City Estate of P. A. Pozdnyakov-Yusupov
Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street is considered one of the most aristocratic in Moscow. It got its name from the Nikitsky Women's Monastery, founded in the late 16th century and located where the modern park and metro substatio…
Main House of the Glebovs-Streshnevs-Shakhovskys Estate
The first stone two-story chambers in the shape of the letter P were built for Prince Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin between 1731 and 1743. However, in 1812, a fire destroyed the entire Nikitskaya Street, leaving only a few …
Income House of S. P. Penkina
The history of ownership begins in 1756, when the property of ensign N. A. Shepotyev was first marked on the map, including the current properties 24 and 26. In 1773, it belonged to the captain of the Life Guards Cavalry…
Craft Museum
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the area between Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Tverskaya streets was home to the aristocracy. In Leontyevsky Lane, which was then called Sheremetevsky, stood the two-story stone chambers of Avto…
The 'Quisisana' Fast Food Chain in the Russian Empire
Today, fast food restaurant chains are widespread around the world, but this phenomenon is not new. In the Russian Empire, there was a similar chain, the German restaurants 'Quisisana', which translates from Italian as '…
The Case of Shalyapin
Once, during his debut performance, he was so nervous that he got tangled in his long robe and fell. Unable to get up, he crawled across the stage to the laughter of the audience. The director loudly expelled him from th…
Captain Nikolai Blinov Street
How Cossacks Saved Paraguay.
In the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, there is a book with records of those who fell in battle, which states: "Russian citizen, Kuban region, Petrovskaya stanitsa, Cossack Iv…
Grave of Mikhail Eisenstein
Architect Mikhail Eisenstein passed away in Berlin and was buried in the Russian cemetery in Tegel.
House of the early 19th century (House of the Meshcherskys)
The light yellow mansion in the Empire style with plaster medallions and bas-reliefs on Leontyevsky Lane looks like one of the newest houses in the area, but its history is much richer. Unlike the neighboring Arts and Cr…
Income House, Architect Eisenstein 2
The income house with shops, designed by architect Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, was built in 1901.
