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Yaropolets, Russia

The Church of Our Lady of Kazan

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.
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Moscow, Russia

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

This massive monument honors the first human in space.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

John Lennon Street

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.
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Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Novaya Zemlya

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.
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Moscow, Russia

'Compassion'

A monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.
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Russia

Davsha

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.
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Volgograd, Russia

'The Motherland Calls'

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.
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Russia

Whale Bone Alley

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.
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Yekaterinburg, Russia

Keyboard Monument

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Chizhik Pyzhik

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
Verkhoyanskiy ulus, Russia

The Batagaika Crater

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.
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Ulan-Ude, Russia

Ulan-Ude Ethnographic Museum

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.
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Russia

Ganina Yama

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.
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Volgograd, Russia

Pavlov's House

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.
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Ulan-Ude, Russia

Giant Lenin Head of Ulan-Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
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Moscow, Russia

Museum of the Moscow Railway

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.
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Korolyov, Russia

RKK Energiya Museum

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.
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Moscow, Russia

Peter the Great Statue

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
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Moscow, Russia

Moscow State University

Gargantuan home of Russian science.
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Solovetskiy, Russia

Solovki

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.
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Moscow, Russia

Gorki Leninskiye

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.
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Moscow, Russia

Independent Republic of California Embassy in Moscow

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.
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Tambov, Russia

Museum of Sin

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.
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