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Former Dussot Hotel
The "Dussot" hotel was opened in Moscow in the 1860s at the intersection of Teatralny Proezd and Neglinnaya Street. In the 16th century, this area was located on the banks of the dam of the Neglinnaya River, adjacent to…
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Fur Shop and Factory of A. M. Mikhailov Trading House
In the 17th century, the current properties No. 12 and 14 on Kuznetsky Most were the estate of the nobleman I. M. Vederevsky. Over time, the owners changed. In the early 19th century, the plot belonged to merchant Franz …
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Free Apartment Houses, Early 20th Century
Protopopovsky Lane extends east from Prospekt Mira, roughly halfway between the Garden Ring and the Third Transport Ring (Kresty Square, Riga Station Square). It connects the initial sections of the main and duplicate ro…
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Furnished Rooms 'Little Paris'
Next to the Ukrainian embassy is another diplomatic representation, the Azerbaijani embassy, located in building No. 16, which is a significant urban-forming object. This building did not come together all at once, but …
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The Parsonage of St. Nicholas Church in Gnezdniki
In the 17th century, near Tverskaya Street, by the walls of the White City, the third defensive ring of Moscow, which ran along the current boulevards, there was the Gnezdnikovskaya sloboda. Historians have not reached a…
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House of Zaborova, Trubetskoy, Uvarov
The house, built in the 18th century, belonged to Irina Zaborova, the wife of a Moscow merchant, in 1793. In 1824, she rented it to retired lieutenant colonel Alexander Alyabyev, a well-known composer. In this house, Aly…
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Income House of R.P. Sablin
Income house number 24 on Leontievsky Lane was built in 1899 according to the design of architect A.A. Meingard in an eclectic style. It was one of two residential buildings created by the architect, who mainly worked on…
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Hotel Madrid
House No. 26 on the even side of Leontievsky Lane is a remnant of the estate of the Princes Shakhovskys, dating back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The main house of the estate faced Tverskaya Street, while t…
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The Pegov House
If you turn off the bustling Tverskaya Street into Malyy Gnezdnikovsky Lane, you immediately find yourself in Moscow of the era of Gilyarovsky and Chekhov. Among the low buildings stands the former Pushkin Theater. Oppos…
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Graves of ROA Warriors
The Russian Liberation Army (ROA), also known as Russische Befreiungsarmee, was one of the largest armed formations organized by Nazi Germany from Soviet prisoners of war who had defected and joined the Wehrmacht in 1942…