Solve Moscow. Ten historical excursions in the Russian capital
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The book continues a series of guidebooks in Moscow from the famous writer and historian Alexander Vaskin. Two previous books of the author - "Opening Moscow and" Learn Moscow " - aroused huge reader interest. This time, Alexander Vaskin’s new work is dedicated to ten historical excursions in interesting Moscow attractions, including the estate of Leo Tolstoy in Khamovniki and the oldest tsarist village of Kolomenskoye, the legendary restaurant "Aragvi" and the Stalin History of the Hotel "Ukraine", the Shukhov Tower on Shabolovka and Rostokinsky Aqueduct, The Palace of Count Rostopchin on Bolshaya Lubyanka and the chambers of Prince Golitsyn in Okhotny Ryada, the Nirnzee house in nests and the Moscow District Railway. The book covers the colossal time scale of Moscow - more than ten centuries. The origin of the names of streets and regions, the fate of their inhabitants (simple and great), ancient legends were, jokes and facts, the history of the construction of palaces and estates, mansions and roads, bridges and towers - all this was bizarrely and logically intertwined under one cover.
Open this book, and you will receive answers to many riddles of Moscow history!
For a wide range of readers
Open this book, and you will receive answers to many riddles of Moscow history!
For a wide range of readers
Author:
Author:Vaskin Alexander Anatolyevich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Travel & tourism
Series:
Series: History is interesting!
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-480-00401-4
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