Looking for soviet spies? That's the right building for that. FSB is the main domestic security agency of Russia and the main successor of the Soviet Committee of State Security (KGB).
The venue has been here for more than 20 years, and it is also the site of a former pre-revolutionary tavern. There are regular poetry readings and sometimes actors from nearby theatres drop by.
Looking for russian spirit? Pelmeni, borsch, vareniki, pirojki and selyodka pod shuboy – everything you can imagine in russian cuisine you can try here.
Opened in 1999, the restaurant is situated in a building that was renovated to look exactly like a Russian aristocrat's home circa 1825. Rated 5 of 5 at TripAdvisor.
Opened in 1953, this place shows us how every grocery store in Moscow might have looked like today if the Soviet Union still existed.
The pool is open to the sky but heated all year. Bring a swim cap, flip-flops and a plastic bag to stow your gear in.
The group of friends operate this Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines, where about 40 games click, whirr, whistle, flash and beep to the delight of visitors from around the world.
Constructed in 1956 as a Soviet army command centre and nuclear bomb shelter, the location of this top-secret bunker was only revealed in 2006 when it became a museum. Book tickets in advance via web.
As the city's oldest and most exclusive bathhouse, the 19th-century Sanduny Banya has rejuvenated everyone from dramatist Anton Chehkov to billionaire tycoon Roman Abramovich in it's time.
Tourists come to the cathedral for its impressive architecture and design, as well as for it's equally impressive (and strange) history. There's a nice pedestrian bridge at the back of the building.
