Smirnovs' Income House
The dark six-story income house was built in 1912-1913 by chamberlain V. Smirnov and his brother Oleg.
In the mid-18th century, this extensive estate belonged to the Buturlins. The plot extended deep into the courtyard.…
Marina Tsvetaeva's House in Czechia
A hundred years ago, Marina Tsvetaeva moved to the attic of Mr. Saska's house in the village of Mokropsy near Prague. In this modest room with a small diamond-shaped window, she spent a month and a half of her emigrant l…
St. George Church in Luchniki
The name "in Old Luchniki" has several interpretations: some associate it with onion traders, others with weapon craftsmen. According to another version, it refers to "luzhki," pastures where cattle were traded in ancien…
Turgenev Library
The history of this house is full of mysteries and unexpected discoveries. The building is first mentioned in plans from 1803, and until the mid-2000s, researchers believed it was built in the second half of the 18th cen…
A.P. Bogdanov's House
A small mansion on Mira Avenue, house 22, stands out with its bright and unusual architecture. This building, constructed in 1901 by architect Anatoly Ottovich Gunsta, belonged to the merchant families of Pravatov and Sa…
G.A. Kiryakov Estate
The history of the estate on Petrovka begins in the second half of the 19th century, although the main house was built a century earlier, presumably by a student of M.F. Kazakov. Kazakov's albums feature three student pr…
Peter Sysoev's House ('House with Caryatids')
House No. 7 is a magnificent two-story mansion with a facade adorned with stucco and an inner courtyard.
"House with Caryatids" was built for N.F. Zolotaryova, the wife of merchant Zolotaryov. In 1896, it was purchased …
The House of the Newspaper 'Russian Vedomosti'
"Russian Vedomosti," one of the largest socio-political newspapers in Russia, was published in Moscow starting September 3, 1863. It represented the interests of the liberal public advocating for constitutional monarchy …
Income House of the Moscow Loan Association
In 1744, the land belonged to Prince Vladimir Petrovich Dolgorukov. He was the governor of Riga and Revel under Elizabeth Petrovna but preferred Riga to Moscow. In 1761, the estate passed to his son Vasily Vladimirovich,…
Moscow University, Geological Institute
The construction of the building was delayed due to World War I and was completed in 1918. This became the last realized work of the outstanding architect R.I. Klein, who actively worked in Moscow for nearly four decades…
