West Moscow Oblast
Cities
- π Istra β a town famous for its New Jerusalem Monastery
- π Krasnogorsk β a small city on the Moscow River best known for its Moscow Country Club Resort and its fine classical estates
- π Odintsovo β an industrial city of 130,000; not a tourist destination
- π Vereya β inside this small historic village's kremlin is a 16th century Cathedral of the Nativity, erected in honor of the Russian conquest of Kazan
- π Volokolamsk β a historic town, home to the important Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery
- π Zvenigorod β a small town with its own kremlin, which contains the wonderfully preserved Saviour Cathedral (1399) and its interior frescoes by Russia's greatest painter Andrei Rublev, as well as the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and some extravagant 19th century dachas
Other destinations
- π Borodino Battlefield β one of the three major Russian Battlefields that made history.
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