Boulevard Ring. Boulevard Ring Pedestrian route along the Garden Ring
I start my walk from Novopushkinsky Square (the boulevard appeared in 1970, when the residential area between Tverskoy Boulevard and Bolshaya Bronnaya Street was demolished, forming the so-called Novopushkinsky Square) next to the Pushkinskaya metro station. By the way, despite its name “Boulevard Ring”, it is not closed. Near the fountain there is a stone that says: “A memorial sign will be installed here in honor of the winners of the Moscow City Hall Legend of the Century Award.”
There are bicycle taxis near the metro that will take you anywhere in the city, although it is not known how much this trip will cost :)
Monument to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, where Muscovites make appointments
I have already seen such things in many places in Moscow. The meaning of the system is this: you take a bike in one place and return it at any other similar parking lot. Short trips they cost almost nothing. This is necessary for more convenient movement in the center. Instead of taking the metro one stop, you can ride a city bike, let's see what happens
Pushkin fountain. The fountain was built in 1950, since then it has traditionally become a place where dates and meetings are made
Here stood the Holy Virgin Monastery during the passionate miraculous icon of the Mother of God. Founded in 1654 - destroyed in 1937 In memory of the Passion Monastery and the 200th anniversary of the first Divine Liturgy for the liberation of Moscow from Napoleonic troops in 1812
It seems that this plate and poster were not there before
In the center of Strastnoy Boulevard there is a monument to Rachmaninov
at the address: Strastnoy Boulevard, 15/19 building 1, the restoration of the “Novo-Ekaterininskaya Hospital” is underway; the building, by the way, was built in 1775
At the end of Strastnoy Boulevard there is a monument to Vladimir Vysotsky. Authors: sculptor G. Raspopov, architect A. Klimochkin, 1995
On Petrovka Street we spotted the bell tower of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery
There are several temples, cathedrals and monasteries on the territory
Cathedral in the name of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus' 1514-1517.
Temple in honor of the Bogolyubsk Icon of the Mother of God with the tomb of the Naryshkin boyars, 1680s.
Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (late 17th century)
The refectory church was built in 1690-94. in gratitude to St. Sergius for saving Peter I in the Trinity-Sergius Monastery from an assassination attempt by archers. It was built as a smaller copy of the refectory church of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. The temple was closed for worship in 1924. During the atheistic times, it was rebuilt and secular institutions were located in it. Worship services resumed in 1992
Fountain with swans and a small waterfall on the territory
Belfry
some churches are undergoing lengthy restoration
The place is very interesting, so if you are nearby, stop by, there is something to see
we pass by Trubnaya metro station
at the address: Trubnaya street, 15, graffiti "Circus" was painted by writer Alexey Medny
The Nativity Monastery is located on Rozhdestvensky Boulevard
On the slope of the boulevard as it exits onto Trubnaya Square, a cultural and entertainment center building is being built, which has received the unofficial name “dung beetle”. The history of the object began with the decision in 1996 by the city authorities to build a fountain and a one-story cafe with 75 seats on this site, with with total area 590 sq.m. The project and the initial permitting documentation were revised several times, as a result of which the area of the “cafe” increased to 770 and then to 2205 sq.m. In the spring of 2009, the inspection of the Moscow City Committee for cultural heritage conducted a construction inspection, during which it turned out that the area of the facility was one and a half times greater than permitted and amounted to 3388 square meters. m.
Rozhdestvensky Boulevard itself
This worship cross was installed with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in the summer of 2012. from the Nativity of Christ in memory of the patroness of Moscow, the Venerable Euphrosyne - in the world the Grand Duchess of Moscow Evdokia Dmitrievna (1353-1407), by whose will in 1395. The miraculous icon of the Mother of God was transferred to Moscow
A monument to N.K. was erected on Sretensky Boulevard. Krupskaya. Sretensky Boulevard itself is closed, repair work is going on there (although they have been going on for a very long time)
At the end of Sretensky Boulevard there is a monument to V.G. Shukhov
Bronze "Benches of Science" are installed around the monument to the outstanding Russian scientist and inventor, academician Vladimir Shukhov. Two of them are in the shape of a split log with a vice, hammers and other carpentry tools lying on them.
