Moscow is one of the most beautiful cities in our country. This is the city where you can walk and study the history of Russia. This is the city that you’ll never get tired of walking around. It is impossible to get enough of it. If you like to walk along beautiful streets, passing majestic houses and other bright sights, then this article is for you. Moscow is beautiful. Historic places await you!
Floodplain in Strogino
This place is quiet and calm. It differs from city landscapes in that here you will meet a river with picturesque banks, and also a complex - a pheasantry - is opened not far from the Moscow River. Here you can not only watch beautiful birds, but also feed them. But this is not all the information about this natural corner. The thing is that in Strogino there is the Cape of the Clean Bay. There are two points where good picnics are allowed. But you should not take a barbecue with you, as it is forbidden to light bonfires in this place!
There is a beach nearby where you can rent a variety of water features: boats, catamarans, and so on. The shore is equipped with sports and playgrounds. For fans of outdoor activities in the Stroginskaya floodplain sections work, the best and most experienced trainers teach water skiing and windsurfing. But keep in mind that swimming in the Stroginskaya floodplain is strictly prohibited.
Vorontsov park
And we continue to consider the historical places of Moscow, where it will be not only pleasant to walk, but also interesting. One of such places is the Vorontsovo Manor complex. It is located in the south-west of Moscow. There you will see stunning cascading ponds, beautiful architecture, as well as a pig farm and balloons. But first things first.
The estate itself is located in the place of the park of the same name. It is an architectural monument of the 18th-19th centuries. As you already guessed, it once belonged to the boyar Vorontsov. Old-timers of the park say that lindens and oaks still grow on the old estate, which were once looked after by their very first owner.
It turns out that in this place there used to be a hidden factory, where the first Russian aviation was prepared in the form of balloons. They were supposed to be used in the war with the French in 1812. Sovereign Alexander I approved their construction. However, they did not have time to finish the first ball; they burned it at a time when the French army approached the Vorontsovo estate. On that day, 26 people were shot.
After all these sad events, the manor's life is obvious. She passed from one hand to another. In the early twentieth century, the Bolsheviks came to power. At the estate, first opened a biostation, then a pig farm, and then a football field appeared in general. On the estate until the end of the twentieth century there were barracks. In 1979, they decided to liquidate the graves that were on the estate.
However, horrific facts were not without it. A bulldozer burst into the estate, which flattened the gravestones with a bucket. Today the estate has been restored. In 2007, restoration work was completed, and everyone can visit the park at any convenient day.
On the territory of the Vorontsov attraction is the Temple of the Life-Giving Trinity. In addition to the church, there are many ponds on the estate square. And on the river Ramenka, which originates from them, in the summer you can swim in a boat. In winter, you will meet in the river walruses. It is also possible to ski in these places. Comfortable Moscow. Historic places can be visited by metro. In order to be in this cozy park, you need to go to the Kaluzhskaya metro station, a leisurely 20-minute walk to the estate - and you are there.
Tsvetnoy Boulevard
The historical places of Moscow are full of amazing facts. For example, Tsvetnoy Boulevard. His story began in 1851. Once there was a flower market, which later transformed into a boulevard. Previously, the Neglinnaya River flowed in this place. Today you will not find her, because once she was enclosed in an underground pipe. It was in this place that the boulevard appeared. At first it was called Trubny. It’s easy to guess why. But then they renamed it Tsvetnaya, after the construction of the Flower Market on this site.
It's hard to believe, but one and a half centuries ago, Tsvetnoy Boulevard was popular with various asocial elements. The thing is that there were many drinking establishments. A little later, namely in 1880, a circus was opened in house No. 13. After another hundred years, its director will be Yuri Nikulin.
Sparrow Hills
Interesting historical places in Moscow are inexhaustible. And we will visit the Sparrow Hills. This is the place from which you can see the capital. Once Peter the Great from this place was looking at a mirror factory. From there began the very first metropolitan water supply. The first and main university of our country, Moscow State University, opened there. In fact, the Sparrow Hills are not mountains at all, this is the bank of the river, which is cut by landslides and cliffs. From the land of the Sparrow Hills beat keys and springs.
Scientists claim that this place is more than 150 million years old. Once upon a time there was a sea, and then a settlement of an ancient man. Moscow is rich in historical events. Historical places, namely the Sparrow Hills, remember a lot. In their memory captured the defense of the Russians from the Tatars. They remember the fire of 1547, the Crimean khans, the army of Napoleon, as well as the hilarious traditions of Peter the Great when they fired from cannons. They remember the first Russian factory of mirrors, as the sand from these places was famous for its special quality.
Today the Vorobyovy Gory is a huge natural reserve where walks will be long and calm. The nearest station to get off in order to be in the park is the Sparrow Hills. The complex is open daily and around the clock.
