Days: 7 days

Time: August

Per capita: 7000 yuan

With whom: parents and children

The author went to these places

Moscow

Nevsky Prospect

Winter Palace

Isakiev Cathedral

Huangcun

Yekaterina Palace

Mariinsky Theater

Summer Palace

Fort Peter Paul

The Kremlin

Red Square

arbat street

Moscow River

New saint convent

Novodevichy Cemetery

Sparrow mountain

Moscow University

Tretyakov Gallery

Russian National Museum

Summer garden

The fifth Corner Hotel

Savior's Cathedral

Tolstoy Museum

Alexander Garden

Triumphal Arch

Victory Square

Tomb of the unknown martyr

Orthodox Church

Tomb of Lenin

National Museum of history

Moscow Metro

Gorky Park

Sphinx

Cruiser Avril

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Moscow is the second stop of our trip to Russia. The previous trip to St. Petersburg was in Russia http://you.ctrip.com/travels/stpetersburg359/2654548.html

Itinerary: 2015.08.07-2015.08.14

Day 1: Shanghai Hongqiao - Beijing T2-4 hours stop - St. Petersburg t1day 2: St. Petersburg: Neva street, winter palace, isakiev Cathedral, Neva River Old Arbat Street Day 6: Moscow: Sergeyev Town, Moscow river day 7: Moscow: new saint's convent, new saint's cemetery, sparrow mountain, Moscow University, tertyakov Gallery day 8: St. Petersburg: Russian National Museum, summer garden, Neva River, Vasili, St. Petersburg T1 - Beijing t2day 9: Beijing T2 - 12 hour stop - Shanghai Hongqiao

Play way: free travel, subway and train traffic

preparation:

1.Visa: find Shenzhen Shun'an on Taobao（ http://szsalx.tmall.com ）There is no need to interview, provide information as required, and finish in 8 working days. 2. Insurance: Huize - Sihai worry free overseas travel insurance (online version) - plan a 25 yuan / person (optional) http://www.hzins.com Currency: to catch up with the decline of ruble exchange rate, 1 yuan RMB can be changed to 10 rubles in BOC before leaving; We changed 50000 rubles (the balance can be changed back, the exchange rate difference at the loss point) and Russian hotels can use credit cards. 4. Clothing: travel in August, short sleeve T-shirt sun hat in the daytime, and take a coat to cope with the cool night. 5. Power: Russian standard socket, close to European standard, necessary for power bank. 6. Network: there are many telecom stores in the arrival hall of the airport, and beeline has 300 rubles and 30g pure data package. 7. Map: there are several versions of Chinese and English maps (including subway lines) in the arrival hall of the airport, which are in Russian; Google map is installed in the mobile phone. 8. Language: the front desk and shop assistants of non B & B hotels can speak English. When dealing with other situations, graphics, eyes and body language are basically OK; Then install Google translate on the mobile phone, input the text, translate out the general meaning, and show it to the other party. 9. Air tickets: Russian Airlines and Hainan Airlines are good choices. We buy tickets three months in advance, with 11675 yuan (4115 * 2 + 3445) from Shanghai to St. Petersburg via Beijing. It's an 8-hour flight from Beijing to St. Petersburg. It takes off in the afternoon and arrives in the evening local time. 10. Airport transportation: there is K39 direct subway station outside the main entrance of St. Petersburg airport. Time difference: the difference between Moscow and Beijing is five hours. 12. Hotel: for reservation on Ctrip, choose a comfortable hotel located in the center of the city and near the subway station (reservation can be cancelled within a limited time), and St. Petersburg three night stay at the fifth Corner Hotel http://hotels.ctrip.com/international/74260htm (similar to Jinjiang Star Express Hotel in China, rub 10260); Two night stay at home in Moscow http://hotels.ctrip.com/international/2803613.html (located in the apartment building, the hotel is spacious and quiet, rub 7200), and the overnight train between St. Petersburg and Moscow saves two nights of room charge. 13. Shopping: next to the subway station, there are many convenient chains and small business circles of restaurants. There are also groceries on the ground floor of the roadside building, which can buy milk, meat and drinks (operated by many non Russian natives). Gum in Moscow's Red Square and pl. evropy in Kiev station are tall department stores. 14. Specialty: brought back dolls, dolls, chocolate and jam, Russian books and postcards, good quality and low price. 15. Practical reference:

