Church of the Ascension of the Lord near the Serpukhov Gates
In the late 17th century, the area near the Serpukhov Gates began to be actively settled by craftsmen and merchants, which created the need for a separate church for the new residents. In 1696, on land donated by the Dan…
The House Where Poet S.A. Yesenin Lived (1912-1913)
In the depths of the courtyard on Bolshoy Strochenovsky Lane, a two-story wooden house is hidden. At the end of the 19th century, there were four houses under one address, owned by a former peasant and later Moscow merch…
Moscow Commercial Institute
The male and female commercial schools, as well as the Commercial Institute, located in Zamoskvorechye between Stryemyannyy Lane and Zatsepa Street, were among the most renowned educational institutions in pre-revolution…
Educational Building with Chapel Dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God 'The Seeking of the Lost'
In 1904, a two-story stone building for the Women's School with a chapel was constructed based on the design of engineer N.L. Shevyakov. On June 9, 1905, the church was consecrated in the name of the icon of the Mother o…
Trinity Church in Kozhevniki
According to Patriarchal books, the parish church "Kira and Ioann under Simonov, in Kozhevniki" was founded in the Kozhevennaya sloboda in the first half of the 17th century. According to clerical records from 1686-1688,…
Church of the Icon 'Joy of All Who Sorrow' in Zatsepa
In the 17th century, Zatsepskaya Square was one of the main places for customs control. According to legend, to organize the movement of carts and avoid congestion, a chain was stretched along the street, and merchants w…
A.A. Bakhrushin's House
The founder of the famous leather dynasty in the 19th century, Alexei Fyodorovich Bakhrushin, walked to Moscow from Zaraysk in the 1830s. He settled with his wife and eldest son at the Zaraysk courtyard in Taganka. A few…
The House of P.A. Bakhrushin
In the 1830s, the merchants Bakhrushin acquired a large plot with a house from the heir of merchant Gusyatnikov, Lieutenant F.M. Gusyatnikov. In the 18th century, the Gusyatnikov family was a well-known merchant lineage,…
17th Century Mansion
Two-story residential houses with Empire-style facades, located along the red line of the street and surrounded by a low stone fence with gates, once formed the wealthy estate of merchant Pyotr Ardalyonovich Kotelnikov. …
Skvortsov City Mansion
The two-story mansion with a small decorative pediment on Kozhevnicheskaya Street was built in the "Russian style" by architect Krasnov for Yegor Stepanovich Skvortsov. The year of construction, 1853, is indicated in the…
