Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Izmaylovo
The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Izmaylovo was built in 1671-1679 on the site of an old wooden church that remained from the estate of Nikita Romanov. The construction was overseen by the stonemasonry…
Residential House of G.V. Sagalaev
Not far from the "Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad" metro station, deep in Zelyev Lane, among typical Soviet apartment buildings, lies a one-story brick house built in 1900. In the past, this area was the village of Cherkizovo…
The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Transfiguration Square
The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Preobrazhenskoe, an Orthodox church, was destroyed in 1964. It was located on Preobrazhenskaya Square in the Preobrazhenskoe district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug o…
Catherine's Almshouse
The quadrangular courtyard of two-story buildings on Stromynka, known in old Moscow as Catherine's Almshouse, was once the Khamovny Courtyard, a linen factory founded by Peter I in 1696 for the production of canvas for t…
Coronation Asylum
A whole block between the current Korolenko Street and Kolodetsky Lane was once part of the royal estate, where the Preobrazhensky Palace was located, built in the 1660s for Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. Next to it stood a w…
The Almshouse of the Boev Brothers
In the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, new public institutions such as hospitals, almshouses, and shelters were actively built in the Sokolniki area, most of which were constructed with private donation…
Preobrazhenskaya Psychiatric Hospital
In the times when shipbuilding was developing on the right bank of the Yauza, there was the Matroskaya Sloboda. It is from here that the names of Matroskaya Tishina Street and Matrosky Bridge originate. Peter I built a h…
Bahrušins Hospital
The hospital for chronic patients in Sokolniki was built between 1885 and 1887 thanks to donations from well-known philanthropists, brothers Pyotr, Alexander, and Vasily Bahrušins, in whose honor it was named.
The Bahru…
Sokolniki Workhouse and House of Diligence Ensemble
This part of the Sokolniki district, located between the Yauza River and the modern Korolenko Street (formerly Ermakovskaya), once belonged to the royal Preobrazhensky Palace, built for Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in the 16…
I.L. Ding's Mansion
Next to Sokolniki Park stands a mansion that immediately attracts attention with its unusual shapes. It has a tall gabled roof and a corner turret with a tent-like top. The windows vary in shape and size: arched, almost …
