Mossovet

Mossovet (Moscow City Hall). The former Moscow Governor-General's palace, built in 1780 and rebuilt in 1939. At left is the Statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, the founder of Moscow. Tverskaya Square. "Also to the left is the Palace of the Governor General (Дом Генерал-губернатора). Opposite, in the small Tverskaya Square, is an equestrian statue of General M. D. Skobelev (d. 1882), by Saimonov (1912)".--Baedeker 1914. EE1975089p1

Moscow

July 24th 1975
An Aeroflot flight brought us from Leningrad to Moscow. We stayed at an Intourist hotel. Sightseeing in Moscow focused on Red Square and the Kremlin. I'd always waned to see St. Basil's Cathedral since reading about it in a vintage National Geographic magazine. There was also a visit to the famous GUM (Gosudarstvennyi Universalnyy Magazin) store off Red Square. GUM was described in the West ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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