East Moscow Oblast Voyage Tips and guide

East Moscow Oblast is a region in Moscow Oblast.

Map of East Moscow Oblast

• 55.837.951 Balashikha — a lakey city with a large, rebuilt Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky
• 55.42238.26312 Bronnitsy
• 55.08333338.7833333 Kolomna — a city nearly 900 years old, with its own kremlin and the oldest church in Moscow Oblast, the Church of St John the Baptist (14th century)
• 55.83333338.1833334 Monino — a town famous for its Central Air Force Museum, one of the world's largest aviation museums
• 55.8538.4333335 Noginsk
• 55.838.9666676 Orekhovo-Zuyevo — an industrial city to the east of Moscow on the Klyazma River
• 55.78333338.657 Pavlovsky Posad — a former merchant town, home to the Pokrovsko-Vasilevsky Monastery and several churches
• 55.76222237.8566678 Reutov
• 55.60111138.1161119 Zhukovsky — this city is home to one of Russia's premiere flight research institutes

• 55.84277838.1813891 The Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил, CMAF) (approximately 1.6 km south of the train station in Monino; there are infrequent signs to the museum if you walk; the best way to get there is either by taxi or by using a map with a GPS). W-Su 10:00-17:00. Monino is a commuter suburb of Moscow. It mainly just has high-rise apartment buildings and a few shops near the train station. Walk south from the station until you hit the museum boundary. Then walk around the east side so you don't go several miles around the wrong way. The museum is a very interesting contrast in modern and old-style Russian. Some parts of it are very new while other parts were probably designed in the 1960s-70s. There are several dozen aircraft outside in various states of repair. Some planes (like the a Mig-29 in the grass) are fairly neglected. There is a large indoor hangar with many World War II aircraft and displays that get wet from a leaky roof. Overall this is a place to visit mainly if you enjoy aviation, especially since it is off the beaten path. Plan to spend 2-3 hours there, which is enough to see the indoor and outdoor displays. Some of the plaques are in English, but not most.