We'll start our Long walk along the Boulevard Ring with a walk along Gogolevsky Boulevard. During it we will walk the entire boulevard from Prechistensky Gate Square to Arbat Gate Square, get acquainted with the history of the boulevard, interesting facts associated with it, and, of course, with its attractions.
We leave the Kropotkinskaya metro station. Exit - the last car from the center, follow the sign "To Volkhonka Street". Exit from the metro is via an underground passage; the western exit of the Kropotkinskaya station does not have a ground vestibule.
The main attraction of this area is undoubtedly the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, one of the main cathedrals of the capital. And, although the Temple itself is not located on the Boulevard Ring, we cannot ignore it. Let's come closer.
On the right is the square of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in which there is a monument to Alexander II - the Liberator. To get a better look at it, let’s go down to the park, since the monument’s back is to Vsekhsvyatsky Proezd.
The square offers a magnificent view of both the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the monument to Alexander II, at the foot of which there is a fountain.
The sculpture of the emperor is located on a powerful granite pedestal surrounded by lions (a symbol of royal power, and also a symbol of dignity and fortitude). On the pedestal there is a bronze tablet that lists the merits of Alexander II: the abolition of serfdom, the introduction of a system of local self-government, military and judicial reforms, and the end of the many years of the Caucasian War.
But today our path lies in a completely different direction. After walking along the embankment, we go up the Simonovsky Proezd.
There is a wooden chapel in a small park - Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Sovereign".
The icon, after which the church is named, occupies a special place among Orthodox shrines. It is believed that it was revealed to the Orthodox people on March 2 (15), 1917, the day of the abdication of Nicholas II.
In 1990, a stone was installed at this place with the inscription: ““The foundation stone in the name of the Sovereign Mother of God - the forerunner of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which will be revived in this holy place.”
And in 1995 the chapel itself was built. Here services were held for the speedy revival of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, for the builders and benefactors.
Opposite the chapel is the Apartment House Z.A. Pertsova is an architectural monument of the early twentieth century in the Art Nouveau style.
We are located on Prechistensky Gate Square. On the left side we see a monument to Friedrich Engels.
Having crossed the pedestrian crossings to the other side of the square, we find ourselves at the beginning of Gogolevsky Boulevard. The arch of the eastern vestibule of the Kropotkinskaya station serves as a unique entrance to the boulevard. Let us remember that we were leaving from the western lobby.
On the left wall of the arch we see two memorial plaques at once.
One of them tells passers-by that until 1933, the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, built in 1493, stood on this site. The second concerns the metro station itself. It says that the lobby of the Kropotkinskaya station is an architectural monument of the twentieth century.
A continuation of the arch are two rows of one-story pavilions with small shops, cafes and cell phone stores.
Having passed them, we find ourselves on the boulevard itself. Before setting off, it’s worth saying a few words about its history.
In the 16th century, when walls stood on the site of today’s Boulevard Ring White City, its southeastern slope was washed by the Chertory stream. In fact, Gogolevsky Boulevard was subsequently located in its place. And since the banks of the stream were of different heights (the inner one, from the side of the fortress, was steeper, and the outer one was flatter), the boulevard also has a three-stage relief. The internal passage is located on the top step, the boulevard itself is on the middle, and the external passage is on the bottom.
Yours modern name the former Prechistensky Boulevard received in 1924, the year of the 115th anniversary of the great Russian writer N.V. Gogol.
Interesting fact: the events of the Oscar-winning film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” take place on Gogolevsky Boulevard. The main character of the film, Katya Tikhomirova, and Rudolf Rachkov meet on the benches of this boulevard. This happens twice. At the very beginning of the film, and then, in the same place, twenty years later.
