Customs Building
This is one of the few surviving buildings constructed in the southeast of Moscow in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The customs house is an example of industrial eclecticism, characteristic of the period of acti…
Consumer Society Stores and Offices at the Moscow Metallurgical Plant
On October 14, 1883 (October 2 by the old calendar), a royal decree was issued allowing Y. P. Gujon to build a metallurgical plant in the area of today's Zolotorozhsky Val. At that time, this place behind the Rogozhskaya…
Stroganov's Dacha on the Yauza
Since 1751, the plot on the high bank of the Yauza belonged to the Stroganovs, and the construction of the building in the Stalinist Empire style is attributed to Rodion Kazakov. In 1828, the estate passed to the Aleksee…
The Tolstoy-Borisov House
The history of house number 27 begins in the mid-18th century. In the 1750s, the plot belonged to state councilor and colonel Vasily Borisovich Tolstoy, who came from the elder non-noble line of the Tolstoys, also known …
The Lukutins' House
In the courtyard of the house at Zemlyanoy Val, 39, built from 1939 to 1953 according to the design of I.N. Kastel and T.G. Zaikin, an amazing structure has been preserved. If you go inside, you can unexpectedly discover…
House, 18th-19th Century
Local streets, alleys, and passages bear the name of Syromyatnichesky, which is connected to the palace settlement of the 16th century, where craftsmen made horse harnesses from rawhide. Since then, this area has changed…
Elizabethan Women's Gymnasium
Since its founding in 1912, this building has always housed educational institutions such as schools and gymnasiums. The alley where it is located has changed its name three times: it was originally called Chichenovsky, …
Educational House
A massive building in classical style, located on the Moskvoretskaya embankment, is known as the Educational House. Its grand facade is adorned with a dome topped by a spire, visible from both the Moskvoretsky and Yauza …
Guardian Council
The ensemble of buildings of the Guardian Council on Solyanka, one of the best examples of Moscow Empire style, was constructed between 1823 and 1826 based on the designs of architects Domenico Giliardi and A.G. Grigorie…
Church of All Who Sorrow Joy at Kalitnikov Cemetery
After the plague epidemic of 1770-1771, the authorities, concerned about sanitation, prohibited burials within the city limits and moved cemeteries beyond the Kamer-Kollegsky rampart. One of these cemeteries was Kalitnik…
