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too secular and too far removed from the Church's Byzantine roots. Fortunately, the Church
of the Nativity has survived to grace this corner near Pushkinskaya pl.
MUSEUM
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY MUSEUM
10am-6pm Tue-Sun; Pushkinskaya)
Formerly known as the Revolution Museum, this retro exhibit traces Soviet history from the
1905 and 1917 revolutions up to the 1980s. The highlight is the extensive collection of pro-
paganda posters, in addition to all the Bolshevik paraphernalia. Look for the picture of the
giant Palace of Soviets () that Stalin was going to build on the site of the blown-up - and
now rebuilt - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
Complete with stone lions, the opulent mansion housing the museum was the home of the
Moscow English Club - a venue favoured by Anglophile gentlemen and native Brits in tsar-
ist times.