The architectural appearance of Gogol Boulevard took shape after the Patriotic War of 1812. Most of the buildings here are two or three stories high and belong to 19th century. Only a few of them were built in the 18th or, conversely, in the 20th century.
One of these houses is located at the very beginning of the boulevard, house No. 4 - City estate Princes Obolensky-Nekrasov, built by architect R.I. Klein in the second half of the 18th century.
The next building behind it, house No. 6, is the Zamyatin-Lvov-Tretyakov Estate. It is famous not so much for its architecture as for its history. The fact is that in 1873-92. the building housed the art collection of philanthropist S. M. Tretyakov.
But the building of house No. 8, building 1, although it does not stand out from the unified architectural appearance of the boulevard, was built after the October Revolution, in 1930. This is the so-called “commune house”, built for Soviet workers. Previously, in its place stood the Church of the Rzhev Mother of God, destroyed a year earlier.
Let's move to the odd side of the boulevard. Here, by the way, it’s worth mentioning that there are quite a lot of pedestrian crossings on Gogolevsky Boulevard (as well as on the entire Boulevard Ring), and we won’t have any problems crossing from one side of the street to the other.
Passing house number 5, we will look into Gagarinsky Lane. Here we will see a small two-story building. This is the Estate of P.V. Nashchokina. On its wall we will find a memorial plaque telling us that in 1831-1832 A.S. Pushkin lived here with his friend P.V. Nashchokina.
Let's return to the boulevard. Opposite house No. 10 on the boulevard there is a monument to Mikhail Sholokhov, a famous Soviet writer and Nobel Prize winner.
The monument is a whole sculptural composition. In it, Sholokhov crosses the Don in a boat. And behind him are two groups of horses swimming in different directions.
According to the author of the work, sculptor A. Rukovishnikov, the horses symbolize the Red and White Armies, which are not on the same path. And in the middle is a sculpture of a small foal who does not know who to swim for. Part of the composition is also a stone bench (the rest of the benches around the monument are ordinary wooden ones). It depicts scenes from the Civil War on both sides.
The monument is located against the backdrop of the Tsurikov Estate. It is famous for the fact that in the 19th century its owner was Mikhail Naryshkin, and secret meetings of the Decembrists took place here. Here the owner of the house and another Decembrist, Ivan Pushchin, were arrested. Passers-by are reminded of this by a memorial plaque depicting hands shackled.
Now this building houses the Union of Artists of Russia.
We move further along the boulevard. During the warm season, various exhibitions of paintings and photographs are regularly held here. Of course, free. In the distance we can already see the end of the boulevard and the monument to the one in whose honor it is named - Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. However, the monument is located with its back to the boulevard, so let’s come closer and go around it from the front, from the Arbat Gate Square.
The history of the creation of this monument is worth telling separately. The sculpture by N. Tomsky was installed in 1951. However, there was already a monument to Gogol on the Boulevard Ring (and in exactly the same place). In 1909, in the year of the writer’s 100th anniversary, a monument to Gogol by sculptor N. Andreev was erected here.
However, Stalin never liked him. In that older sculpture, Gogol is depicted in a moment of heavy thought, gloomy and exhausted. This is not what a national hero should look like, according to the “leader of the peoples.” Therefore, in 1951 the sculpture was replaced. Now the great writer appears before passers-by stately, handsome and full of life.
Looking ahead, let's say that we will see each other again with the mentioned work of N. Andreev. It is located further along our route, on Nikitsky Boulevard. But more about this later, we will follow the sequence.
Coming out to the Arbat Gate Square, we suggest you deviate slightly from the route and turn left into Maly Afanasyevsky Lane. Having walked along it, we will find ourselves in Filippovsky Lane (it runs parallel to Gogolevsky Boulevard).
This could be the end of the first part of our walk, but we propose to explore a couple more attractions located in close proximity to the metro. Having gone around the metro building, we find ourselves in front of the Khudozhestvenny cinema.
A memorial plaque on its facade states that this cinema is one of the oldest cinemas in Moscow (opened in 1909), and the cinema building itself is an architectural monument protected by the state.
