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| The Lubyanka, the former KGB headquarters. Thousands of political prisoners 'disappeared' in the cells here.
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| The White House, the building that was shelled by tanks a few years ago during the attacks on Boris Yeltsin.
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| A lively scene with street performers, on Arbat Street. The street is packed with tourists, remarkably few of whom appeared to be westerners. Arbat street retains its bustle until the early hours of the morning with stalls selling russian dolls, MiG helmets and Russian fur hats until late in the evening.
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| On a hill to the south of the city is Moscow university. The main tower is taller than London's Canary Wharf tower.
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| Plenty of good places to eat around town.
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| Moscow has an excellent subway system, with extraordinarily lavish underground stations that in places seem more like stately homes.
See all the marble and frescoes in this station. The network apparently has more chandeliers than Buckingham Palace.
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| The subways are built deep underground with long escalators so that they could double as bomb shelters.
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| Rising up behind a jungle of apartment blocks here is the Ostantino tower - the world's second tallest free-standing structure (after Toronto's CN tower).
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