River Cruise
"Buran" is probably the most genuinely Russian attraction at the Gorky Park. It is a full-size imitation of the famous Soviet space shuttle Buran. Inside, you can imagine being an astronaut as the illusion of weightlessness is created. The Buran shut...
This photo I took at the Northern River Station, the main passenger port in Moscow. This is the typical motor ships, which provide river cruises for tourists over the Great Russian rivers....
This picture of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior I made during a river cruise on the Moscow-River. It was cloudy weather, but the Cathedral looks impressive anytime as symbol of our Orthodox religion. The enormous gleaming golden dome and gigantic...
Situated south of central Moscow, and popularized by Martin Cruz Smith's cold war novel of the same name, Gorky Park stretches three kilometres along the Moscow-River....
There are over a hundred bridges in the Russian capital, but few are more famous than the Krymsky Bridge. It leads directly into Gorky Park. Krymsky (Crimean) Bridge was built in 1938 based on the design by engineer A.V. Vlasov. The river in this pla...
This is a unique walking-bridge across the Moscow river near the Radisson Sas Slavyanskaya Hotel. It was built in 2003. At nights it is looks very attractive with his blue & white lights....
It was recently built new pedestrian bridge with roof from glass near Gorky park....
The giant and controversial monument to Peter the Great was erected near Krymsky (Crimean) bridge on September 5th, 1997. The monument by prominent sculptor Tsereteli was unveiled during the celebrations of Moscow's 850th anniversary and was dedicate...
A joint Russian-American venture is centrally located on the bank of the Moscow-River with view of the Russian "White House" (Russian Government House) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Hotel has 8 floors and 430 rooms, including 147 suites. It wa...
Typical river ship on the Moskva-Reka (Moscow-River) near apartment buildings, residential area not far from the Northen River Station. The motor ships provide river cruises for tourists over the Great Russian rivers....
The photo of this small riverboat, named "Princess Olga", I made at the Nothern River Station, passenger port in Moscow. Olga is very popular Russian name. By the way, the name of my wife is Olga too :)....
This is the famous "Russian Hills" roller coaster in Gorky park, which was the country's first roller coaster ten years ago. Russians, for some unknown reason, call it the American Hills. It is the best choice for those who like adrenaline shots....
View from Moscow-River on the main sport stadium in Moscow "Luzhniki" Luzhniki is considered as the main and biggest sport stadium in Russia. 100-thousand-seat stadium was opened on July 31, 1956 as the Central V.I.Lenin Stadium. In 2001 it was er...
During the period of Stalin's leadership many beautiful administrative buildings and luxurious apartments for common people to live in were built not only in Moscow but also all over the country. Stalin period architecture: columns, a wide staircase,...
Totally, the Kremlin has 20 towers. The Vodozvodnaya (Water-Drawing) Tower is one of three corner towers , which are round in shape. It stands on the bank of the Moscow River near the Bolshoi Kamenny Most (Big Stone Bridge). The tower was built in 14...
Arnie and Betty GoldsteinMy wife and I had the very good fortune to hire Arthur as our guide and driver during our visit to Moscow in September 2013. He has and excellent command of English, knows a
great deal about the history of Russia both past and present.
He visited all the sights we wanted to see and interesting ones along the way that enhanced our trip. His driving skills are made us feel safe and secure. Arthur is also an excellent photographer who
never rushed us when we wanted to take "one more shot", and provided us with many many photos he took along the way. He was on time,
didn't watch the clock, and our tours were always longer than the time we agreed upon. I would unhesitatingly recommend him for any visits to Moscow and the surrounding areas that you plan to take.
Arnie Goldstein
