Incongruously plonked down in amongst a group of Soviet high-rises sits 19th Century painter Viktor Vasnetsov’s romantic little wooden house. Decorated in colourful revivalist style, it is a gem for those who are fans of Russian mythological art a la Repin or Roerich with a sprinkling of Tolkien fantasy. The downstairs of the house contains the rustic style wooden living rooms complete with real stone oven, while the huge attic houses some of the artist’s most famous ceiling high fairytale paintings from stories such as the Thunderbird and the Bogatyrs.