City Estate of E.N. Ofrosimova, Viktorovs, I.A. Vorontsov
From the second quarter of the 18th century, in the area of Bolshaya and Malaya Polyanka, where trading and craft settlements once existed, noble estates began to be built. The house at modern Malaya Polyanka, 9, has bee…
Income House of the Khudovs
At the end of the 19th century, active construction of income houses began in Moscow. This was linked to the rapid development of industry, which led to an influx of various social groups into large cities like Moscow an…
Men's Gymnasium Complex
Moscow's men's gymnasiums were state institutions of the Ministry of Public Education, and there were few of them in Moscow, with eleven known to exist. One such gymnasium was founded in 1902 on the basis of the Moscow s…
City Estate of the 18th-19th Centuries on 1st Cossack Lane
In the late 18th century, a stone main house with a wooden second floor was built along the red line of the lane, oriented from west to east (modern building 1). It was surrounded by two stone wings, positioned end to th…
Shelter for Elderly Warriors of the Russo-Turkish War
1st Khvastov Lane has lost a significant part of its pre-revolutionary buildings, so the three-story dark green house stands out against the backdrop of other structures. Above its entrance is a shrine with an icon, hint…
Khludov City Estate, late 18th - early 20th century
The Khludov family, originally from Yegoryevsk, settled in Moscow in 1817 when I.I. Khludov, the founder of the famous merchant dynasty, opened his first workshop on Shvivaya Hill. This marked the beginning of their larg…
The House Where Vasily Klyuchevsky Lived (1880-1890)
1st Khvostov Lane begins at Bolshaya Polyanka Street, crosses Malaya Yakimanka, and leads to Bolshaya Yakimanka. Its length is approximately 350 meters. The name of the lane, like that of 2nd Khvostov, is connected to th…
The Nemirov-Kolodkin House
The estate on Bolshaya Ordynka belonged to Lieutenant of the Life Guards Semenovsky Regiment Stepan Bibikov and included properties 42 and 44. The main house was built shortly after the fire of 1812. In 1853, the propert…
Second Moscow City Public School
Bolshaya Yakimanka Street is part of an ancient route connecting Kyiv and Rostov Veliky. It got its name from the chapel of Joachim and Anna in the Annunciation Church, located in Golutvina Sloboda. This chapel was popul…
Income House with Shops of the Assumption Cathedral in Kazachya Sloboda, 1863-1864
The route of Bolshaya Polyanka is likely part of one of the oldest roads in Moscow, leading from the crossing at the site of the modern Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge to Serpukhovskaya Square. Here, Bolshaya Polyanka connects wi…
