Nostalgic Moscow: Where Soviet Physicists and Lyricists Lived

Do you dream of feeling the pulse of old Moscow—where days stretch out at an unhurried pace, and a spirit of art hangs in the air? Art historian and author of a blog about the capital, Tатьяна Матросова, has put together walking routes for you to visit the places where famous poets, scientists, and artists lived and worked. From Izmailovo to the areas around the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy—walk with the book and discover the vanishing Moscow of the past.

Татьяна Матросова is an art historian, tour guide, and the author of a blog about Moscow and the nearby places.

Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of nostalgia, catch the rhythm of the “black-and-white” era, and feel its calm mood with routes through Moscow prepared especially for this book.

With T. Матросова’s guide, you’ll complement your strolls with leisurely itineraries along streets and avenues where representatives of the creative and scientific intelligentsia of the USSR lived. Voznesensky, Chukovsky, Tarkovsky, Kurchatov, Vuchetich, and many others meet the reader on the pages of the illustrated Moscow guide.

The book will be interesting to both Muscovites and visitors. Detailed routes are organized by districts: Sokol, Shchukino, Peredelkino, Izmailovo, the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy and its surroundings, and Kuryanovo.