I walked on a barbarco street

The book of T.V. Muravyeva introduces the reader to the historical and cultural heritage of one of the oldest streets of Moscow-Varvarka. The author, using an extensive array of sources and literature, traces the history of the emergence of Varvarka, the origin of the name and the further development of the street and the surrounding areas, in particular Zaryadye, Nikolsky and Ipatievsky lanes, etc. The author pays much attention to historical buildings: the famous churches of Varvarka - St. Barbarian, St. George, St. Maxim of the Blessed and Trinity in Nikitniki, as well as the old stone chambers of the boyars of the Romanovs, the old English court, the Kelia corps of the Znamensky Monastery, the middle trade rows, etc. The most important events of the history of Moscow and all of Russia are connected with Varvarka: the future sovereign Mikhail Fedorovich was born here Romanov, the reformer of Russian painting Simon Ushakov lived all his life in Varvarka, and the beginning of the working life of the Marshal of the Soviet Union G. K. Zhukov is connected with Barbarka. The book also reflected the tragic events of the turmoil, plague rebellion, the brilliant work of the architect O. I. Bow on the restoration of Moscow after the fire of 1812, the selfless activity of the famous architect and restorer P. I. Baranovsky and others