Pogodinskaya House
Not far from the Novodevichy Monastery, on Pogodinskaya Street, there is a wonderfully beautiful little blue house, the Pogodinskaya House. Surrounded by typical buildings of research institutes, it looks toy-like and co…
Church of Nicholas on Shchepakh
In the 17th century, the area beyond Arbat, adjacent to the Moscow River, became an important construction center. Here was the State Wood Chip Yard, where log cabins for wooden buildings were made. The proximity to the …
Church of Archangel Michael (Moscow, Yelanskogo St., 2A)
The large five-domed church was built by architects A.F. Meissner and A.A. Nikiforov in 1894-1897 as the main temple of the Clinical Town of Moscow University at Devichye Pole. Professor A.M. Makeev, who headed the Obste…
Obstetric Clinic
In the 1880s, thanks to the initiative of N.V. Sklifosovsky, the construction of the Clinical Town of Moscow University began at Devichye Pole. The first building was the Obstetric Clinic, built with funds from Elizaveta…
Faculty Clinic
In the 1880s, thanks to the initiative of Professor N.V. Sklifosovsky, the construction of the Clinical Town of Moscow University began at Devichye Pole. One of the key buildings of this complex was the Faculty Clinic, t…
Urban Manor, Late 18th to Early 19th Century
In 1803, Dmitry and Alexander Grachev acquired the estates of Mikhneva and Karnaukhov for the creation of a calico manufactory. A. D. Grachev built a residential estate complex, which included the house that has survived…
Residential building of the Vocational Technical School of the Society for the Dissemination of Technical Knowledge
At the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, on the northern border of the Maiden Field, by the banks of the Moscow River, as in other places beyond the Earthen City, there were wealthy country estates. Over time, t…
Main House of the Ganeshins' Estate
To understand the history of this estate, it is important to note that Pogodinskaya Street does not appear on old maps, as it did not exist until the 1890s. The houses were located on the edge of the Devichye Pole. The s…
Yushkov Estate, Milyukov Factory
Across the intersection of Pogodinskaya Street and Maloye Savvinskoye Lane was the country estate of the Yushkov family. This wealthy family owned a large palace on Myasnitskaya, an extensive estate in Kitai-Gorod on Nik…
Novodevichy Convent in Moscow
Novodevichy Convent, one of the most famous in Moscow, although not the oldest, is the best preserved in its architectural appearance. Many heroes of the 1812 war rest here, including Mikhail Fyodorovich Orlov, who accep…