Near the entrance to the cinema there is a small memorial sign similar to Orthodox church, but much smaller in size.
The inscription on it tells us it was located here ancient church, built in the 15th century and destroyed in 1930. And it was called the Church of Boris and Gleb. Just like the Temple we passed a minute ago.
Thus, it is not difficult to guess that during the years of militant atheism, the Church of Boris and Gleb was destroyed, and after almost 70 years, it was recreated. But, since new buildings have appeared on the square over the years, and the Boulevard Ring highway has expanded significantly, it was not possible to build a church in the original location. Therefore, the construction site was chosen a little to the side.
Looking at the opposite side of the square, we can see two streets diverging from it.
And our walk is over here. We can go down to the Arbatskaya metro station or go to the second part Great walk along the Boulevard Ring - Walk along Nikitsky Boulevard.
The capital of Russia - Moscow - is one of ancient cities, filled with historical monuments of various kinds - architectural, cultural, natural. It’s no wonder that transport and walking tours around Moscow are very popular not only among visitors, but also among Muscovites. Demand creates supply. New very interesting and informative walking tours around Moscow are constantly appearing in the capital. History is born before the eyes of the people participating in the excursions.
Health and history
Doctors indicate that to improve health, you need to walk for more than half an hour every day. Walking tours along Moscow roads - one of best options walks. There is an opportunity not only to strengthen and maintain health, but also at the same time to get acquainted with or refresh your memory of the beauty of numerous architectural monuments. While leisurely strolling around the capital, you can come across beautiful buildings, majestic fountains, ancient bridges, and with them see parks, gardens, artificial and natural reservoirs.
To choose an excursion, it is advisable to read the description of walking routes around Moscow.
The Kremlin is secular
Where to go in the capital of Russia? Any Russian and even a guest from abroad knows the Kremlin. This is where visitors want to go.
The most popular walking routes in Moscow are along the Kremlin. Walking through its impressive territory, one can get an overall picture of the world-famous monuments, both secular and religious, that have accumulated in the Kremlin over the centuries.
Secular monuments start from the walls, partially preserved. For a long time, the Kremlin was primarily a fortress. Its territory, forming an irregular triangle of 27.5 hectares, was surrounded by wooden walls for several centuries, and from the fourteenth century by stone walls. The last time the walls with twenty towers were radically rebuilt in the era of Ivan III and have only been redone since then.
Buildings from the Russian Middle Ages, Imperial Russia, and the Soviet era have gathered on the territory of the Kremlin. Among them, the most famous are the Chamber of Facets (fifteenth century), Terem Palace(seventeenth century). In the eighteenth century, the Senate building appeared, in the nineteenth century - the building of the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Armory Chamber. In the twentieth century, the State Kremlin Palace was built.
The Kremlin is religious
The Moscow Kremlin is one of the holy places of Russian Orthodox Church. There are several temples that form the religious basis of Russia.
One of the most interesting and beautiful masterpieces of Moscow, known throughout the world, is St. Basil's Cathedral (another name for the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God), built back in the sixteenth century by order of Tsar Ivan IV. Almost all Russians learn at school that this is an ancient temple located in Moscow. The multi-domed cathedral is the central monument of Red Square, giving it a solemn appearance.
The Assumption Cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in the Kremlin, completely preserved from the Middle Ages. The temple was created in the fifteenth century according to the design of the Italian A. Fioravanti instead of the previous cathedral, which collapsed after the earthquake.
From a bird's eye view, the majestic white-stone cathedral appears in the form of a regular rectangle. The vault rests on four pillars, each measuring more than two meters. The walls are made of white stone, other elements are made of brick.
The nine-domed, white-stone Annunciation Cathedral lies near Cathedral Square. In the fourteenth century, under Ivan I, a stone church was first built in the Kremlin.
Until the end of the eighteenth century, the cathedral was the tomb of the ruling dynasties - first the Rurikovichs, and then the Romanovs. Ivan Kalita was the first to be buried here. There are a total of fifty-four burials here.