Summary of Russian issues http://bbs.qyer.com/thread-775843-1.html Train ticket purchase strategy http://bbs.qyer.com/thread-562261-1.html

2015/8/11

At 6 a.m., the train arrived at Moscow's Leningrad railway station on time. Although the city was renamed St. Petersburg by referendum, the name of Moscow's railway station remained unchanged.

Out of the station, you can see the Leningrad Hotel, a typical building of the Soviet era, such as Shanghai Exhibition Center. It combines Baroque castle tower, medieval European Gothic spire and the characteristics of American skyscrapers in the 1930s. It is tall, powerful and magnificent. In Moscow during Stalin's reign, this type of Stalinist architecture was named "Seven Sisters" because of its seven buildings, such as the main building of Moscow State University, the Foreign Ministry building at the west end of albard street, and the labor model apartment on the Bank of Moscow river.

Outside Leningrad railway station

The subway outside the station (Komsomolskaya) distinguishes the entrance from the exit. The underground entrance can only be found after a lot of tips. The single ticket price of the subway is 50 rubles, so we chose the ticket card for 10 times (360 rubles, one free for ten, equivalent to 33 rubles). The ticket card can only be swiped when entering the station, and can be used by many people (the person who swipes the card can swipe the card at last).

The hotel in Moscow is located in kropotkinskaya (Kropotkin Street) four stops away. One stop away from the center of Red Square, it is surprisingly quiet. Outside the station is the main church of the Russian Orthodox universal patriarch, Moscow Savior Cathedral, which was demolished due to the construction plan of the Soviet palace and rebuilt after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Across the crossroads, the bronze statue of Mr. Engels gazes at it in a thoughtful manner.

The image of Engels in the street garden

Dragging luggage to the hotel, along the way through the Tolstoy Museum and Pushkin Museum, we can see that ulitsa prechistenka is surrounded by historical and cultural areas, and almost no businesses. Sleep at home hotel is a hotel located in my husband's apartment. It doesn't have a lobby. When we arrived early in the morning, we were faced with a pile of doorbells marked in Russian on the front door of the apartment. Fortunately, some nearby residents asked questions in English and contacted with their mobile phones. The front desk came downstairs to open the door. The room is a typical Moscow style, spacious and bright three person room, with a total area of 40 square meters. The front desk who can speak English has not yet gone to work. We have completed the check-in by relying on the English Russian translation of Google translation app (360 yuan per night).

After finishing up, we set out along Kropotkin street, past Lenin library, where Dostoevsky is sitting, to the Kremlin, the heart of Russia.

Lenin Library

In fact, the Kremlin is not a palace. "Kremlin" means "inner city, Castle" in Russian. Every Russian city has its own "Kremlin". The adult tickets for the Kremlin are divided into two categories. It's 500 rubles (children's free tickets) to not visit the armory. Before the opening of the Kremlin at 10 o'clock, you can have a tour of Alexandria garden under the root of red city.

Under the wall of the Kremlin

The garden was named after Czar Alexander I who won the Russian French war. In Russia, "the war of defending the country" has the first and second theories. The former is the war between Russia and France described in "war and peace", Napoleon vs. Alexander I, while the latter is the well-known battlefield of the Soviet Union in the Second World War, Hitler vs. Stalin. In the end of the two patriotic wars, Russia won the victory with difficulty. As a result, memorials of the two wars can be seen everywhere in Russia, from the relief in Alexandria garden to the triumphal arch in the west of Moscow, from the magnificent Victory Square in St. Petersburg to the tomb of the unknown martyr engraved under the wall of the Kremlin with the words "your name is unknown and your achievements will last forever".

