In this post, we will see the book Moscow : A Short Guide by Vladimir Chernov.

About the book

 To the reader

This guide is a short account of Moscow and its principal points of interest for the foreign tourist who is visiting the city for the first time and has a limited time at his or her disposal. To describe a city as vast as Moscow is difficult, especially within a small compass; but we hope that this guide will help you spend your time in our city pleasantly and profitably and make a first acquaintance with its sights and places o f interest, so that you will want to renew that acquaintance in the future. Several excursions have been suggested for a stay of three or four days, rather arbitrarily, we admit; but with our recommendations in mind you can plan your own sightseeing around the city.

The book was translated from Russian by was published in 1979 by Progress Publishers.

Translated from the Russian by J.C. Butler
Editors of the Russian text R. D. Bogoyavlensky and V. V. Ostroumov
Editor of the English text I.A.Romashkevich
Designed by M. M. Zanegin
Art editor V. K. Zavadovskaya
Maps by V.M.Sokolov
Layout by I. K. Derva

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Contents

SOME USEFUL HINTS FOR VISITING MOSCOW 5

How to Get to Moscow 5
The Best Time to Visit Our City 8
What to Bring with You 9
Moscow Time 10
Things You Need to Know 10

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE CITY 13
Some Dates from Moscow’s History 26

FIRST DAY 33
Red Square 35
The Kremlin 47
Along Gorky Street 66

SECOND DAY 81

Along Marx Prospekt 82
Along Kalinin Prospekt 105

THIRD DAY 118

At the USSR Economic Exhibition 119
The Lenin Hills 129

THE MOSCOW OLYMPICS 137

IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA DAY 147
Gorki Leninskiye
151 Arkhangelskoye Estate 153
Borodino 154
Zagorsk 156
Klin 157

INFORMATION 159

Some Useful Hints 159
City Transport 165
Post, Telegraph, and Telephone 166
A Reminder for Pedestrians 167
Some Hints for Motorists 168
For Fact Collectors 170
Addresses of Museums, Exhibitions, Theatres, Cinemas, Concert Halls,
Circuses, Parks, Sports Facilities, Hotels, Restaurants and Markets 171
Some Other Useful Addresses 178
Press, Radio, Television and News Agencies 179
Telephone Numbers to Remember 180

INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES 181
A SHORT PHRASE-BOOK 187