Culture Tours in Russia

Culture tours in Russia will provide you with an opportunity to have a glimpse of various heritage sites in Russia, religious monuments like churches, cathedrals, chapels, monasteries, etc. you will get to have an experience of various cultures prevalent in Russia by visiting some of the Jewish heritage sites and a number of

historical buildings and structures. The culture tours in Russia offer you to visit various historical churches like the Church of St. John the Warrior which is located on the Yakimanka Street.

This is an orthodox church in Russia placed at the Yakimanka district of Moscow. It was built in between the year 1704 to 1717 during the reign of Peter the Great. It is attributed to Ivan Zarudny, the architect. The exact address of this church is 46, Bolshaya Yakimanka. The lowlands present between the Moskva River and the Bolshaya Yakimanka Street were flooded usually during spring season. The area was occupied by sloboda settlements of Poles, Streltsy and farmers.

The culture tours in Russia also bring for you an opportunity to visit various Jewish heritage sites which are very much popular among the Jews as well as other communities living in and out of Russia. The heritage sites of the Jews will definitely give you a charming experience, which helps one to get an idea about the history of the Jews and their culture in Russia. The Jewish Heritage Tours in Russia covers a wide range of places, which are great to explore. During the culture tours in Russia you will get to pay a visit to St. Petersburg and Moscow. You will find the Jewish memorials and can also interact with the local Jewish communities which may provide you an extra charm to your tour of Russia.

You will also be able to view some of the art collections of St. Petersburg's Hermitage and explore the Kremlin in Moscow while on your culture tours in Russia. The Church of the Twelve Apostles is one of the major attractions during your culture tours in Russia. It is a small church of the Moscow Kremlin, commissioned by Patriarch Nikon as an element of his stately abode in the year, 1653 and consecrated to the Apostle, Philip, after three years. Though the area for the Muscovite metropolitan had existed in the Kremlin from the 14th century, Patriarch Nikon, who aimed to equal the tsar in brilliance and dominance, had then replaced with a more challenging residence, concentrated on a wide chamber in the configuration of the cross, at one time used as a banquet hall but now functioning as a beautiful museum of applied arts. To this fine structure a domestic church belonging to the patriarchs meets from the south, which was previous dedicated to Philip the Apostle till the loyalty was altered to the present one in the year, 1682.

Apart from these there are various other attractive historical places to visit and a number of things to see while you are on culture tours in Russia.