Tomb of the unknown martyr

Monument relief of St. Petersburg Railway Station Square

The Kremlin is a triangular plot in the city of Moscow. Red Square and the Moscow River are located on the outside of the two sides. Except for the office buildings of Russian government departments, the area available for visiting in the Kremlin is concentrated in the church square, which is surrounded by several Orthodox churches used by the Czar family: the Church of Notre Dame ascends to heaven for coronation, the Church of Annunciation for birth, baptism and wedding, The angel church is the coffin of the czars before the capital was moved to St. Petersburg... Regardless of the alternation of power and the ups and downs of fate, the important nodes of the life of the supreme rulers are always in this triangle wall which symbolizes the supremacy. Each church entrance has a section diagram and highlights in different languages, even if you know nothing about the Orthodox Church.

The Church of Notre Dame

The clock king is incomplete due to improper cooling after fire

Marshal Zhukov was fixed at the moment of Victory Day parade

The Kremlin came out and entered the famous red square with the crowd. Different from Tiananmen Square, red square is more narrow and simple. The two long sides of the rectangle are the crimson Kremlin Wall (the midpoint is Lenin's tomb) and gum department store with a glass vault. The two short sides are the National Museum of history with the bronze carving of Marshal qimazhukov and the Church of Saint Vassily with colorful onion heads. The latter is almost the national logo of Russia. The ground of Red Square is polished stone, which is a little rough when walking.

Red Square is a "road of play"

The tomb of Lenin was not opened, and under the palace wall were the "12 bronze men" of the Soviet Communist Party, including Stalin

Admission to Vasili church is 350 rubles for adults and free for children. The narrow inside of the onion is in contrast to the bright outside. It is not recommended unless you are interested in the history of Orthodox Church.

Saint Vassily Church

Tired of walking, there are benches and beauties in gum department store.

Gum department store

There are few signs of the Soviet era around red square, and the accompanying artists of COS Lenin and Stalin look lonely.

Lonely Lenin and Stalin

When you get off the subway, tsvetnoy Bulvar on line M9 comes in, and arbatskaya on line M4 comes out, which is the (old) Arbat street that tourists must visit. In the introduction to the east side of the pedestrian street, every mymy restaurant mentioned used a Russian meal (similar to the domestic queuing self-service restaurant), and then strolled along the street leisurely to see the dazzling stalls on both sides and the fragrant dining tables, The painter and violinist revel in the performance, and at the same time, pay attention to avoid the guy who comes to take a picture with a doll (a dispute arises when a Lebanon woman is asked for a tip after taking a picture).

Old albard Street

A building with a bust of Zhukov is said to be the world's largest outdoor graffiti. On the 70th anniversary of the victory, there is also a historical photo exhibition of the TASS society in the middle of the street. The black-and-white images record the Red Square military parade that went directly to the battlefield in 1941, the Soviet women and children who put into production in the rear and spared no effort to support the former Soviet Union, and the jubilation of the whole country after the great victory in exchange for great sacrifice. No matter how the rulers change, 1941-1945 will always be the indelible mark and pride of this country. I will introduce them to my son one by one.

Zhukov's huge graffiti

Pushkin's former residence at the west end of albard street is adjacent to the Foreign Ministry building, one of the seven sisters. You can go back to the hotel by walking south through several quiet roads. The night in Moscow doesn't fall until 21 o'clock.

Sleep at home Hotel

2015/08/12

The so-called golden ring town is the general name of a series of historical and cultural towns in the northeast of Moscow. Today we take Sergeyev as our experience of Russian countryside.

I bought a round-trip ticket (304 rubles) at the intercity train window of Leningrad railway station. I got to the town station in about three quarters of an hour. After a short walk, the picturesque scenery suddenly hit my eyes, green grass, blue sky, golden roof and white wall.

Town Station

700 years is ancient history in Russia

Holy Trinity Monastery

This is the "Kremlin" of the small town, Saint Trinity Abbey. The religious holy land is free for local people to enter and leave. Foreigners need to buy tickets (320 rubles for adults and 290 rubles for photo vouchers).

