Marfino is an estate and a monument of Russian architecture of the 18th-19th centuries. It has been famous for its beautiful architectural and park ensemble. At different periods, the estate belonged to important statesmen and rich aristocratic families, such as the prince Golitsyn, who gave the estate the name Marfino after his wife Marfa; the ( Read more... )

You can observe wonderful views from the roof of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPhRAS).
The gallery of the famous Russian artist I. Glazunov is on the second photo.

Address: Volkhonka 14, 119991 Moscow, Russia (Metro station “Kropotkinskaya”,
opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour)


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White Square Office Center is a very attractive place in Moscow. It seems like you are somewhere in Western Europe, because many of famous companies, such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, McKinsey, Microsoft, Swedbank, rent office blocks of different area here.

Originally the square was located near the Byelorussian railway station, but ( Read more... )

I was just scolding myself for not seeing that before. I think everybody heard about Novodevichy Convent - the best-known cloister of Moscow. But not every resident of Moscow can show its location on the map. Only curious people and those, who live near the convent, really know how beautiful it is. The convent is magnificent especially in the ( Read more... )

Tarakanovo is a small village located in several kilometres from Shakhmatovo, which is the estate museum of the famous
Russian poet Alexander Blok (1880-1921). Temple of the Archangel Mikhail, which is extant in ruins, was built in 1695 by the owner
of Tarakanovo - N. F. Tarakanov. Alexander Blok and Liubov Mendeleeva (a daughter of the Russian ( Read more... )

It is one of the ancient districts of Moscow. It was named Zariadie in the 17th century, because of its location behind ("za") the traders’ stalls ("riady"), which extended from Moscow River to Varvarka Street along Moskvoretskaya Street ( Read more... )

Dubrovitsy is an estate of the princes Golitseny located 20 km from Moscow on the outskirts of the town Podolsk. At present, the estate includes a mansion-house, mews with gotic gates, a park with lime trees, three wings, utility structures and the main sight -
a white-stone church built at the end of the 17th century. The church is impressive with ( Read more... )