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St. Basil's Cathedral
Russia's most recognizable building with its colorful onion domes on Moscow's Red Square.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Bolshevo
Moscow Oblast, Russia · Europe
About Bolshevo
Bolshevo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Lesnyye Polyany, 24km from Moscow Kremlin.
Bolshevo is in Moscow Oblast, Russia, with about 10,000 people. The nearest town is Lesnyye Polyany, about 4 km away.
Bolshevo (Russian: Бо́лшево) is the area of the city of Korolyov (an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, well known as the cradle of Soviet and Russian space exploration), the historical part of it. It was founded as an independent town in 1573. It is best known as giving the name of Bolshevo railway stationRead more
which is located on Yaroslavsky suburban railway line, Moscow.
In 2019 the exhibition Station Bolshevo: the crossroads of fate, 1939 commemorated a notebook of the poet Marina Tsvetaeva which contains translations she made of 12 poems by Mikhail Lermontov into French whilst in Bolshevo. A second notebook belonging to Sergei Durylin was also featured. This contained chapters from his book In His Own Corner which covered his stay in Bolshevo, also in 1939.
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What is there to see near Bolshevo?
Within an hour or so of Bolshevo: St. Basil's Cathedral (24 km), Red Square (24 km), Moscow Kremlin (24 km), Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (25 km).
Where is Bolshevo?
Bolshevo is in Moscow Oblast, Russia, about 4 km from Lesnyye Polyany.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,133
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 55.9349, 37.8300
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Worth the detour from Bolshevo
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Red Square
Vast central square in Moscow flanked by the Kremlin, St Basil's Cathedral, and the GUM department store.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Moscow Kremlin
A fortified complex at the heart of Moscow serving as the official residence of the President of Russia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world in central Moscow, demolished by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s.
25 km · about 30 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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