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Top 15 shops in Russia

15 shops worth a visit in Russia, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

15 shops

  1. 1
    Department store

    GUM

    Moscow

    Grand 1890s shopping arcade on Red Square with glass roofs, boutiques and a historic food hall.

  2. 2
    Department store

    TsUM

    Moscow

    Moscow's central department store beside the Bolshoi, in a Gothic Revival building of 1908.

  3. 3
    Food & drink

    Eliseyev Emporium

    St Petersburg

    Art Nouveau food hall of 1903 on Nevsky Prospekt, with stained glass and elaborate interiors.

  4. 4
    Books & music

    Singer House (Dom Knigi)

    St Petersburg

    St Petersburg's largest bookshop, housed in the Art Nouveau Singer Company building on Nevsky Prospekt.

  5. 5
    Department store

    Gostiny Dvor

    St Petersburg

    Vast 18th-century arcaded trading house on Nevsky Prospekt, one of the world's oldest shopping arcades.

  6. 6
    Shopping street & arcade

    Passage

    St Petersburg

    Glass-roofed shopping gallery opened on Nevsky Prospekt in 1848.

  7. 7
    Department store

    DLT

    St Petersburg

    Historic department store near Nevsky Prospekt, originally built for the Guards' Economic Society.

  8. 8
    Antiques & vintage

    Izmailovsky Market

    Moscow

    Sprawling market in the Izmailovo Kremlin selling folk crafts, souvenirs, antiques and Soviet memorabilia.

  9. 9
    Market

    Danilovsky Market

    Moscow

    Covered food market under a distinctive Soviet-era dome, with produce stalls and food counters.

  10. 10
    Market

    Kuznechny Market

    St Petersburg

    St Petersburg's best-known produce market, in a 1920s hall near Dostoevsky's last home.

  11. 11
    Shopping street & arcade

    Arbat Street

    Moscow

    Pedestrianised historic street lined with souvenir shops, cafés and street artists.

  12. 12
    Fashion & design

    Tretyakovsky Proezd

    Moscow

    Short historic lane off Nikolskaya Street lined with international fashion boutiques.

  13. 13
    Shopping street & arcade

    Petrovsky Passage

    Moscow

    Shopping arcade of 1906 on Petrovka Street, with a long glass-roofed gallery.

  14. 14
    Books & music

    Biblio-Globus

    Moscow

    Large, long-established bookshop near Lubyanka Square with several floors of books.

  15. 15
    Crafts & makers

    Imperial Porcelain Factory

    St Petersburg

    Porcelain maker founded in 1744, with a factory shop and museum on the Neva.

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