Secrets of Nikitsky and Tver Boulevards
Description:
Tver and Nikitsky boulevards are one of the most beautiful and oldest in Moscow, known and loved by both locals and guests of the capital. Tverskaya Boulevard was once called simply a boulevard, because it was the only one. And the nobles loved to walk in this new and beautiful place. Nikitsky Boulevard received this name in honor of the Nikitsky convent, which was nearby.
What we will do on this tour:
- Learn the history of the creation of two boulevards;
- two monuments to the same person, which are 500 meters apart;
- We will see the mansion-pearl of Nikitsky Boulevard;
- and the house where Elena Bulgakova lived;
- find out where the wedding of Alexander Pushkin and Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova took place;
- And to what church did Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov often come?
- Let's talk about the genius of modernism - Fyodor Shekhtel and see one of his masterpieces;
- try to find out why in the office of actress Maria Nikolaevna Ermolova rose glass;
- Make a wish about 200-year-old oak;
- We will see the mansion of the “vodka king” of Russia;
- And the building, which is called "house-TV";
- Find out where Alexander Ivanovich Herzen was born;
- And what does Ekaterina Furtseva have to do with the Gorky MHAT?
- Let’s talk about the talented director Alexander Tairov and the Chamber Theatre;
- We will try to understand why a monument to Sergei Yesenin is installed on Tversky Boulevard;
- We will see the building in which the famous favorite of Catherine II lived for many years.
- We will learn why the first monument to Alexander Pushkin moved to the other side of the street.
The duration of the tour is 2 hours.
The cost is 4000 rubles (per group from 1 to 20 people).
The price includes:
- Guide services.