Pea field

Gorokhovopolje

In 18th century in one of the outskirts of Moscow, which was in the Yauza floodplain outside the Earthshaft, between Basmanna and the German settlements There was a field that was always sown with peas. This square was crossed by two paths, which later became city passes of the German settlement, Gorokhovskoye Pole (now Kazakov Street) and Gorokhovsky lane.

Former Pea field is reflected in the biography of the talented portraitist Fedor Rokotova; uncles of the poet A.S. Pushkin - Vasily Lvovich Pushkin. Under The arches of the temple of Nikita the martyr prayed P. A. Vyazemsky, K. N. Batyushkov, N. M. Yazykov, N. A. Polevoy and many others.

And What architects did here! M.F. Kazakov, A.E. Erichson, M.K. Geppener, N. D. Butusov, V. A. Gamburtsev, D. Ukhtomsky ...

On the tour you will learn:

• Amazing, full of drama, history love of the rich peasant S.K. Morozov and ballerina of the Grand Theatre Alexandra;

Facts from the lives of German benefactors von Dervizov, who founded the best gymnasium in the whole country in Gorokhov Lane;

Which of the inhabitants of the Pea Field was called The second Chaliapin?

• What monuments have brought a wide range of Fame for sculptor Victor Dumanyan?

where Sergey Bondarchuk shot the ball Natasha Rostovaya for her unsurpassed painting "War and Peace"?

Details of the biography of talented architects M. Kazakov, M. Heppenera, D. Ukhtomsky and others.

• where she performed at balls and concerts aspiring actress A. Yablochkina?

etc.

Objects:

• Estate of A.K. Razumovsky;

The Temple of the Ascension of the Lord on the Pea field;

• Estate of the poet, publisher N. E. Struysky;

• Demin Manor;

• Monument to S. Prokofiev;

• Old Believer Church of the Resurrection Christ and the Protection of the Virgin;

• Evangelical guardianship shelter for widows and their orphan children;

• Demidov manor;

Temple of the Great Martyr Nikita on the Old Basmanna ;

etc.

Walking tour (2 hours)

Order at least 3 weeks in advance.