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Office of Yuri Gagarin in Zvezdny Gorodok. Preserved after his death. Visited by cosmonauts before a launch.

Comfortably within the grandeur of the VDNKH exhibition center, this restaurant's dishes have an updated take on Russian staples, all on an ambiance of a "romanticized and re imagined version of the USSR" (The Moscow Times).

This mid-high range restaurant invites patrons to enjoy the swanky ambiance a party boss or higher ranking bureaucrat enjoyed in the 60's-80's. One can dine on the ministerial tables, covered with green table cloth, of the "Conference Room", the path…

This private center has hosted exhibits on Soviet realism, Soviet avant-garde, Soviet photojournalism, and underground photography from the late Soviet era. However, the center does not focus on photography from a single time period, theme, or place;…

The Komsomol'skaia Metro Station opened in 1952 and located on the Koltsevaia (Circle) Line. It is considered the peak of High Stalinist metro design.

The decorative scheme of the station focuses on the military strength of the Russian people and…

Studencheskaia Metro Station opened in 1959 and is located on the Filiovskaia Line. It was one of the first stations built after the 1955 decree to “eradicate luxury in designing and building" and was also one of the first stations to be located…

On December 25, 2018, the Moscow Metro began to sell retired Soviet-era metro signs to the public. Most of the signs for sale are from the 1980s.

The price of the signs vary based on condition and historical value (whether the sign was taken from…

The Kurskaia Metro Station opened in 1950 and is located on the Koltsevaia (Circle) line. Its vestibule was originally decorated with a few lines from an old version of the Soviet national anthem: "Stalin brought us up to be loyal to the nation,…

The Park Pobedy, or Victory Park, Metro station opened in 2003, but construction of the station began in the late 1980s. The station is located on the Solntsevskaia and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaia lines. The station provides access to Poklonnaia Hill and…