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Stories Set in Moscow
Woland's ball, Napoleon's fires, Kremlin storms and metro tunnels — Moscow contains Russia's whole dramatic range. These ten span 1812 to 2033; also explore Soviet Moscow (1922–1991).
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Browse 101 books, 179 movies, 3 TV shows and 18 games set in Moscow.

X-Men: Days of Future Past
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop…

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption.Bill Browder's journey…

The Bourne Supremacy
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne…

The Cranes Are Flying
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river they watch cranes fly overhead and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off…

Anna
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

Man with a Movie Camera
A cameraman wanders around Moscow Kharkiv Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder documenting urban life with dazzling invention. Man with a Movie Camera is one of the major manifestos of the world cinema…

The Courier
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A Good Day to Die Hard
Iconoclastic take-no-prisoners cop John McClane finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to…

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
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