Golden Ring
- Taking photos or making noise during services
- using flash in front of icons
- entering churches in revealing clothing
Etiquette & taboos
Etiquette & taboos
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Site-specific notes 6
Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.
Peterhof
- Being loud inside the palace
- stepping into flower beds or fountain basins
- ignoring the on-site photography rules
Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg (Hermitage)
- Touching exhibits and display cases
- raising your voice
- eating or drinking in the galleries
Red Square and the Moscow Kremlin
- Don't fly drones anywhere around Red Square, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Lenin's Mausoleum — the whole central core is a no-fly zone with strict enforcement
- don't climb over the square's fences or step on ceremonial lawns and memorial flower beds
- inside the Kremlin, don't leave the visitor routes for closed areas — guards will stop you at once
Teriberka
- Don't enter abandoned buildings or dangerous old boats
- in winter don't walk out alone onto the rocks by the sea
Murmansk
- Don't photograph military facilities, naval vessels in the port or government buildings
- don't fool around in front of memorials