UNEXPLORED MOSCOW

The origin of the unique architectural complex is connected with Peter the Great, who, since his youth, adored visiting the Yauza bank, particularly the Foreign Quarter, densely populated by foreigners. Furthermore, he was attached to it till the end of his life. Peter I had many friends among foreigners and “the best of them”, as the emperor called him, was […]

Should you want to know what is like to be a guest of a Russian lord, a real host of his own estate, visit Russian Estate «Prince Golitsyns’ Manor «Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki». The museum is one of the best amenities in the manors’ list dated XVIII-XIX centuries. The mansion 300-year history is rich to mention most famous noble families and prominent cultural […]

The museum and reserve “Tsaritsyno” located in the south of Moscow combines a palace complex, the Opera house, the Bread house, a cavalry unit, the temple, a greenhouses, a historical landscape park with ponds and pavilions as well as new parks with  flower beds and a fountain with lights and music. The entire territory of the museum and reserve occupies 405 […]

The State Museum Estate “Arkhangelskoye” is well known for extraordinary beauty of its palaces and gardens. This is one of the world largest collections of garden sculptures. The Arkhangelskoye Estate is known from the manuscripts dated of Ivan the Terrible times. Dukes Odoevskiy, Golitsynsky, Yusupovy had been the owners of the estate within three centuries. At the turn of the […]

Kuskovo is a large museum in the south-east of Moscow. The picturesque park of 300 hectares is surrounded by the architectural ensemble of the 18th century with an adjacent, and the only one in Moscow, French garden with intricate flowerbeds, sculptures and ponds. The manor, owned by Counts Sheremetevs, was intended for magnificent receptions of crowded theatrical festivities and celebrations. […]