GUM Department Store (Glavny Universalny Magazin) Moscow

Red Square, Metro: Ploshchad Revolyutsii Moscow , Central Russia, Russian Federation - Phone: 095 929-3470
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    Architectural building, Department store, Mall

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  • 1

    In Moscow

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    My first full day in Moscow, in both senses of the word. Awoke at 4:30 and read for several hours. Had breakfast with Olga and Anton -- coffee, toast, sausage, cheese, and breadsticks. No hot water today. It seems there are central water-heating plants and the hot water is piped to houses. Turns out our hot water pipe burst, flooding the ground …

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    Update from the spies in Moskva!

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    ... we are getting very confused about which language we should be attempting to speak when! Yesterday we toured around the Kremlin, GUM department store, walked around the streets and went to find out about 2 things we wanted to do here: - Ballet or ...

  • 2

    Life in a queue (+ other stories in the big smoke)

    24 photos

    ... buildings were lit up for the festive season so we wandered the square and took in the Kremlin walls and the GUM department store - now a very flashy boutique shopping mall in a similar vein to Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Nice. Final stop ...

  • 3

    Red Square and Some Nice Young People

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    ... . I adjusted the brim of my invisible fedora, threw the gal a kiss, then walked straight towards the side entrance of the GUM department store in search of new sneakers and cafe espresso. It was special that I was able to do all those things with a woman ...

  • 4

    Must see Moscow

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    ... their affection for all to see) leading to the Red Square, which is surrounded by the Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral, GUM Department Store (which is beautifully lit up at night), State History Museum, Resurrection Gate and Chapel of the Iverian Virgin. ...

  • 5

    The letdown

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    ... . But that's not to say there isn't anything to see. Nope. There are the imposing redbrick walls of the Kremlin, the GUM department store, St. Basil's Cathedral and, right in the middle of the square, Lenin's mausoleum. All are impressive, world famous ...

  • 6

    Red Square

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    ... in the building, accessible to the public at least, was only a couple stories up. To the east, the state run GUM department store flanked the square and seemed to take on a French imperial air.  On the outside the stone cladding was carved ...

  • 7

    Moscow - music and metro stations

    10 photos

    ... everything was positioned right where I expected it to be. The cathedral over there, the Kremlin by its side and the GUM Department Store on the other side. This is definitely one of those "must visit" attractions and worth all the accommodation ordeals ...

  • 8

    Seat of Power

    ... he was visible. We also had a chance to observe the changing of the Guard. Additionally we did some browsing in GUM Department Store which actually was a series of little stalls where vendors sold their wares...nothing of which came close to anything we ...

  • 9

    Why you must go to Moscow

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    ... outside far exceeds the inside. You could almost imagine the New Year proceedings that occur here in winter. We also visited the GUM department store (very similar to the QVB in Sydney) for an overpriced lunch, and walked to the nearby Kremlin. You had ...

  • 10

    Moscow, Russia

    9 photos

    ... his mausoleum (he's been preserved for all to see, since his death in 1924, yuk!) and the GUM department store (another beautiful old building from the late 19th century, now full of expensive designer shops). We travelled around ...