The Valaam Spaso-Transfiguration Monastery's Dependency in Moscow
Walking through the streets of Moscow and enjoying the beauty of the churches, one can notice church complexes that do not look like monasteries due to their size. It turns out that this is not the monastery itself, but …
N. K. Golofteeva Almshouse
Bolshaya Dekabrskaya Street, previously known as Bolshaya Vagankovskaya until 1922, is located in the Presnya district. In the past, the Vagankovskaya road led to the village of Novoe Vagankovo. In the late 17th century,…
Income House of Merchant M. Kochubey
Together with his mother and two sisters, poet Vladimir Mayakovsky rented a four-room apartment on the first floor of house 36 on Bolshaya Presnenskaya Street (now Krasnaya Presnya Street, house 36, building 1). It was h…
Muir and Meriliz Furniture Factory Building
The building of the "Furniture and Bronze Factory of the Muir and Meriliz Partnership" on Malaya Gruzinskaya Street, built in 1912, is a striking example of British Gothic architecture.
The trading brand "Muir and Meril…
Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Gruziny
The largest Catholic church in Russia was originally conceived as a branch of another church, which is no longer in operation.
In the late 19th century, the center for Moscow's Catholics was Milutin Street, where two ch…
Income house of merchant V. E. Bykov, 1909, architect L. N. Kekushev
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The apartment building of merchant Old Believer V. E. Bykov, located at 19/18, 2nd Brestskaya Street, was built in 1909 and is one of the last works of the famous architect of Moscow moder…
Income House of M. N. Chizhikova
The income house was built in 1901 at the request of M. N. Chizhikova, the wife of a titular advisor. The building's design, according to documents, was developed by architect A. L. Chizhikov, who was a relative of the o…
House-Museum of V.I. Dal
In 1859, V.I. Dal, a renowned writer and actual state councilor, settled with his family in Moscow, in a house by the Presnensky ponds after retiring. This house, now located at 4/6 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street, is known …
Church of St. George the Victorious in Gruziny
The name of Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street speaks for itself: there was once a large settlement of immigrants from the Caucasus, established with the support of the Russian emperor and the participation of the Georgian king…
City Charity House of N.N. Shustov
The massive four-story building on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street today has neither a sign nor a memorial plaque. However, it would be quite appropriate here, as this building was not only one of the best charitable institu…
