{"id":307,"date":"2012-09-27T00:26:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/day-7-weds-sept-26-russian-eye-candy"},"modified":"2021-04-03T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:28:09","slug":"day-7-weds-sept-26-russian-eye-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/day-7-weds-sept-26-russian-eye-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 – Weds Sept 26 – Russian Eye Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My first stop today was the Fallen Monument Park, which is a Sculpture
\nGarden near Krymsky Most Bridge and Peter the Great Ship Sculpture<\/div>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fallen_Monument_Park<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.moscow-russia-insiders-guide.com\/peter-the-great-statue-moscow.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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This is next to the Tretyakov Gallery which I didn't have time to see, but
\nit is on my Must Do list for next time!<\/div>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tretyakov_Gallery<\/a><\/div>\n
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…along with the Historical Museum in Red Square:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.moscow.info\/museums\/state-historical-museum.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n
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Next we crossed the Krymsky Most bridge (with a fabulous view of the Peter
\nthe Great gigantic sculpture!)<\/div>\n
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to visit Leo Tolstoy's house ( author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina,
\netc.)<\/div>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_Tolstoy<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.concierge.com\/travelguide\/moscow\/seeanddo\/500203<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.frommers.com\/destinations\/moscow\/A34510.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/how_2313357_visit-moscows-house-tolstoy.html<\/a><\/div>\n
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This was particularly interesting to me, after seeing the 2010 movie The
\nLast Station, with Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0824758\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Next my friends too me for an appointment with a professor at the
\nMoscow State Textile Academy for a private tour of their Textile Museum:\n <\/div>\n
http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moscow_State_Textile_University<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.msta.ac.ru\/web2\/index_eng.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n
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In the evening they also took me to the opening night of a Moscow Flea Market\/Antique Show – Opening Night Sept 26<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.anothercity.ru\/en\/news\/73-news\/984-flea-market-sept-2012<\/a><\/div>\n
Address: <\/strong>1\/1, Tishinskaya Square, Tishinka Commercial
\nCenter, the exhibition hall T-Modul.<\/div>\n
Stumbled across this interesting list while researching!<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.textilemuseum.org\/PDFs\/worldwidetextilecollections.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n
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Wish I could see this:<\/div>\n
Myths of 1917 to be
\nDebunked<\/strong><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.russia-ic.com\/news\/show\/4837\/#.UGP9fq4srbM<\/a><\/div>\n
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I will post some more blog entries with photos, to give more details about
\nthese 4 places I went today! <\/div>\n
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(First, must pack for train trip to St Petersburg Thursday)<\/div>\n<\/div>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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My first stop today was the Fallen Monument Park, which is a Sculpture Garden near Krymsky Most Bridge and Peter the Great Ship Sculpture http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fallen_Monument_Park http:\/\/www.moscow-russia-insiders-guide.com\/peter-the-great-statue-moscow.html   This is next to the Tretyakov Gallery which I didn't have time to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}