Inside the courtyard walls are churches, towers and bell towers of various colors, aunts wearing headscarves and praying with devout candlelight, clergy with black robes and long beards, and cute children playing with pigeons. Compared with Moscow City, which is 70 kilometers away, there are more Russian ethnic customs here. Besides the simple buildings, It also includes a variety of ready baked Leba (bread) on the stalls and gavas filled on site in barrels, which are clear and delicious.

GWAS is like a mixture of plum juice and beer

A beam of holy light projected in the church

Blue sky and green grass as the background, son to fill in a "big" word

There is a commodity market outside the courtyard wall, which is mainly engaged in local specialties such as dolls, Easter eggs and stone carvings. The prices range from 10 rubles to tens of thousands of rubles. The old woman who painted wooden eggs on the spot is not in a hurry to shout, and she smiles calmly at the praise of tourists. A group of Soviet leaders' dolls are quite eye-catching. Putin, Medvedev, Yeltsin, Gorbachev, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Stalin, Lenin and so on gradually decrease in size over time. However, there is no dolls group of Romanov Tsar family. Maybe the theme of the royal family is still taboo.

A group of Soviet leaders

In Russia, Putin's image is everywhere, but not political posters, but more on T-shirts in tourist attractions: sunglasses are cool, funny and cute, or tough or affectionate; Or camouflage running horse, or armed fighting bear; It's obvious that this KGB born, powerful and tender man has successfully transformed into a fashion icon (similar to Guevara and Obama). Although it is controversial in the western world, the clear fact is that his more than 10 years of administration has brought Russia, which is on the verge of collapse under Yeltsin, back to the right track, and restored the glory of a great power in the past, with high popularity.

◎ various colors on T-shirt

On the way back to the subway station, I passed by a lame old man. I was attracted by the cartoon picture of Misha biting the star spangled banner on his T-shirt. The old man also noticed that although he had already got on the escalator, he turned around to pose for my camera. I guess the old man must be a big fan of Putin.

Personality old man

When it comes to the decoration of the Moscow subway station, it ranks No.1 in the world, so we took the M5 ring line to select the most famous stations and feel the luxury of the underground people's palace. The zenith of the Communist Youth League station is inlaid with historical paintings of jingetima, 32 pieces of stained glass paintings of Xinzhuang station show various strange plant shapes, and the mosaic of Kiev station depicts the brotherhood of Russia and Ukraine. Compared with today's situation after the Crimea dispute, the two countries seem to be separated from each other.

There is a statue of Lenin in the platform

However, there are no shops or convenience stores in the subway station, and there are few English signs. Every time in order to find out the driving direction, they have to ponder over the Russian alphabet for a long time.

There is a discussion on the story of Moscow subway http://www.zhihu.com/question/26523768

Out of Kiev station, there is a cruise terminal on the Bank of the Moscow river. The tickets are 550 rubles for adults and 400 rubles for children. There is no English explanation. Just look at Google maps and compare it.

Cruises on the Moscow River

The Neva River in St. Petersburg is wide and straight, but the Moscow River is winding. Cruise ships slowly pass the Luzhkov stadium, which once hosted the Moscow Olympic Games, Gorky Park, where people sing and dance happily, Moscow University, which has the world's tallest University skyscraper, Bowman Polytechnic University, which is famous for its mechanical aviation, and the bronze statue of Peter the great, which ranks the top 10 in the world Savior's Cathedral, Kremlin Palace wall, model worker's apartment... The sky is getting dark and the lights are beginning to shine. The buildings that look high-profile and dignified during the day are gradually melting into the twilight. Only soft lights are used to outline their own lines, and the reflection of the river is used to show another implicit beauty.

More than an hour later, the cruise ship berthed at the dock of Moscow International concert hall.

