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State Historical Museum (Gosudarstvenny istoricheskiy muzyey, ??????????????? ???????????? ?????), Krasnaya ploshad (??????? ??.), 1/2 (M:Okhotniy Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Teatralnaya. Exit towards the Red Square -) F-M, W 10:00-18:00, Cash desk until 17:30. Th 11:00-21:00, Cash desk until 20:00. Closed: Tu. Inside a red-brick palace with its silver roof, towering opposite St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square. Its exhibitions range from relics of prehistoric tribes that lived on the territory of present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty. - Notable items include a longboat excavated from the banks of the Volga River, gold artifacts of the Scythians, birch-bark scrolls of Novgorod, manuscripts going back to the sixth century, Russian folk ceramics, and wooden objects. The library boasts the manuscripts of the Chludov Psalter (860s), Svyatoslav's Miscellanies (1073), Mstislav Gospel (1117), Yuriev Gospel (1119), and Halych Gospel (1144). The total number of objects in the museum's collection comes to four millions. (If your time allowing spend here a half or a full day). (excursions). Adult/students RUB300/100; Integrated ticket for two of three museums: History Museum, the St. Basil's Cathedral Museum,"House of Romanov boyars"museum, Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812. RUB500. Three museums RUB650. - Photos and videos without a tripod and additional lighting free of charge.