Lefortovo Hospital (Burdenko Hospital)
The Moscow hospital, now known as the Main Military Clinical Hospital named after N.N. Burdenko, was founded in Lefortovo by Peter I's decree in 1706. At that time, the first medical-surgical school in Russia was opened …
Houses of the Brotherhood Society, Residential Building, 1902, Architect I.P. Mashkov
Next to Lefortovsky Park is Hospital Street, where in the early 18th century, by order of Peter I, the "Military Hospital" was founded, influencing the further development of this area. In the 19th century, private chari…
Residential Building of the Brotherhood Society
The two-story building, erected in 1900, is part of the historical ensemble of the Brotherhood Society houses in Lefortovo. Originally, this ensemble included six houses that provided free or low-cost apartments for wido…
Vvedenskoe Cemetery. Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Information about the building
The cemetery is officially called Vvedenskoe, named after the area Vvedenskie Gory. It is also referred to as the German or Non-Orthodox cemetery.
Initially, foreigners in Moscow were bur…
The 'Winter' House of the Nosovs
Vasily Nosov, the head of the family business, built this two-story house in the early 1880s on a stone foundation from the 1870s, designed by architect P. Shchegolev. A large garden adjoined the house.
When his son Vas…
Shelaev Merchants' House
In local history literature, this house with a retaining wall and an iron fence with elegant gates is known as the mansion of merchants Stepan and Tikhon Shelaev, which was reconstructed in the 1870s from a building dati…
Church in the Village of Leonovo: The Temple of the Placement of the Holy Virgin's Robe in Vlachernae
History of Discovery and Appearance
Under Ivan Nikitich, after the devastating raids of the Crimean-Tatar invaders, Leonovo was resettled, and a wooden church dedicated to the Placement of the Holy Virgin's Robe was bui…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vladikino
The first church in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built around 1627, replacing the dilapidated Nikolskaya church. At that time, the village was owned by Prince Ivan Ivanovich Shuisky. In 1653, the village …
Mius Cemetery
Mius Cemetery was founded in 1771 during a plague epidemic in Moscow. It got its name from the area of Miusy located nearby. According to legend, the name is connected to the nickname of one of Stepan Razin's accomplices…
The Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Bibirevo
In the territory of the modern municipal district "Bibirevo," there were previously three villages: Bibirevo, Neklyudovo, and Altufyevo, as well as the villages of Podushkino, Yurlovo, and Saburovo. The residents of thes…