Bauman University of Technology

Savior's Cathedral

Red Square on the river

Moscow International Concert Hall

2015/08/13

The new virgin cemetery has gathered the great souls of Soviet Russia for more than 100 years. More than 20000 celebrities who have promoted history sleep in this quiet land. Today, however, our visit took a lot of twists and turns: when we came out of the sportivnaya station on the M1 line of the subway station, we met an old French couple. During the conversation, they said that they were going to "new virgin" and walked through an apartment block together. However, the French who believed in Catholicism came to the new saint's convent.

A new saint nunnery listed in the world cultural heritage

In the strategy, we introduce the separation between the monastery and the cemetery, but maybe in the process of maintenance, we can't find the access to the monastery; It's so easy to see a Brazilian Team marching in the direction of the cemetery. We followed them. Unexpectedly, their final destination was“ туалет ”—— Toilet!

When I saw that it was almost noon, I couldn't enter the cemetery gate. I was on the way back bitterly. When I looked up, I saw that the cemetery gate was on the other side of the main road, and there were Chinese group visitors coming in. God given opportunity! There are a lot of celebrities in the cemetery, but they are scattered all over the place. It's really too difficult to find them by ourselves. We resolutely follow the Chinese regiment and put up our ears to listen.

Thanks to the Chinese guide's explanation, we can quickly locate Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Gogol, Chekhov, Stanislavsky, stalina and ulanowa, who are the most well-known in the tombstone of Rulin, and then the designer of MiG fighter, the author of "how steel is made" and "young guards" which are popular for generations The chief radio announcer who was included in Hitler's most wanted list during the war, as well as the heroic siblings Zhuoya and Shura who were well known since childhood from 50 to 70.

White, blue and red flag ascended to the Kremlin by Yeltsin

Khrushchev with clear black and white merits and demerits

The brave and unyielding Zhuoya

Gogol who created the imperial envoy and the dead soul

When I see Ostrovsky, I think of that period of "human life should be spent like this..."

Wulannuova's graceful dancing style

Little girl na Jia and her brother

In the last picture, there is a sad story: in 44, when the German army was defeated, eight year old Na Jia stepped forward when the whole village was threatened with her life. She pretended to lead the way. In fact, she brought the invaders into the swamp and exchanged her own sacrifice for the safety of the villagers. After the war, she was sent to the new virgin cemetery, a symbol of honor. Her brother, who was timid at the beginning of junior high school and failed to protect his sister, fell into deep remorse. When he moved to Moscow, he would come to the cemetery every day after work to wipe his sister's tombstone, which became the cleanest one in the whole garden. After the elder brother lived alone all his life, the cemetery allowed the elder brother to live in front of his younger sister's gravestone and accompany him forever.

The story is especially suitable for the son as a brother.

With trees and flowers in full bloom, it's more like a sculpture park with a panoramic view of the history of Soviet Russia.

Continue to take the subway, enter the M1 line sportivnaya station and leave vorobyevy gory. The station hall is set in the bridge across the Moscow river.

The eye-catching Jinding tower seems to be the Russian Academy of Sciences

A view of Moscow CBD from sparrow mountain

Out of the station is Mt. sparrow, once known as Mt. Lenin. Follow the path up to the viewing platform on the mountain. The state Moscow University stands towering. On the main building, the historical "CCCP" and the national emblem of the Soviet Union still reside in reality.

Main building of Moscow University

University Campus

The campus is too big. We walked around the periphery 1 / 4 times to find the universitet station of M1, then turned to the tretyakovskaya station of M8 line, and visited the last stop of our trip to Moscow - tertyakov gallery.

The gallery is located in a cultural residential area, low-key and introverted. However, the collection of 60 exhibition halls can be regarded as a treasure, especially the oil paintings of Russian roving exhibition masters in the late 19th century and early 20th century, "Lady" was published on the calendar of Xinhua Bookstore in the 1980s. The gallery ticket is 450 rubles, which is named after the rich businessmen who donated everything in the 19th century.

Teretyakov Gallery

Looking at the Queen's posture, I can't help but want to add a selfie stick to her

The famous lady of the unknown

Sunset on the Moscow River

Apartment hotel check out

Does this uncle look like an embarrassing Putin?

