Stories about the life of Moscow buildings and their inhabitants

In Moscow, more than one hundred thousand houses - tall and low -rise, brick and panel, old and new. But there are among them such that they do not fall under any statistics - it is at home with a highlight, with an unusual story that has been storing the names of famous inhabitants for many years and the details of the incidental events and incidents. This is what the new book of the writer and historian of Moscow Alexander Vaskin tells about these buildings. Readers will meet on the pages of the book with Anton Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavsky, Boris Pasternak and Alexei Shchusev, Nikolai I and Ekaterina Furtseva, Henri Matisse and Anatoly Zverev, Sergey Prokofiev and Eldar Ryazanov, as well as many other familiar characters
About the author
Alexandra Vaskina is not in vain called Vladimir Gilyarovsky of our time and the successor of the glorious traditions of Mikhail Pilyaev and Peter Sytin. The author of more than thirty books, in his works he not only charmingly and interestingly talks about old Moscow, but also immerses us in the depths of domestic culture, history and literature. Sometimes his books are read as action -packed detectives - certain historical facts reported by the author are so unexpected for the reader. Whatever era, Alexander Vaskin, whether Moscow Ivan the Terrible, or Alexander Pushkin, or Alexei Shchusev, is always in addition to a thorough revealing the plot, we have a rare opportunity to touch the details of everyday Moscow life, inhale the charming atmosphere of the former. And of course, it does not do without carefully collected by the author of legends and legends, which are so rich in the history of the pioneer. The books of Alexander Vaskin are appreciated by readers and experts, as evidenced by the awards awarded to the author - the Gorky Literary Prize, the Forty Forty Prize for the best book about Moscow, a diploma of the Enlightener Prize, contests "Best Books of the Year", "My Malaya Motherland" and many others