The House of Decembrist Alexander Belyaev
House No. 12 is located at the end of Kropotkinsky Lane and is the oldest building in this lane. Its mention can be found on the plan from 1760, where the stone chambers of Colonel I.I. Rzhevsky are indicated on a narrow…
M.K. Morozova's Mansion
In the early 19th century, the estate of General Glazova was located at the corner of Smolensky Boulevard and Glazovsky Lane. In 1879, a new mansion was built on its site, designed by architect Alexander Ivanovich Rezано…
Broido House
Adolf Norbertovich Zeligson was a Moscow architect and civil engineer of Polish descent. He was born in Warsaw in 1867 and worked in Lodz, St. Petersburg, and Paris in 1906. Since 1907, he settled in Moscow, where he act…
Residential Wing of the City Estate
The city estate of the 18th and 19th centuries, owned by the families of Lodyzhensky, Zagryazhsky, and Rukavishnikov, is located behind the Stalinist skyscraper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Denezhny Lane, which …
Abrikosov Mansion (Main House of N. O. Kosyrev-Abrikosov Estate)
The Abrikosov Mansion is located on the southwestern corner of the block where Ostozhenka Street and Turchaninov Lane intersect. The boundaries of this plot have changed over time.
In the mid-18th century, the area was …
Katkov Lyceum
History and development of the building
Until the mid-18th century, the site where the building now stands was home to the Ostozhensky state stable. In the early 19th century, residential buildings appeared in its place…
St. Nicholas Church in Khamovniki
The church with bright frescoes, located on a hill, stands out noticeably among the surrounding buildings. Even the late construction could not hide it or diminish its role in shaping the district's appearance.
In the 1…
Smirnov Family Urban Estate
In the depths of a wasteland left after the demolition of houses, next to the Patriarchal pedestrian bridge, there is a two-story brick building painted yellow. It has survived due to its antiquity, as its foundations da…
The Chambers of Averky Kirillov
Opening date and history
The property on this bank of the Moscow River is surrounded by legends that lack a solid historical basis. The names of boyar Ivan Nikitich Bersenye-Beklemishev and even Malyuta Skuratov are men…
Stone Bridge (Moscow)
The first bridge in Moscow was the floating Moskvoretsky Bridge, made of logs lying on the water. It was raised to allow ships to pass. Over time, other floating bridges appeared, but they had to be dismantled during flo…