Boulevards
Historically, there were ten boulevards in the city. The walking routes in Moscow along them are very interesting. Boulevards were built where previously there were defensive fortifications covering the White City since the sixteenth century. During the reign of Catherine II, Moscow began to be taken beyond the boundaries of the fortress walls. They lost their significance and therefore they were destroyed, and the area was landscaped. In our time, only the names of the squares and the ruins of the fortress rampart remind us of the former fortifications.
Walking tours of the city, the routes of which go through the boulevards, are not limited only to the main streets. When tourists enter the alleys, they get acquainted with the original historical monuments.
The length of this excursion is about 8 km, and the walk itself lasts approximately 4 hours. This excursion stands out among the long walking routes around Moscow. As a rule, it starts from Gogolevsky Boulevard, and then the group moves clockwise.
Boulevard Ring
As a rule, walking tours along the Boulevard Ring of Moscow start from Gogolevsky Boulevard and end on Yauzsky. Sightseers gather near the Kropotkinskaya metro station, next to it is Gogolevsky Boulevard. There you can see a large building of the nineteenth century, monuments to the writer N.V. Gogol and the Soviet writer M.A. Sholokhov.
Walking along the boulevard, you can go to the square. Arbat Gate, where another ring boulevard lies - Nikitsky. The Museum of the East is located on Nikitsky Boulevard.
Behind the Nikitsky Gate, the excursion takes you to the longest and rather ancient boulevard of the capital - Tverskaya. In addition to these attractions, Tverskoy Boulevard is also known for its “theatricality” - actress M.N. once played here. Ermolov, this is where famous theaters are located.
After Pushkin Square the group finds itself on the most extensive boulevard in the capital - Strastnoy. There you can see monuments to the famous actor and bard V.S. Vysotsky, composer S.V. Rachmaninov, poet A.T. Tvardovsky.
Immediately behind the Sretensky Gate Square, the shortest boulevard of the ring begins - Sretensky. However, despite its small size, there is a number of historical monuments Moscow, one of which is the miraculously surviving slope of the fortress rampart.
The tour ends in a world of silence and tranquility - on Yauzsky Boulevard. Here you can see buildings of the nineteenth century and a monument to R. Gamzatov. In addition, you can see monuments related to the history of cinema.
Taganka
Walking from Taganka to the Kremlin through the center of Moscow, the ancient streets, you will notice a large number of masterpieces of architecture. Among them we can highlight the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It stands in the middle of Taganskaya Sloboda, now widely known for the work of V.S. Vysotsky.
To others famous monument architecture is the Batashev estate, which is nestled on Shvivaya Hill. As part of the walking routes around Moscow, you can see what has still survived: service buildings, the main estate, a temple, a small park and two outbuildings.
The Tagansky Reserve Command Post is considered one of the most fascinating monuments of the Soviet era. This is an underground structure lying at a depth of 60 m and covering an area of 7 thousand square meters. m.
Pyatnitskaya
IN last years New walking tours around Moscow have been developed, which go along the major central streets of the capital. Pyatnitskaya Street, for example, lies in the very middle of the city. Its length is approximately 2 km. This walking route around Moscow begins from Ovchinnikovskaya Embankment and ends with the Garden Ring.
The street is illuminated by architectural and artistic lighting, which is located on 17 houses on the first line. Benches and modernized retro-style lamps are placed along the length of the route. In addition, 10 architectural masterpieces that are stunning in their beauty have been renovated and improved.
Maroseyka - Pokrovka
If you want to wander along the pedestrian paths of the capital on your own, then you need to follow the new walking route around Moscow, opened in 2014, which departs from Maroseyka Street and ends at Pokrovka. It's difficult to get lost there. Among the interesting walking routes in Moscow, this path pleases the eye with its renovated architectural masterpieces, comfortable benches and spacious sidewalks. Additionally, this route has eliminated excessive advertising, making local attractions easier to understand.
Such a walking tour may be suitable for walks along the boulevards, because Chistoprudny Boulevard converges with Pokrovka.
