Moscow Insight City Guide

Contents. Introduction: The Best of Moscow; A Capital Reborn. History: City of Tumult; The New Land of the Free; Decisive Dates. Essay Features: The Muscovites; At the Russian Table; Literature and the Imagination; Fairy Tales and Magic; Moscow on Stage; Unravelling the Russian Orthodox Church; Architecture. Places: Introduction; The Kremlin; Red Square and Kitai-gorod; Theatre and Manege squares; Classic Art and Old Arbat; New Arbat and the West; Tverskaya and the Northwest; Lubyanka and the North; Ivanoskaya Hill to Taganka; Beyond the River; Parks and Palaces; Day Trips from Moscow. Photo Features: Revolutionary to Romantic; the Art of Propaganda; Boom Time for the City Builders; Palaces beneath the Streets; At home with the Counts Sheremetev. Information Panels: The Russian Federation; The Bathhouse. Travel Tips: Transport; Accommodation; Activities; The Arts; Cinema; Festivals; Nightlife; Shopping; Sport; Other Activities. A-Z: Practical Information: Budgeting for your Trip; Children; Climate; Customs; Disabled Travellers; Embassies; Emergencies; Gay Travellers; Money; Tour Companies; Tourist Information; Visas; Websites; Women Travellers. Language. Further Reading. Maps: Map Legend; Street Atlas; Moscow map-finder The Kremlin; Central Moscow; Art and Old Arbat; Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts; Moscow River and Sparrow Hills; New Arbat and the West; Kutuzovsky Prospekt; Tverskaya and the Northwest; Lubyanka and the North; Ivanoskaya Hill to Taganskyaa; Beyond the River; Tretyakov Gallery; Parks and Palaces; Day Trips; Map Legend; Moscow Metro.