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Zamoskvorechie
Neighbourhood Top Five
Strolling, cycling, rollerblading, dancing, drinking, sunbathing, playing petanque and
otherwise being hyperactive (or hyper-lazy, if you wish) in the revived and gentrified
Gorky
Spending a half-day at the
Tretyakov Gallery
,
admiring the superb collection of Russi-
an icons, the cutting social commentary of the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers), the whimsy of
the symbolists, and other prerevolutionary art.
Watching the day and short summer night go by from one of
Red October's
rooftop
bars.
Walking through a forest of sculptures, including fallen Soviet idols at
Art Muzeon
Escaping to
Kolomenskoe
- a patch of idyllic countryside not far from the centre.
