The Church of St. Sergius in Krapivniki has been known since the late 16th century and is depicted on the "Peter's Map" of Moscow, which is the only evidence of the existence of a single-domed church at that time. The fi…

The house, owned by State Councillor I.I. Benkendorf, who was the nephew of the general and head of the gendarmes of Emperor Nicholas I, was built in 1799. In 1805, the famous fable writer I. Krylov lived and worked here…

The building at Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 28, was constructed in the second half of the 18th century for Prince B. G. Shakhovsky. This house housed his famous public serf theater, which had a permanent residence in a specially…

In the mid-18th century, the estate passed from the princes Sonsovy-Zasekin to the ancient noble family of Kожиных, known since the 14th century. In the 1760s, the new owners began reconstruction, during which a new main…

The story of its opening and appearance According to legend, Arseny, the younger son of Morozov, once visited his brother and decided to build the most unusual house in Moscow. He said: "You, Misha, collect things, and …

This house is located on Vozdvizhenka Street and has been preserved here since the late 18th century. In 1783, Prince Alexei Yakovlevich Shakhovsky built a two-story house with a mezzanine, wings, and grand gates leading…

A modest two-story house with a wooden part was once known throughout theatrical Moscow as the Sekretarev Theater. On part of a large estate owned by merchant F. Lang in the early 19th century, in 1860, state councilor P…

The wing of the ancient estate, owned by the princes Nelydinsky-Meletsky, Volkonsky, and Trubetskoy, was likely built by Prince M. N. Volkonsky, who was a general and a participant in the Seven Years' War. His father, wh…

In 1910, the Society for the Dissemination of Practical Knowledge Among Educated Women commissioned architect K.K. Kaiser to build a building. After the construction was completed, it housed the private women's gymnasium…

In the 18th century, this building was part of the ancient estate of the Olsufyev family. Behind a large palisade was the manor house, surrounded by wings. Behind the house were outbuildings and a garden that led to the …