Today and yesterday were used for a few museum visits around the city. The first was the small Moscow residence of Виктор Михайлович Васнецов (Victor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov) who was a late 19th century and 20th century artist. He was outrageously prolific and his work spanned across numerous mediums including woodcarving, architecture and painting. He is particularly known for his depictions of medieval era Russian fairytales and his home, while modestly sized for someone of his popularity, is designed in the style of such fantastical buildings. The museum was small and showcased his living arrangements along with a number of his works. I was unable to take any photographs inside but I did take a few of the exterior. 

Today we went to Царицыно (Tsaritsyno) which was formerly the Moscow estate of Catherine II in the 18th century. Catherine II had ordered the palace on the location built by architect Василий Иванович Баженов (Vasili Ivanovich Bazhenov) in 1776 but when it did not meet her expectations in 1785, she had it partially torn down and partially finished by Матвей Федорович Казаков (Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov) in 1797. Catherine II still did not approve of the design and halted construction, never actually residing in the location. The building has a very strong Gothic style which makes it unique for Russia which had few examples of this kind of architecture. It is now a park and is pretty incredible to look at. The buildings are awesome and I took plenty of pictures. Only a few of them are from inside the museum which is full of art from all different regions and time periods of Russia. Certainly a great place to visit!