Zamoskvorechye District Self-Guided Audio Tour

Zamoskvorechye is a very special part of Moscow. It seems that the rhythm in which its inhabitants lived — merchants, middle clergy and artisans-has remained here forever. The rhythm is calm, unhurried, measured. Today, we invite you to take a walk around this area and immerse yourself in its incredible atmosphere. The tour starts from Paveletsky railway station. It is one of the nine Moscow railway stations that connect the capital with the whole country. Here you will remember about the starving people of the Volga region, listen to about sausage sandwiches and faceted glasses, imagine how the funeral procession of Lenin's funeral began from here. Then you will walk through the streets where merchants, artisans and the middle clergy lived. Numerous settlements of artisans are reflected in the preserved names of streets — Tatarskaya, Kuznetskaya, Tolmachi (that is, translators), Kadashi (that is, bochkari), Ovchinnikovsky Lane and so on. You will learn how a friendly dispute between the merchant Bakhrushin led to the creation of the largest theater museum. Look at how the famous and richest entrepreneurs of that time, the Morozovs and Demidovs, lived. You will learn how the world-famous Tretyakov Gallery appeared. You will cross the Luzhkov Bridge to Balchug Island, which stretches between the Moskva River and the Drainage Channel. Here you will find Bolotnaya Square with its unique monuments, the infamous House on the embankment and, of course, the Red October complex, where you will walk along the former factory buildings to the monument to Peter I.