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1, 2 and 3 days in Moscow: a computed itinerary
How many days in Moscow? Wikidata's open snapshot records 23 notable attractions within 40 km of the center, and this itinerary spreads the 12 most famous over 3 days by pure geometry: Lenin's Mausoleum anchors day 1 with an article in 61 languages, and each following day starts at the most famous one left. The 3 blocks add up to 30.1 km in straight lines between stops.
Summary: how many days in Moscow
| Day | Anchor (most famous of the block) | Stops | Combined path |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenin's Mausoleum | 4 | 0.6 km |
| 2 | Tretyakov Gallery | 4 | 2.0 km |
| 3 | Novodevichy Cemetery | 4 | 27.6 km |
The page is cumulative: 1 day in Moscow covers up to the Lenin's Mausoleum block; 2 days in Moscow covers up to the Tretyakov Gallery block; 3 days in Moscow covers up to the Novodevichy Cemetery block.
Day 1: Lenin's Mausoleum
4 stops, 0.6 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenin's Mausoleum | Monument | starting point | 0.2 km | - |
| 2 | Kremlin Wall Necropolis | Monument | 0.0 km | 0.2 km | - |
| 3 | State Historical Museum | Museum | 0.2 km | 0.3 km | - |
| 4 | Tsar Cannon | Monument | 0.4 km | 0.1 km | - |
Day 2: Tretyakov Gallery
4 stops, 2.0 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tretyakov Gallery | Museum | starting point | 1.2 km | - |
| 2 | Cathedral of the Archangel | Monument | 1.0 km | 0.2 km | - |
| 3 | Tsar Bell | Monument | 0.1 km | 0.1 km | - |
| 4 | Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts | Museum | 0.9 km | 0.9 km | - |
Day 3: Novodevichy Cemetery
4 stops, 27.6 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novodevichy Cemetery | Monument | starting point | 5.0 km | - |
| 2 | Novodevichy Convent | World Heritage Site | 0.2 km | 4.8 km | Yes |
| 3 | Kolomenskoye | Museum | 9.5 km | 9.9 km | - |
| 4 | Worker and Kolkhoz Woman | Monument | 17.9 km | 8.7 km | - |
What the data says about Moscow
The snapshot records 23 notable attractions within 40 km of the center of Moscow (55.7520 N, 37.6178 E), in Russia: 8 recorded as museums, 14 as monuments and 1 carrying a UNESCO World Heritage designation. The most famous of the set is Lenin's Mausoleum, with a page in 61 Wikimedia project languages, followed by Tretyakov Gallery (60). The itinerary takes the top 12 of that ranking; the longest day adds up to 27.6 km between stops and the shortest to 0.6 km. Moscow has 10,381,222 inhabitants in the GeoNames register.
Arriving by air
The closest airport with scheduled service to the center of Moscow, per the open OurAirports register, is Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), classed as a large airport, 28.1 km from the center in a straight line.
How this itinerary was computed
Assembly rule in Moscow: the 23 attractions within the 40 km radius are ranked by documented notability on Wikidata (how many languages carry an article about the place) and grouped by a greedy algorithm: each day opens at the most famous one still outside the itinerary (Lenin's Mausoleum for day 1 in Moscow) and picks up, one by one, the nearest to the last stop, up to 4 per day. The 9 tabled hops add up to 30.1 km, always in straight lines (haversine formula): street routes run longer. The best season to visit Moscow is not here because it cannot be computed from these sources, and this site does not make up guidebook opinions.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0, snapshot of 2026-07-09) for attractions and notability; GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) for the center and population of Moscow; OurAirports (public domain) for airports.
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