Ok having figured put that the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art is three museums (see previous post for details) I moved next door from the main building at number 12 Volkhonka St to number 10 which houses a fabulous selection of American and European art from the 19th and 20th century. Frankly I was in my element in this museum, being as I am a big fan of the... 
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art is actually three museums, which was a bit confusing so I will try and explain this as easily as I can to avoid confusion. Firstly there is the main building at 12 Volkhonka street (details to follow below). Next door and to the left at number 14 is the second Musuem which is dedicated predominantly to 18th and 19th century American and... 
Believe it or not I managed to go my whole childhood without going to the circus. It was time to put that right and what better place than the Moscow State Circus. Situated on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, this is one of the oldest circus’s in the world. The circus was established in 1880 by Albert Salamonski, who was himself a gymnast and a horse rider. He was instrumental... 
The Holocaust Memorial statue situated in Victory Park to the right of the excellent museum dedicated to the Second World War, speaks for itself. It is probably one of the most poignant statues I have seen. The statue depicts naked Jews falling as if into an abyss. Surrounding the monument are various objects depicting the daily lives of the victims which was of course... 
The Holocaust Memorial Synagogue is a simple but poignant building situated on Poklonnay Hill in the same complex as the excellent War Museum dedicated to the Second World War known as Victory Park (more about that in another post)
The synagogue is also a museum portraying Jewish life in Russia and how it was affected during the Holocaust. Unfortunately the Synagogue... 
The Choral Synagogue is and was the largest place of worship for not only Moscow’s Jewish community but for what was once the former Soviet Union. Situated at 10, Bolshoy Spasogolinischevsky Lane, close to Kitai Gorod Metro station in the Zaryadye district of Moscow. Curiously enough the Moscow authorities banned the building of the synagogue within Kitai Gorod... 
The chances are if you visited St. Basils Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square you would not have paid much attention to the statue outside, written as it is only in Russian, but it is worth a mention in its own right. The statue dates to 1818 and represents Kuzma Minin, a butcher and his more illustrious counterpart Prince Pozharsky. These two brave men were...  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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