Nemov on the display board of the railway station

At 22:50, take the night train 006aa to return to St. Petersburg. It's a good train. It's double decker, with WiFi and power socket. The carriage is clean and bright; The crew has bilingual service and friendly attitude. There is a pantry at the front end of each car to provide coffee, drinks and snacks. There are three toilets at the back end. The configuration is not much different from that on the plane. Compared with our flight from St. Petersburg to Moscow, the ticket price is only 20% (304 yuan), which is highly recommended.

2015/08/14

In the morning, I went back to the beautiful St. Petersburg. There was a luggage office in the basement of the station. I spent 60 rubles to buy a card and put the trolley box by myself. I continued my last day's journey light.

Gifted poet + high value, Pushkin sculptures are all over Shuangcheng. The northeast side of Neva street is the cultural and Art District, where the Russian National Museum planned to visit is located. Pigeons standing on Pushkin bronze statue in front of Mikhailov Palace are leisurely looking at tourists from all over the world. We wait at the door, and the first group of people buy tickets (350 rubles for adults, free for children).

The National Museum is the oldest museum in Russia. Its exhibits cover the whole history of Russian art. From the 10th century to contemporary art, Russian artists of all ages have left cultural deposits here. The classic oil paintings of the roving exhibition school are the focus of the collection, solemn, majestic, pathetic, dignified... The fighting nation seems to be particularly good at controlling such epic scenes with a rational and realistic brush. Lebin, Surikov, vasnezov, kramskoy, yaroshenko, these masterpieces for Russia, is not only the national memory, but also belongs to the world's cultural heritage. "The trackers on the Volga", which I have been reading with my heart, has been used in Chinese textbooks for several generations. It is also the memory community of my son and I.

Rabin's masterpieces

Two great emperors

It may also mean to keep us. What St. Petersburg presents today is a particularly blue sky, three-dimensional floating clouds, warm sunshine and gusts of wind. The summer garden next to the National Museum is not as large as the summer palace, but the towering trees, green grass, elegant swans in the pond make people feel comfortable as soon as they enter. The sun casts mottled light and shadow from the gap of the forest, setting off the flowing water in the fountain, which is beautiful and smart.

Summer garden fountain

The exit of Xiayuan is the Neva River. With the help of fellow passers-by, the iconic Sphinx (a gift from Egypt in the 19th century) in the Italian adventure in Russia was found. In addition to the cruiser aphrell, which was regretfully absent due to maintenance, the famous scenic spots along the Neva River were successfully supplemented.

By the Neva River, the happiness of the new couple is forever recorded by the camera

The Sphinx of Vasily

It's also my movie memory

The mecha soldiers come for a ride

After all, Hongbao is still a naughty child. Along the way, there are benches, grass, pigeons, stones, and mobile phones. On the way, he often comes to play the game of tearing up famous brands with us. The happiest time of every day is to go back to the hotel to wash the bath, lie on the bed and brush the screen, From time to time, he bit his tongue and imitated his younger sister's words to show his missing... But he did grow up and walked with us for days without a cry of bitterness, but he was very concerned about the daily steps (up to more than 30000 steps a day). No choice, whether it's traditional Russian food or simple fast food, they have a good time. Sleep is 5 minutes on the head, not affected by jet lag.

What's more gratifying is that travel highlights his observation and memory. Along the way, he finds the way, knows the direction, takes a few subway stops, and has the password to open the door. He can remember all the numbers clearly, almost becoming our small computer, and can even find some small details that we ignore. Baby, it's the happiest thing for us to find your growth in the journey.

Farewell to Victory Square on the way home

A week's visit to Russia has left an excellent impression on the scenery and people. It's a worthwhile trip.

Goodbye, St. Petersburg. Goodbye, blue sky and green fields outside the window.

Attached: metro map of St. Petersburg and Moscow

Subway line in St. Petersburg

Moscow Metro Line