Alekseevskaya Pumping Station Behind the Krestovskaya Gate
Many residents of the Alekseevsky district know that near Novoaekseevskaya Street and 1st Rizhsky Lane lies a unique architectural and historical complex from the late 19th century. It includes the buildings of the forme…
P.V. Tsigel's Estate
In one of the remote corners of Sokolniki Park, there remains a dacha-villa that belonged to merchant of the 1st guild and construction contractor P.V. Tsigel. The cultural heritage sites include the main house, a servic…
3rd Sokolnicheskoye School Named After A.S. Pushkin
Until 1879, the territory where the property now stands belonged to the Palace Department. Previously, Sokolnicheskoye Field was located here, formed in the second half of the 18th century on the site of princely hunting…
Sokolnicheskaya City Hospital
The Sokolnicheskaya Infectious Hospital was built between 1899 and 1904 at the request of the Moscow authorities, with funding from the city budget. It was the first specialized infectious hospital in Moscow, allocated a…
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Sapper Battalion
The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Matrosskaya Tishina Street was built in 1906 for the soldiers and officers of the Sapper Battalion of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment, whose barracks w…
Church of the Holy Trinity at St. Vladimir's Hospital
In 1872, the renowned industrialist and railway magnate Pavel Grigorievich von Derwies founded the Children's Hospital of St. Vladimir in Sokolniki in memory of his son Vladimir, who died in infancy. The hospital complex…
Pokrovskaya Merchant's Almshouse: Orphanage for Young Children
In 1898, a shelter for orphans of merchant origin was added to the old building of the Pokrovskaya Merchant's Almshouse, designed in the neo-Russian style. It is located on the side of Perevedenovsky Lane. According to M…
Elizabeth Petrovna's Palace in Pokrovskoye-Rubtsovo
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was one of the few representatives of the Romanov dynasty after Peter the Great who had a special love for Moscow. This attachment extended to her estate Pokrovskoye-Rubtsovo, located on the ba…
Former Bread Exchange Building
The building, erected in 1911 according to the design of architect Kapitoliy Dulyn, originally served as a bread exchange. After the revolution, it housed the House of Communist Education, which later became the Bauman C…
Main Building of the Pokrovsk Merchant's Almshouse
The buildings of the Pokrovsk Almshouse, intended for elderly and disabled townspeople, were located next to the Pokrovsky Church, which in the 19th century belonged to the Vladichnaya-Pokrovsk community of Sisters of Me…
