The deepest metro station in the world.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.

Half of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's ashes were buried in Armenia.

Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.