From the History of Moscow Lanes

27 hrs. 8 min.

Author Sergey Romanyuk

Narrator Stanislav Fedosov

Description

Audiobooks invite you on a journey through the alleys of Moscow’s center.

— Where does the name Gostiny Dvor come from? How was the Tretyakov Gallery created? In which church was Ivan the Terrible crowned? You’ll learn a lot new about historical and architectural landmarks, about people who are the pride of our country, and hear legends connected with the history of the construction of churches.

— How was the Pushkin Museum created? Where does the name Stoleshnikov Lane come from? What did Moscow University look like under Catherine II? Where did Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, Chekhov, Gilyarovsky, Serov, Tropinin, Tchaikovsky, and Shalyapin live?

— Do you know that in Moscow there was a square called “Dog Playground” and a church “on Hen’s Legs”? Who was the prototype of old lady Khlёstova from “Woe from Wit” and Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova from “War and Peace”? What place did Ilf and Petrov describe as “the Crows’ Sloboda”? Want to get acquainted with “Tatiana Larina’s house,” learn the history of the Patriarch Ponds and Sivtsev Vrazhek?

An audiobook can become a textbook for schoolchildren and students, a guide for curious Muscovites and tourists—everyone interested in the history of our capital. The diagrams of the lanes presented on the discs will help you make sense of the puzzling labyrinth of alleys.

Contents:

To the reader
Near the Kremlin
Chapter 01. Kitay-gorod (Between the Moskva River embankment and Nikolskaya Street)
Within a ring of boulevards
Chapter 02. Lebyazhiy Pond and the Horse Yard (Between the Moscow River embankments and Znamyonka)
Chapter 03. Vagankovo (Between Znamyonka and Vozdvizhenka)
Chapter 04. Kisłov Slobodas (Between Vozdvizhenka and Bolshaya Nikitskaya)
Chapter 05. By the Uspensky Vrazhek (Between Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Tverskaya)
Chapter 06. Shubino. Glinishchi (Between Tverskaya and Bolshaya Dmitrovka)
Chapter 07. Stoleshniki (Between Bolshaya Dmitrovka and Petrovka)
Chapter 08. On the banks of the Neglinnaya (Between Petrovka and Bolshaya Lubyanka)
Chapter 09. Lubyanka (Between Bolshaya Lubyanka and Myasnitskaya)
Chapter 10. Near Chistye Pond (Between Myasnitskaya, Maroseyka, and Pokrovka)
Chapter 11. Ivanovskaya Hill (Between Maroseyka, Pokrovka, and Solyanka)
Inside the Garden Ring
Chapter 12. Ostozhye (Between the Prechistenskaya embankment of the Moscow River and Ostozhenka)
Chapter 13. Zubovo and Chertorye (Between Ostozhenka and Prechistenka)
Chapter 14. In the labyrinth of Arbat lanes (Between Prechistenka and Arbat)
Chapter 15. North of Arbat (Between Arbat and Povarskaya)
Chapter 16. Povarskaya Sloboda (Between Povarskaya and Bolshaya Nikitskaya)
Chapter 17. By the Patriarch’s Pond (Between Malaya Nikitskaya and Tverskaya)
Chapter 18. Old Vorotniki (Between Tverskaya and Malaya Dmitrovka)
Chapter 19. To Samotyok (Between Malaya Dmitrovka and Tsvetnoy Boulevard)
Chapter 20. On Sretenskaya hill (Between Tsvetnoy Boulevard and Myasnitskaya)
Chapter 21. On the lands of the Ogorodnaya Sloboda (Between Myasnitskaya and Pokrovka)
Chapter 22. Barashi (Between Pokrovka and Vorontsov Field)
Chapter 23. Vorontsov Field (Between the Vorontsov Field street and the Silver embankment of the Yauza River)
Chapter 24. Zayauzye (Between the Moskva River embankments and the Garden Ring)
Zamoskvorechye
Chapter 25. Ovchinnaya Sloboda. Coin-makers (Between the Vodootvodny Canal embankments and Bolshaya Ordynka)
Chapter 26. Kadashi (Between Bolshaya Ordynka and Bolshaya Polyanka)
Chapter 27. “Nalivki” (soft drinks). Khvostovo (Between Bolshaya Polyanka and Bolshaya Yakimanka)
Chapter 28. Golutvinó (Between Bolshaya Yakimanka and the Moskva River embankments)