Upper Maslovka, known as the Moscow Montmartre, is recreated in memoirs as a place where life was bustling among the Soviet creative elite. These memories carry the reader into the atmosphere of creativity and everyday life of the intelligentsia of the last century. Through the pages, time comes alive—when such outstanding figures as Igor Grabar, Pavel Sokolov-Skalyа, Sergei Gerasimov, Georgy Neroda, and Vladimir Tatlin lived and worked here. Conversations and reflections by artists, sculptors, and architects lift the veil over an era hidden in the mist of time. In Tatyana Khostenko’s recollections, streets and corridors filled with color come to life, immersing you in the atmosphere of creative life. The book illuminates the cultural context and guides the reader through the history of art, showing how major events and small details intertwine, shaping the fates of creators and changing what was predetermined. Tatyana Khostenko (1928–2005), an artist and restorer, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, reveals in her memoirs the fates of masters and their creative legacy. The work uses archival materials from the memoirs of Nina Niss-Goldman and Yevgeny Katsman. Published by LLC “AST Publishing House” in 2021.