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Mysterious places in Moscow

Moscow conceals a great deal beneath its familiar surface. Bunker 42 — the Tagansky Protected Command Point — descends into a Cold War secret installation buried under the city. The lost Chudov Monastery speaks to histories that were deliberately erased, while the Armenian Cemetery keeps quiet witness to communities long overlooked. Bitsa Park and the Moscow Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences offer an unsettling stillness at odds with the surrounding metropolis. Novo-Ogaryovo remains largely closed to outside eyes, the Alexander Garden takes on a different character after dark, and the giant wheel Солнце Москвы turns slowly overhead, watching it all.

9 places · Moscow, Russia · Editorially curated