I visited the most iconic department store of Russia in Moscow, GUM: Photos

New York to Barneys and Bergdorf Goodman, Paris to Le Bon Marché and London Harrods.

In Moscow, the most emblematic department store is GUM, a mbadive 126-year-old structure in the heart of Red Square.

During a recent trip to Moscow, I visited the famous department store, which opened in 1893 and which includes luxury boutiques like Prada and Louis Vuitton, as well as a 1950s-style beloved boutique selling gourmet products, wine, chocolate and Soviet clbadic products.

Here is what it looks like.