Back in the USSR walking tour

Back in the USSR tour covers the history of the Russian Revolution and life in Soviet Moscow. You will learn about the roots of the revolution, the details of the political struggle and the rise of the Communist party, as you follow the steps of the uprising in Moscow. You will see the HQ of the powerfull political police KBG, and your professional guide will tell you about the political repression in the USSR and Stalin's purges. Then the tour will bring you to the Red Square, the place of the victory parades and May demonstrations. The importance of the Red Square as the center of the communist propaganda and ideology is beyond any doubt. The Second World War also left memories about itself in the city: during the tour, you will see the monument to the marshall Zhukov, the commander of the Red Army, and the granite brought to Moscow by the order of Hitler. You will explore the central street of Moscow, Tverskaya, and learn about its reconstruction in Soviet times. The tour finishes at a symbolic place, the first capitalist intrusion in the capital of communism.