The secret doors of Moscow. Old mansions and their stories. Why did the prince stole his wife diamonds, for which serf actors

Yana Soroka is a journalist, blogger, researcher of Moscow architecture, volunteer of the Moscow City Highway. The author of the channel "this is not a google" in Zen with an audience of more than 50,000 subscribers. You open the heavy doors of the Moscow house and find yourself ... in the past. Music rattles, elegant guests are spinning in the dance, fountains are noisy in the garden, and fireworks bloom in the sky. You are immersed in the atmosphere of old Russia. In the book “Secret Doors of Moscow” you will find exciting travels through Moscow mansions: court intrigues, ostentatious luxury, family secrets, secret rooms and magnificent architecture. Take a walk with Alexander Pushkin on the Lipova Alley, find out the cherished dream of Catherine the Second, with a lurking breath, see how Viktor Vasnetsov paints paintings in the workshop. People from the past will cease to be distant and incomprehensible. You will get closer to the heroes of the book and realize: How similar our anxiety and joy are. And you will also discover Moscow for yourself, in which beauty and riddles can hide in each lane. What do the ceremonial halls and the secret doors of Moscow hide?