The Stulov House
In 1913-1914, architect V.E. Dubovskoy, with the participation of architect N. Arkhipov, built a residential building in the classical style on the Stulov family plot. This impressive residential building is notable for …
Residential Building, 18th-19th Centuries
Lebjazhiy Lane in Moscow is a place with a rich history. In the 18th century, there was a swan yard here, where birds were bred for the royal table, as well as the Lebjazhiy Pond on the Neglinnaya River.
The residential…
Church of Antipius
The history of the church of the holy martyr Antipius in Kolymazhny Yard dates back to the 16th century. The stone church was built in the Konyushennaya Sloboda around 1530. The name of the church is related to its locat…
The Estate on Volkhnka from the 18th and 19th Centuries
The old estate, which gave its name to the street, has a rich history. In the second half of the 17th century, the chambers of the Volkonsky princes were built deep within the courtyard. In the 18th century, an alley app…
House Where Artist V.A. Tropinin Lived in 1825
In the 18th century, a vast estate owned by the Naryshkins was located on Volkhnka. At that time, this was the initial section of Prechistenka, starting from the corner of present-day Lenivka. The name "Volkhnka" only ap…
City Estate of V.E. Drovosekov and V.M. Bostandzhoglo
In 1874, architect A.S. Kaminsky reconstructed a small house in Byzantine style from an old mansion for Vasily Mikhailovich Bostandzhoglo, a first-guild merchant and member of the Moscow City Duma. The backyard of this p…
Moscow Ducal Office
The two-story stone building of rectangular shape with risalits in the courtyard is located in the northern part of the site along the red line of Gogolevsky Boulevard. It was built on the basis of stone vaulted chambers…
Decembrist Naryshkin's House
Originally, this was the estate of I.O. Tsurikov. After 1812, the main house was built, presumably by architect M.F. Kazakov for the Naryshkin family, and decembrist M.M. Naryshkin lived there. Members of the secret soci…
City Estate of E.M. Alexeeva
The house, which is part of a vast estate, was built in 1822 by the noble Vasilychikov family. The full history can be learned by visiting the neighboring house No. 14 on Gogolevsky Boulevard. Since 1865, the estate belo…
St. Nicholas Church in Old Vagankovo
The Church of St. Nicholas in Starovagankovsky Lane has been known since the 16th century, when it housed the residence of the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky Monastery. The church has been rebuilt multiple times. By the end of the 1…
