Russian history?

• Why does specially this road bear the name of Kutuzov?

• Where was the main battle against Napoleon in 1812?

Triumphal Arch

• Erected after the victory over Napoleon in 1812

• What is the meaning of figures between the columns of the Triumphal Arch?

• Why was this Triumphal Arch firstly erected in the center of Moscow and why was it dismantled and moved to Kutuzov avenue?

Business district “Moscow-city”

• How many buildings are Moscow government going to erect on this site nowadays?

• How many storied are these buildings?

• Which tower did spider man climb?

White House

• The Government House of Russian Federation

• Why was the White House bombed in 1993?

• Who works at White House?

• How does prime minister come to White House?

New Arbat Street

• Looks like Las Vegas when night time

• What does the word “Arbat” mean?

• Where was the first advertisement located in Moscow and what did it show?

• Why is famous the restaurant “Prague”?