Administrative-Residential Building of the Mius Tram Depot
The administrative-residential building, constructed in 1874 and reconstructed in 1909-1910 and 1932, is part of the cultural heritage of regional significance, the "Ensemble of the Mius Tram Depot." It is the first buil…
Tram Depot on Lower Maslovka
In 1895, the First Society of Horse Railways approached the City Administration with a proposal to launch a new mode of transport in Moscow, the electric tram. At that time, trams were already successfully operating in v…
Building of the N.A. Cherkasskaya Asylum
The Cherkasskaya asylum for women was founded by Princess N.A. Cherkasskaya around 1858. At the same time, the first wooden church of the Holy Trinity appeared on the site along the Petersburg highway.
In the early 19th…
Merchant Sherupenkov's House
This house, located on the border of the 19th and 20th centuries, is one of the most famous in the city. Its fame is not related to architecture or the architect, although the turret on one of the corners distinguishes i…
Nikolska Church at Tverskaya Gate
In the 19th century, a wooden chapel and a small Old Believer prayer house stood on the site of the current Nikolska Church. According to one version, it was built in 1815 with funds from merchant N.D. Tsarsky, which is …
Belarusian Station
The Tverskaya Zastava Square was formed in 1742 simultaneously with the construction of the Kamer-Kollegiya rampart. Already in the 16th century, the Tverskaya Yamskaya sloboda was located here, and the lively Tverskoy t…
Residential Building of I. M. Yurasov
Since the mid-19th century, the area along the Petersburg Highway, now known as Leningradsky Prospekt, began to actively develop for residential and dacha construction. Property number 5 is first mentioned in plans from …
Confectionery Factory 'Bolshevik'
The factory of the partnership 'A. Siu and Co.', one of the oldest and largest enterprises in the confectionery industry of Russia, was founded in 1855 in Moscow by French entrepreneur Adolphe Siu. In 1913, the firm was …
Dacha of the Postnikov-Konshin-Mantashov Family
Since the mid-19th century, Moscow has been experiencing a true "dacha boom." According to a decision by the State Council on July 7, 1847, it was permitted to allocate land within a radius of 25 versts from Moscow and S…
Central Moscow Hippodrome
On Leningradsky Prospekt, near house No. 27, there are pylons adorned with sculptures by K. Klodt (the grandson) and S. Volnukhin "Dioscuri Taming Horses." They mark the beginning of the Racing Alley, which runs parallel…