Walking through the history of the capital
For any Muscovite and visitor, the capital of our Motherland is a certain mystery. To understand its secrets, monuments, masterpieces of past centuries, you need to allocate a large amount of time and effort. Transport route does not allow us to see all the wonderful features of the city. But having decided to walking tour, you will not only improve your health, but also see in great detail the monuments of the past that the whole world admires so much.
Free excursions
In Moscow you can get to free excursions: along the streets and boulevards, to the Novospassky Monastery, along the Gruzinskaya Sloboda, Solyanka and Shvivaya Gorka, along Chistye Prudy. You can sign up for them in advance, but the walk may be canceled due to unfavorable weather conditions. weather conditions, tips to the guide are welcome.
The last days of August were still warmed by the warm sun, but the first yellow leaves already reminded of the imminent autumn.
This time we planned easy routes for my mother, visiting one of the Moscow boulevards every day, favorite places walks during my youth.
Our unhurried walks, unusual for me, with stops and rests on benches, opened up new perspectives for leisurely contemplation of the nature and architecture of the Boulevard Ring.
The boulevard ring arose on the site of the dismantled walls and towers of the White City. At the end of the 18th century, the city grew, the Belgorod Wall lost its defensive significance and in the 1770s - 1780s it was dismantled, and boulevards were laid in its place.
I have memories of carefree student years, dates on Pushkin Square and walks along Tverskoy Boulevard that are associated with the Boulevard Ring.
IN last days August, the boulevards and squares of Moscow were decorated with multicolored landscape installations of the Flower Jam festival, and the luxurious Admiral butterflies arrived and fluttered in the city center, pleasing the eye. Colorful flower arrangements decorated the famous, formerly aristocratic Tverskoy Boulevard.
TVERSKOY BOULEVARD is the oldest and longest on the Boulevard Ring, running from Nikitsky Gate Square to Pushkinskaya Square.
It is joyful to see preserved and restored buildings and very sad to realize that destroyed historical buildings cannot be returned.
I can’t imagine Moscow without Pushkin Square, with famous place meetings at the monument to A.S. Pushkin, with the Rossiya cinema, where festivals and premieres of sensational films were held. But only recently, with surprise and bitterness of loss, I learned that the ancient Passion Monastery, built in the 17th century and destroyed in 1937, used to stand on this site. The monastery was dedicated to the miraculous Passion Icon of the Mother of God, which has long been one of the most revered, since it symbolized the Holy Week before the Resurrection of Christ.
Unfortunately, all that remains from the Strastnoy Monastery is the name of the next boulevard and the Memorial Stone on Pushkin Square
Fortunately, beautiful church The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Putinki on Malaya Dmitrovka, located near Lenkom, has been restored. “Our beloved actor Alexander Abdulov made a great contribution to the restoration of the Temple,” my mother reminded me. On his initiative, the “Backyards” festival was held in the courtyard of the Lenkom Theater from the late 1980s, funds from which were directed to the restoration of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The funeral service of Alexander Abdulov, who unfortunately passed away so early, was held in this church, but his memory will remain for centuries in the azure church domes.
Deciding to take a break after a walk along Tverskoy Boulevard, we went to the cafe of the Eliseevsky store (known in Soviet times as grocery store N1), located in historical building on the corner of Tverskaya Street and Kozitsky Lane, which has been decorating Tverskaya Street for 230 years and has gone through many changes.
“Eliseevsky” was opened by merchant Grigory Eliseev in 1901 and immediately became a favorite place of Muscovites for its luxurious interiors, exotic food products and rare wines.
How much has changed in Moscow over the past decades...
I remember how, during my student years, my girlfriends and I celebrated the end of the session at the Cosmos or Moskovskoe cafe on Tverskaya, standing in line on the street. Now everything has been rebuilt beyond recognition, with a huge selection of cafes and restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets.
Walking along Gogolevsky Boulevard, I told my mother how we, carefree students, once ran away from a lecture and walked here and went to drink strong aromatic coffee at the Photographer’s House.
