Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
The Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in Kolomenskoye, built in the second half of the 17th century, is often referred to as a "toy taken from a chest" and the "eighth wonder of the world." Today, it is a highly accurat…
Museum-Estate 'Lyublino' and N. A. Durasov Palace
The ancient estate 'Lyublino' captivates with its beauty and is a remarkable example of architecture and landscape art from the early 19th century. This small villa in Palladian style is surrounded by the picturesque Lyu…
Museum of Russian Estate Culture 'Estate of the Golitsyn Princes Vlahernskoye-Kuzminki'
At the Museum of Russian Estate Culture 'Estate of the Golitsyn Princes Vlahernskoye-Kuzminki', one can feel the atmosphere of hospitality of a Russian landowner, the owner of his own estate.
The Kuzminki estate has bee…
Kremlin Embankment
The Kremlin Embankment is located along the Moskva River at the walls of the Kremlin, between Lenivka Street and the Vasilievsky Descent of Red Square. It became the first stone embankment in Moscow.
In the 12th and 14t…
Peter I's House at the Sovereign Court of Kolomenskoye
Peter I's house in Kolomenskoye is the only memorial museum in Moscow dedicated to the reforming tsar. It was originally built in 1702 on the island of St. Mark. Peter I lived there for two months, observing the construc…
Exhibition 'Dutch House of Peter I'
The exhibition of the House was created by specialists from the museum-reserve in collaboration with the Zaan Museum. The Kolomna copy recreates the House in Zaandam in its original dimensions. It was here that Peter I a…
Red Square
Location and Origin
In the late 15th century, on the top of a hill, near the new brick walls of the Kremlin, built on the site of the crumbling white-stone ones, a square appeared. This happened due to the decree of Iva…
Morozovsky Garden
Location and Origin
In the early 15th century, on one of the hills of Moscow, later named "Ivanovskaya Gorka" due to the Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery, gardens were laid out by the order of Grand Duke Vasily I Dmitriev…
Ilyinka Street
Location and Origin
Ilyinka, one of the three main streets of Kitai-Gorod and the central street of Bolshoy Posad. It has been known since the 16th century thanks to the Ilyinsky Monastery, which gave it its name. Previ…
Varvarka Street
Varvarka, one of the oldest streets in Moscow, was first mentioned in 1434 as "Varyskaya" due to the burial of Saint Maxim the Blessed here. Archaeologists and historians suggest that the street may have existed earlier.…
