Shuyskoye Courtyard
Until 1697, there was the estate of the Sokovnin family at this location, and until 1814, the Yushkov estate was situated here. Pyotr Ivanovich Yushkov sold it to the Kolomna merchant Ivan Reztsov, after which it became …
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker 'Red Bell'
The nickname of this church is unique to Moscow: the name 'Red Bell' is not found anywhere else. These words are all that remains of one of the most beautiful bell chimes in the capital.
Typically, churches were first b…
Chambers of Simon Ushakov
In Moscow, there are not many historical buildings associated with icon-painting workshops and famous Russian icon painters, especially when talking about the period of the 15th-17th centuries. One of the surviving build…
Service Building of the Znamensky Monastery
Information about the building
The service building, which is a small one-story structure with a basement and an arched passage on the southern side, is located along the eastern boundary of the historical territory of …
Trading House of the Moscow Insurance Society 'Boyarsky Dvor'
If you walk from the 'Kitay-gorod' metro station towards Varvarka, you can notice an interesting building on the hill with large windows and smooth lines of balconies. It seems to reach upwards, following the curve of th…
Trinity Church in Nikitniki
Nikitnikov Lane in Moscow, one of the shortest, practically devoid of buildings, serves as a passage between large structures. Its fame is linked to the Church of the Holy Trinity in Nikitniki, an image of which can be f…
18th-19th Century Estate
In Zamoskvorechye, there is one of the shortest streets in Moscow, measuring only 250 meters. It starts from the Chugun Bridge over the drainage canal after Pyatnitskaya Street and ends at the Moskva River. This is Balch…
Church of the Conception of Righteous Anna
It is believed that the Church of the Conception of Righteous Anna in Zaryadye was built no earlier than 1547 from white stone with brick vaults. The exact date of the church's founding is unknown, but the first mention …
The House of Conversing Snakes
At the end of the 18th century, a vast estate on the slope of the Hostinaya Mountain, where Vоронцово Поле street is now located, belonged to Grigory Potemkin. After his death, it passed to the treasury and was then tran…
Income House of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
The courtyard of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery likely emerged next to the yard of the boyar Shein in the 16th century. According to the chronicle, in 1566 a church of the Annunciation was built on the courtyard.
The …
