Russia To Celebrate Anniversary Of St. Basil's Cathedral

Russia To Celebrate Anniversary Of St. Basil's Cathedral: "MOSCOW -- Russia will celebrate the 450th anniversary of St. Basil's Cathedral by opening an exhibition dedicated to the so-called 'holy fool' who gave his name to the soaring structure of bright-hued onion domes that is a quintessential image of Russia.


The eccentrically devout St. Basil wore no clothes even during the harsh Russian winters and was one of the very few Muscovites who dared to lambast tyrannical Czar Ivan the Terrible."

Moscow tips from international correspondent

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"Everything is massive, like the 10-lane roads that run through the city. The buildings are vast and monumental, as befits the capital of the world's biggest country," said Matthew Chance, a CNN senior international correspondent who has lived in Moscow for six years.

Russia is about 1.8 times the size of the United States and more than 10 million people call Moscow home, according to the CIA World Factbook.

It's a huge city with price tags to match. Moscow is regularly ranked among the world's most expensive cities.

"That means limos and bling everywhere,".