2-Hour Communist Walking Tour

Experience the dark days of Moscow's communist past on a 2-hour walking tour of the Russian capital. From Stalin's secret prisons, to the Gulag and KGB prisons, your guide takes you through the darkest days and into the Soviet movement for freedom.

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Highlights

Visit the former KGB Headquarters
Pay your respects at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression
See the grand Bolshoi Theater (without visiting)
Wander down Tverskaya St, the city's main street
Head to Eliseevsky Gastronum, the most important and beautiful grocery store in Moscow
See the first McDonald's built in the USSR

Description

For more than 70 years, Moscow was the capital of the huge Soviet empire. The streets of the city are still full of remnants of the communist regime and the Cold War, and the fearsome Soviet strongholds still guard the young democracy in Russia. On this tour, you will see the following sites: - Ex-KGB headquarters on Lubyanka Square - Bolshoi Theatre (without visiting) - Tverskaya St., the main street of the city - Eliseevsky Gastronome, the most important (and beautiful) grocery store in the USSR - The first McDonald's in the USSR On this tour, you will explore: - Hidden pages of the Soviet history from the Great October Revolution to Perestroika, from Lenin to Gorbachev - About the Great Terror under Stalin - The GULAG system - Secret KGB prison - How people lived in the Soviet Union