Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #15 in Moscow, Russia

The Melnikov House is a one-apartment residential house, a landmark building of the Soviet avant-garde. It was built in 1927–1929 in Krivoarbatsky Lane in Moscow by the outstanding Soviet architect Konstantin Melnikov for himself and his family.

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The House Museum of Alexander Ivanovich Görzen is a museum dedicated to the work of the writer Alexander Herzen. Located in Moscow at Sivtsev Vrazhek, 27, is a branch of the State Literary Museum. The exhibition is in a wooden Empire-style mansion built in the 1820s, where Herzen lived from 1843 to 1847. The Museum opened in 1976 on the initiative of the writer ' s relatives. As of 2018, the collection includes more than five hundred exhibits: lifetime publications, photographs and personal belongings of the writer.

Wikipedia: Дом-музей А. И. Герцена (RU), Website

The Ruben Simonov Moscow Drama Theater was a drama theater that operated in Moscow from 1998 to 2014. It was located on the Arbat, in Kaloshin Lane, opposite the Actor's House.

Wikipedia: Московский драматический театр имени Рубена Симонова (RU)

The State Academic Theatre named after Yevgeny Vakhtangov is a drama theater in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1913 as the Student Drama Studio, headed by Yevgeny Vakhtangov. The official date of the opening of the 3rd studio of the Moscow Art Theater (MKAT) is November 13, 1921, on this day the play "The Miracle of St. Anthony" was shown. In 1926, the studio was renamed the Vakhtangov Theater, named after its founder and first director. In 1956, the theater was given the status of an academic theater.

Wikipedia: Государственный академический театр имени Е. Вахтангова (RU), Website

The House of Porokhovshchikova is a mansion in the center of Moscow, at the address: Starokonyenny Lane, 36. Built in 1871-1872 for the Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist A. A. Porokhovshchikov, the owner of the Slavic Bazaar and the same name restaurant. The building, built on an ancient foundation made of wood, successfully synthesized the techniques of the national architectural tradition. Breath, composed of thick logs, decorated with carved platbands, cornices and puzzles, the mansion combines large volumes and the appearance that is not devoid of picturesqueness. The project of the house in 1873 received a prize at the World Exhibition in Vienna.

Wikipedia: Дом Пороховщикова (RU)

Pyotr Andreyevich Gorchakov was a Soviet military political officer, Hero of the Soviet Union (17.10.1943). Colonel General (1972).

Wikipedia: Горчаков, Пётр Андреевич (RU)

Vasily Filippovich Margelov was a Red Army General who was the commander of the Soviet Airborne Forces (VDV) from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979. Margelov modernized the VDV and was a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Archil Viktorovich Gelovani was a Soviet officer and later Marshal of the engineer troops, responsible for logistics, fortification and military infrastructure during and after World War II. He was tasked on several occasions with fortifying strategically important areas and also reconstruction, including all Black Sea ports during and after World War II. He served primarily on military engineering and defense strategy posts, including being the Deputy Minister of Defence and would play a major role in the structural development of the Soviet armed forces and strategic missile forces during the Cold War era. An avenue in Georgia's capital Tbilisi and a street in the city of Sevastopol have been named after Marshal Gelovani.

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Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin was a Soviet military commander and a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including The Motherland Calls, the largest sculpture in the world at the time.

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The Chess Museum of the Russian Chess Federation is the world's first chess museum; Its unique collection reflects the history of world and Russian chess culture. The museum's collection includes about 3000 exhibits, including several hundred chess sets, award cups, paintings, graphics, documents, awards and personal belongings of famous Russian and Soviet chess players. The museum is located in the center of Moscow, in the building of the Central House of Chess Players named after M. M. Botvinnik, at 14 Gogolevsky Boulevard. As of 2019, the exposition is open to the public on weekdays, by appointment at the Russian Chess Federation.

Wikipedia: Музей шахмат (RU), Website

Museum of Literary Collections of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. The Pushkin Museum is a department of the Pushkin Museum, created in 1985 on the initiative of director Irina Antonova and collector Ilya Zilberstein to exhibit private collections donated to the museum since the 1980s. The opening took place in 1994, and in 2005 the department was moved to the restored estate at 8 Volkhonka Street. In 2013, the second building of the architectural complex was opened, connected to the estate by a glass atrium.

Wikipedia: Музей личных коллекций (RU), Website

The Alexander Shilov Gallery is an art gallery created in 1997 on the basis of the author's works of the People's Artist of the USSR Alexander Shilov. The main exhibition spaces of the gallery are located in the mansion of the XIX century at 3 Znamenka Street, built by the architect Evgraf Tyurin. In 2003, the exhibition halls were expanded: the neighboring mansion was restored, as a result of which the house acquired the features of the Empire style, and a basement complex was erected underground, connecting the two buildings. As of 2019, the gallery building complex is a single architectural ensemble, including 22 halls with paintings and graphic works. The museum's exposition includes more than 1200 works by Alexander Shilov, donated by the artist to Moscow.

Wikipedia: Галерея Александра Шилова (RU), Website

Znamensky Cathedral is an Orthodox church in Kitay-Gorod in Moscow, the former cathedral of the Znamensky Monastery. It belongs to the Iveron Deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Знаменский собор (Москва) (RU)

The Znamensky Monastery in the Old Sovereign's Court is a former monastery in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1629-1631. It was consecrated in the name of the Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign". After 1923 the monastery was closed. The monastery cathedral has survived to this day. The buildings of the monastery are located at 8-10 Varvarka Street.

Wikipedia: Знаменский монастырь (Москва) (RU)

The Moscow Choral Synagogue is one of the main synagogues in Russia and in the former Soviet Union. It is located in central Basmanny District at 10 Bolshoy Spasogolinischevsky Lane, close to Kitai-Gorod Metro station. Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich is its spiritual head.

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The Central Border Museum of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is a museum in the city of Moscow, structurally part of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia.

Wikipedia: Музей пограничных войск (RU), Website

Khitrovo House. A valuable cultural heritage site of federal significance.

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The Belogorodskaya, or Belgorodskaya, wall is a whitewashed brick fortress wall that surrounded Moscow's White City from the end of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century. Presumably, this part of the city got its name from the color of the wall, whitewashed with lime. During the reign of Catherine II, the dilapidated wall was demolished and the Boulevard Ring was laid in its place. The exterior wall was only one year old.

Wikipedia: Белгородская стена (RU)

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna and later to her son, the future Tsar-Liberator Alexander II.

Wikipedia: Vasily Zhukovsky (EN)