Tag: russia
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Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
This building in Moscow was my hotel for a few days. My host suggested it as it is within walking distance from their office. The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel (Хилтон Москоу Ленинградская) designed by Leonid Polyakov, completed in 1954 is one of Moscow’s seven Stalinist skyscrapers built in the early 1950s. The Stalinist architecture abandoned modernity in favor of…
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St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
I(Chris) visited Moscow for a few days in March 2016. Never been to Russia before – so these posts will sound a bit touristy. Please bear with me. St. Basil’s Cathedral is a very iconic building of Moscow, if not the entire Russia (to non-Russians). Much of what I have included here came from Wikipedia.…