There's much to explore in the Russian capital, deservedly one of the world's great cities. Feel the buzz of Red Square or the bucolic tranquillity of Novodevichy Monastery; the lingering menace of Lubyanka Square or the staunch piety of the worshippers praying in countless onion-domed churches. Moscow remains the engine room of a nation which spans the Eurasian landmass, a city of twelve million with a history stretching back many centuries to the days when log huts huddled beside a sweeping bend in the Moscow River.

So much history lingers here, not just the much-embellished sagas of tyrants, tsars and invading Tartars in far-off times, but events commanding the world stage during the twentieth century: the 1917 Revolution, Stalin’s reign of terror, the Cold War and the eventual collapse of Communism.

But first, come to terms with the Metro, a Gorgon's head of intersecting subways conceived as a showpiece of Soviet might. In the world's most expensive city, a train ride across town costs well under a dollar.

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