Main House of the City Estate of S.S. Gagarin
In the 1700s, the property belonged to the clerk of the Povar Sloboda, Ivan Ryabinkin. Around 1818, it was purchased by Prince S. Gagarin, who began construction. For a long time, authorship was attributed to O. Bove, bu…
Main House of the Pozdnyakov Estate
The main house of the Pozdnyakov estate, bright and festive, stands out against the backdrop of the buildings on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street. Special attention is drawn to the herms in the central windows of the second fl…
The House of the Rostovs
The estate began to take shape in 1756 when I.I. Vorontsov-Velyaminov built a small house with corner pilasters along Bolshaya Nikitskaya. In the 1770s, the property passed to the Dolgorukovs, who expanded the estate to …
Art Cinema 'Khudozhestvenny'
‘Khudozhestvenny’, the oldest cinema in Moscow, opened in the early 20th century. Among its visitors were such prominent figures as Leo Tolstoy and Sergei Yesenin.
Originally, the ‘electro-theater’ building was construc…
The House of the Commander of the Alexandrov Military School
Since the early 60s of the 18th century, one of the largest estates on Znamenka Street belonged to the Apraksins. In 1793 and 1799, General of Cavalry Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin built a large estate complex here in the …
The Apraxin House
The sand-colored building with twelve massive columns on the facade, located at the end of Znamenka, immediately attracts the attention of passersby. The composition above the colonnade, depicting the coat of arms of the…
Manor, First Half of the 19th Century
This mansion in Moscow is one of the first built in the European style, with a beautiful facade along the street. It turned out to be significantly older than previously thought. When restoration work began 12 years ago,…
Main House of E.L. Maring-Darbel Estate
In the early 19th century, the property belonged to merchant Filimon Ivanovich Vakhromeyev. On its territory stood stone chambers from the 17th century, which were demolished after the fire of 1812, when the entire area …
Building of the Alexandrovskaya Courtyard, 17th-18th Centuries
In the mid-17th century, the Assumption Women's Monastery was founded in the Alexandrovskaya Sloboda. In 1662, the Reverend Korniliy of Alexandrov became its abbot, under whose leadership the monastery developed: the num…
Mikhailova-Talgren Estate
In the labyrinths of the Arbat alleys hide true architectural treasures. One of these is the estate of N. P. Mikhailova and V. E. Talgren, located at 5 Malaya Nikolopeskovskaya Street. The history of this building begins…
