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Khamovniki and Gorky Park
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Novodevichy, Gorky Park, Garage and the New Tretyakov.
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Khamovniki & Gorky Park: Our Favourites
Novodevichy, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Gorky Park, Garage and the New Tretyakov.
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What to see and do
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Gold domes on the river
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
The gold-domed cathedral on the Moskva, rebuilt in the 1990s, with the Patriarshy footbridge in front.
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UNESCO World Heritage
Novodevichy Convent
The walled 16th-century convent by a lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its cemetery alongside.
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20th-century Russian art
New Tretyakov Gallery
The Tretyakov’s 20th-century collection on Krymsky Val, from the avant-garde to the present.
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In Gorky Park
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The contemporary art museum in Gorky Park, in a 1960s pavilion remade by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA.
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On the Moskva
Gorky Park
The great park on the Moskva, with its embankment, Garage and, in winter, a huge rink.
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