Printing House
Foundation Date and History
The complex of the Synodal Printing House on Nikolskaya Street is one of the most unusual buildings in Moscow and the birthplace of book printing in Russia. Ivan the Terrible and Metropolitan…
Metropol
After the fire of 1812, this place remained empty for a long time. Later, Theater Square was arranged according to O. Bove's project. In 1838, merchant P.I. Chelychev acquired the plot on preferential terms. Until 1898, …
Income House of Shelaputin
The Shelaputins come from a merchant family from Pokrov. In the late 18th century, they moved to Moscow and engaged in trade in the Candle Row, which allowed them to accumulate significant wealth. Prokofy Dmitrievich ser…
Complex of Income Houses of the Northern Insurance Society
Information about the building
The Complex of Income Houses of the Northern Insurance Society in Moscow, located at the corner of Ilyinka and Novaya Square, is one of the last and most impressive architectural projects …
Income House of the Koznov Merchants
The complex of buildings of the Northern Insurance Society, facing Bolshoy Cherkassky Lane, was built in 1899 and 1900 according to the design of architect O. G. Piotrovich.
The Northern Insurance Society was founded in…
Income House of M.A. Alexandrov
The business courtyard building, owned by the St. Petersburg merchant M.A. Alexandrov, was constructed in 1898-1899 by architect A.V. Ivanov at the intersection of Staropansky and Bolshoy Cherkassky lanes. It is one of t…
Income House of the Moscow Merchant Bank with Shops and Warehouses
History of Origin and Reconstruction
At the exit of Ilyinka onto the Old Square, there are two complexes representing income buildings of Moscow from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On the left is the Income Com…
St. John the Theologian Church 'Under the Elm'
The massive and majestic building of the church rises above all surrounding structures. Even the modern construction of the 20th century could not overshadow it or diminish its significance in shaping the appearance of N…
Trading House A.G. Hadji-Konsta
A large estate, originally belonging to the princes Odoevsky, is the only surviving boyar estate in Kitai-Gorod with a large courtyard that was once a garden. Inside the courtyard stands an old stone main house of the es…
Buildings of the Moscow Merchant Society
In the 1930s, the demolition of the Kitaygorod Wall as part of Stalin's reconstruction unexpectedly turned the rear facades of some buildings into grand entrances facing one of Moscow's central squares.
The new square w…
