The book by the well-known writer and researcher of the capital of our homeland, the chairman of the “Old Moscow” commission, Vladimir Muravyov, can rightfully be called a model of “people’s Moscow studies”—an engaging guide to the history and culture of our city. It tells in an interesting and detailed way about purely Moscow words and phrases, habits and customs, about proverbs and sayings born on the banks of the Moskva River, about the names of streets and lanes, and even about traditional recipes of Moscow dishes.