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Moscow is one of the oldest and one of the most beautiful Russian cities. The city has absorbed many different styles that strike the visitors with their variety. The great number of churches and cathedrals in the Russian capital amuses Moscow visitors.
Magnificent stone churches and cathedrals with multiple golden, blue and white domes towering everywhere over all other buildings and structures. Even in the heart of Moscow, in the Kremlin, old churches compete with the immense Congress Palace for space. Despite its size (about 900 square kilometers) and the scale of many of Moscow buildings and avenues, the general layout is easily grasped - a series of concentric circles and radial lines, emanating from the Kremlin - and the center is compact enough to explore on foot. We display everything required by any traveler who plans a trip to our wonderful city.
Art and Historical-Architectural Museum-Reserve "Kolomenskoye"
High up over the steep banks of the Moskva River in a picturesque landscape an ancient site of Kolomenskoye stands surrounded by near-by settlements where sacred things of the Russian people have been created, shown to the world and kept carefully for centuries. 2,5 thousand of years ago one of the most ancient Moscow settlements called Dyakovo
gorodishche (Dyakovo site) appeared. The first document to have mentioned the village of Kolomenskoye is the will chart of the Moscow's Grand Prince Ivan Kalita; it is dated by 1339. Kolomenskoye sprang itself up to 2 banks of the Moskva River; it is a vast area of 390 ha (3,900 thousand of sq. m.).
The landscape park with the Linden alley dated by ХIХ th. с. in the centre of Kolomenskoye is a lovely piece of garden architecture; and the alley of ancient oaks situated not far from "Sytny Dvor" (The place where the provisions were stored and dishes for the tsar's family were cooked) is the pride and joy of the museum.
Those ancient trees are as old as 400 to 600 years of age; they are the oldest in Moscow area.
Kolomenskoye was the summer residence of Moscow Grand Princes and Russian tsars. A unique architectural ensemble was created here in ХVI and ХVII c. in order to express the splendor and magnificence of the Russian monarchy; it is culturally and historically invaluable.
"The eighth wonder of the world", the wooden Palace of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich does not exist anymore; but it was preserved carefully in memories of contemporaries. The white-stone basement of the ancient Palace was discovered by archaeologists from N.A. Krenke's group. The small state museum was based in Kolomenskoye complex in the 20's of the XX c.; it was transformed into The State Art and Historical-architectural Museum
Arkhangelskoye
The country estate "Arkhangelskoye" is a wonderful monument of Russian culture from the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the XIX century. It is famous for the magnificent beauty of its garden and park ensemble and its splendid collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and pieces of applied art and apart from it the superb collection of rare books.
The Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum is a late eighteenth century palace-and- park ensemble situated 20 km from Moscow. It is a triumph of the manorial architecture of the period and one of the finest sights of Moscow.
Arkhangelskoye belonged to the prince Golitsinsky's family until 1809 but in 1810 it was bought by the richest Russian noble the prince Yusupov, who was a collector and patron of art. It took Yusupov 50 years to build and decorate the ensemble. He invited such well- known architects as Gern, Trombaro, Pettondi, Gonzago, Bove and others. The first third of the XIX century was the period of golden age for Arkhangelskoye.
This wonderful ensemble consisted of the church of Michael Archangel built on the Moscow river bank, the central part - palace with a terraced park, where you could enjoy seeing one of the world's largest collections of park sculptures, a landscape park, a theatre built in 1817-1818 on project of the Italian architect and painter Gonzago, a small palace "Caprice" and pavilion "Tchainy Domic" ("Small Tea House"). All this has made Arkhangelskoye one of the most charming places near Moscow. In the 19th century a number of distinguished Russian writers, poets and historians visited the estate. Among them were Karamsin, Pushkin, Vyasemsky, Gertsen and Ogaryov.
Pasternak Museum
Right out of the Moscow situated Peredelkino a small village ( a dacha's settlement to be exact) that was picked by the capital's cultural and literary elite of the begining of the past century. In one those dachas it was orgnized the museum to the famous writeer Boris Pasternak. Pasternak was born in Moscow in 1890 into a highly cultured and artistic Jewish family. His father, Leonid Pasternak, was an art professor and portraitist and his mother, Maria Kaufman, a celebrated pianist of the day. Pasternak most significant work is " Doctor Zhivago".
Built by his father Leonid in 1937, the Pasternak dacha was opened as a memorial museum for the poet in 1990, just 3 years after the posthumous reinstatement of the poet by the Union of Soviet Writers. The dacha's dining room features numerous sketches and portraits by the writer's father as well as Pasternak's own collection of fine Georgian ceramics. Visitors can wander through the glassed-in veranda where the poet loved to entertain guests or have a peek at Pasternak's study-bedroom, whose shelves are filled with Russian encyclopedias and English novels. The poet was buried in the local village cemetery beside four other members of his family. The graveyard is a short walk from the dacha.