Income House of the Tryndins
In the late 18th century, Sergey Semyonovich Tryndin, who worked as a mechanic at Moscow University, became the first Russian optician to open his own optical workshop. In 1809, he also founded the first optical store in…
Chambers, Mid 18th Century
In the spring of 1395, the army of the Mongol commander Timur, who proclaimed himself the heir to the empire of Genghis Khan and took the title of great emir, invaded Russian lands. Timur burned the border town of Yelets…
The Podvorye of the Zheltovodsky Makaryev Monastery
In the 18th century, when Moscow's trade with foreign countries began to mainly pass through St. Petersburg, Bolshaya Lubyanka, then known as Sretenka, started to change. Noble families, such as the princes Golitsyn and …
Trinity Church in Listy
The church on Sretenka, located in a low area, requires descending stairs, which clearly demonstrates how the cultural layer has grown over 350 years. However, the temple is known not only for its age but also for its co…
Income House of Merchant Kamzolkin
In the second half of the 17th century, a vast property at the beginning of 1st Meshchanskaya Street, now Mira Avenue, belonged to Matvey Grigorievich Evreinov. He was a Jewish boy taken captive during the Russo-Polish W…
The Bryusov House
Information about the building
The two-story stone house on the outer side of Tsvetnoy Boulevard has been associated with the name of the famous poet Valery Bryusov for over a century. It is here that he was born in his…
The Pravdina House
In 1908, merchant and architect Apollos Pravdin built a beautiful mansion for his family. At that time, it was customary to register real estate in the wife's name, so the building is known in guidebooks as the Pravdina …
The House of M. S. Shchepkin
In Moscow, Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin changed several addresses. The longest, from 1830 to 1847, he lived in his house on Bolshoy Spassky (now Bolshoy Karetny) Lane. Unfortunately, this cozy two-story mansion was demo…
Scherbatov City Estate
Historically, Kopyevsky Lane ran parallel to Kuznetsky Most Street, starting from Petrovka and ending at Bolshaya Dmitrovka (formerly known as Bolshaya Georgievskaya). It was likely part of the ancient Kuznetsk settlemen…
Savva Mamontov Theater
On Bolshaya Dmitrovka stands a building, constructed in 1894 according to the design of architect Konstantin Viktorovich Tersky, although it was actually rebuilt from an old mansion.
In 1893, the new owner of the estate…
