As part of this effort, he moved the capital from the medieval and insular city of Moscow to St.
The Hermitage Museum in is the true star, with an enormous collection amassed first by the wealthy tsars particularly by its founder, Catherine the Great and later by the Soviets and the Red Army which seized enormous treasure from the Nazis, who in turn had seized their bounty from their wars around the globe.
Russians have a zero tolerance to this, and the penalty is about two years imprisonment.
Brut also exists but is rare.
It happens on 23, February, just a couple of weeks before men return the favor to ladies on International Women's Day, 8 March.
If you're lucky, one or more of these may be zero but be prepared to be hit by all three.
Ticket can be reserved online on the website.
And furthermore, staff of many markets in Moscow and other large cities speak very basic Russian its mainly migrants from Middle Asia.