West Moscow Oblast is a region in Moscow Oblast.
Cities
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Map of West Moscow Oblast
- 1 Istra — a town famous for its New Jerusalem Monastery
- 2 Krasnogorsk — a small city on the Moscow River best known for its Moscow Country Club Resort and its fine classical estates
- 3 Kubinka — home to a large museum of tanks
- 4 Odintsovo — an industrial city of 130,000; not a tourist destination
- 5 Vereya — inside this small historic village's kremlin is a 16th century Cathedral of the Nativity, erected in honor of the Russian conquest of Kazan
- 6 Volokolamsk — a historic town, home to the important Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery
- 7 Zvenigorod — a small town with its own kremlin, which contains the wonderfully preserved Saviour Cathedral (1399) and its interior frescoes by Russia's greatest painter Andrei Rublev, as well as the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and some extravagant 19th century dachas.
Other destinations
- 1 Borodino Battlefield — one of the three major Russian Battlefields that made history.