Fodor's Expert Review The Panorama

Created by Franz Alekseevich Rubaud in 1905 to mark the 50-year anniversary of the 349-day defense of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, this huge 360-degree painting is four meters high and 115 meters long. It presents an almost life-size reconstruction of the defense to create an authentic-seeming presentation. During World War II, the circular building housing the Panorama was destroyed, but it was restored by Soviet painters in the years after the war. There is also a small museum of Crimean war objects and uniforms.