GOGOLEVSKY BOULEVARD (until 1924 - Prechi;stensky Boulevard) runs from Prechistenskie Vorota Square to Arbat Gate Square.
One of the most beautiful houses on Gogolevsky Boulevard 6 is the former Zamyatin-Lvov-Tretyakov estate, the last owner of which was the collector, public figure and philanthropist S.M. Tretyakov. Nowadays, this building in the Russian-Byzantine style houses the Russian Cultural Foundation.
In house 14 on Gogolevsky Boulevard, there was the former “City Estate of E.I. Vasilchikova - S.A. Obolensky - N.F. von Meck." Today, the Vasilchikov estate houses the Chess Federation of the Russian Federation and the Central House of Chess Players named after M.M. Botvinnik.
Walking along Gogolevsky Boulevard, we stopped to look at posters with photographs of restored buildings in Moscow. “Wow!” my mother exclaimed, “Look how they restored the church where we studied!” And indeed this was the building of the former house church of the Women's Commercial School on Zatsepa 41, with the famous Icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost.” IN Soviet era there they set up building No. 4 of the Academy of National Economy named after. G.V. Plekhanov (now the Russian University of Economics), where we once studied.
CHISTOPRUDNY BOULEVARD runs from Myasnitskie Vorota Square to Pokrovskie Vorota Square.
Previously in the area Chistoprudny Boulevard there was a slaughterhouse - “Animal Yard”, the waste from which was dumped into a pond called Pogany. In Peter’s times, the ponds were cleared and named Chistye, the meat trade in this place was curtailed, only the name of the street reminds of the past.
A lot has also changed on Chistoprudny Boulevard, alas, there are no swans swimming in the pond and there is no longer the exotic restaurant “Jaltarang”, where we first tried Indian coffee with spices, and from the balcony of which it was so pleasant to admire the pond. But still Chistye Prudy loved by Muscovites and tourists as an oasis of nature in the city center.
Turning from Chistoprudny Boulevard, we walked along Myasnitskaya towards Lubyanka. The Imperial Post Office, from which my mother used to send me parcels, is now being restored, but the building of the Tea House, 19, the so-called “Chinese Box” still adorns the street. This house, unusual for Moscow architecture, was decorated in the Chinese style at the request of Sergei Vasilyevich Perlov, who came from a dynasty of hereditary merchants and founder of the Perlov and Co tea company in 1890-1893. Interestingly, the Perlov family name was granted by the tsar in recognition of the merits of the tea merchants and in memory of the pearl industry of their ancestors, who collected pearls on the Yauza River.
In the story about Moscow boulevards, I cannot help but mention my native Lilac Boulevard in Izmailovo, not as famous as the Boulevard Ring, but well-groomed, decorated with flower beds and openwork arches, cozy benches on which it is so pleasant to sit on a warm Indian summer evening and watch the fluttering flowers butterflies on a flower.
In recent years, I have realized that I love Moscow, as they love my parents, with all its advantages and disadvantages, simply because it exists.
I used to go on vacation from Moscow, now I come to Moscow and rediscover hometown. Having returned home, I look through photographs, re-read books - and plan a new trip to Moscow, anticipating new meetings and discoveries.
September 2018
Moscow
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Reviews
Thank you for enlightening me. I figured out quite recently that the garden ring was where the gardens were, but about the gates I didn’t even understand why there were such names. I walked past the Nikitskys and thought, why the name? And now I imagined that if the boulevards were created on the site of the walls of the White City, then naturally there were passages and gates in them. It’s commendable that you’re interested, you know a lot... When I found myself in Paris, several years ago, and one day I went wherever my eyes were looking, went out onto one boulevard, then another, they were also arranged in a chain and I thought that they were also in the form of a circle, like in Moscow, but it turned out that he was not, and got lost after leaving them. And in Moscow for some time he lived not far from Sirenevoye. There are a lot of lilacs growing on it.