Bus excursion “So the Garden Ring became our wedding” from the company “Moskovskie Lanes. Bus tour “So the Garden Ring became our wedding” from the company “Moscow Lanes Pedestrian route along the Garden Ring”
This sightseeing tour of Moscow by bus differs from dozens of similar ones with its special, exclusive route. Usually “reviews” take place along radial streets and avenues, but we’ll take a closer look at main feature capital city formation - the Garden and Boulevard rings, and to a lesser extent - the former Kamer-Kollezhsky ramparts. It is no secret that all of them were the borders of our city at certain stages of its development and today they are important city highways, as well as literally storehouses of architectural, historical, and cultural values.
We will pass the rings almost completely, we will see objects that usually escape attention sightseeing tours: the houses where Griboyedov and Turgenev were born and spent their childhood, the places of the Sukharevsky, Smolensky, Trubnoy and Tsvetnoy markets, the estates of the Sheremetevs, Morozovs, Shcherbatovs... But not only the rings will become the objects of our attention. When getting to know Moscow, you cannot skip the ancient Kremlin and a tour of Red Square and the Alexander Garden, and the observation deck at Sparrow Hills. We will visit where people have lived for almost a thousand years, and where the forests rustled sixty years ago. Let's remember history and marvel at the present.
During our exciting bus tour of Moscow, you will learn:
- What helped actress Ermolova look at the gray reality,
- Where did Pushkin get married to his wife?
- How Count Sheremetev immortalized the memory of his wife,
- What was the prototype of the Kazansky railway station building,
- Where Lavrentiy Beria was shot...
- And many many others.
We invite you to a bus tour. The excursion will take place on a comfortable bus equipped with a speakerphone. There will be exit stops during the tour.
Route: squares - Komsomolskaya, Krasnaya, Pushkinskaya, Trubnaya... Streets - Volkhonka, Lenivka, Znamenka, Mokhovaya, Mosfilmovskaya... Avenues - Kutuzovsky, Komsomolsky, Universitetsky... Embankments - Kremlyovskaya, Prechistenskaya, Sofia, Ustinskaya, Serebryanicheskaya, Kotelnicheskaya... and much, much more.
Popularly affectionately nicknamed “Annushka,” this tram is in no way connected with the heroine of Bulgakov’s novel, and has never passed through the Patriarch’s Ponds. However, this does not change the fact that for the price of a travel ticket you will get a trip to many city attractions. The route runs within the Garden Ring: along Chistoprudny, Yauzsky and Pokrovsky boulevards. IN modern capital this is one of the most historical routes. It started in 1911 and to this day has only slightly changed the traffic pattern. By the way, Konstantin Paustovsky once worked here as a conductor.
The same age as “Annushka”, the route with the memorable nickname “bug”, used to be a tram. In 1937, the tram was replaced by a trolleybus, and in 2016 a bus entered the route. The change in transport did not affect the “bug”: the bus goes around the Garden Ring - outer and inner.
This route has 29 stops on its schedule. 25 of them are in close proximity to the water, on embankments or near them. But this is not the only thing that makes the “seven” remarkable. If you sit in the trolleybus and ride from start to finish, from the window you will see Gorky Park, Victory Park, the Mosfilm film studio, monuments to Lenin, Gagarin and much more. The route can also be recommended to novice urbanists: although not thoroughly, you will be able to examine many objects of the new Moscow.
Monuments of constructivism, colorful industrial zones of the beginning of the last century, historical views of the Danilovsky district and the picturesque center of the capital. This route seems to be created for time travelers. The fascinating tour will take approximately an hour. Past Chistye Prudy you will be transported to the Drama Theater, see the Red Clothmakers factory and even quiet center(yes, this happens) Moscow.
If you came to Moscow as a tourist, or you have too much free time during the day, choose the second bus route. Why during the day? It’s just that during rush hours, an easy walk risks turning into painful torture with many hours of standing in traffic jams. The rest of the time, at photographic distance, you can see New Arbat, Vozdvizhenka and other symbols of the capital.
City transport also did not leave lovers of night walks aside. Taking a seat on the N1 bus, you will travel literally through the whole of Moscow, see the Kremlin embankment, Lubyanka and Moscow region attractions. It would be a good idea to take a thermos of coffee with you - buses start at 1 am simultaneously from Sheremetyevo and Ozernaya Street.
This is the case when the Moscow spaces have become a bit cramped for you and you want to get out of the city. The infield version of the walk begins at the Belorussky Station and runs through Khimki Boulevard, Volokolamskoe Highway and Leningradsky Prospekt. Along the road, which will take about an hour, you will see the historical western stand of the Dynamo stadium, the Traveling Palace of Peter the Great hidden in the bushes, estates, as well as historical buildings.
Lovers of panoramic views and high altitudes observation platforms The monorail will be appreciated. Having taken the metro to the VDNKh or Timiryazevskaya stations, you can freely transfer to it without purchasing additional tickets. Then fly with the breeze over the restored territory of VDNKh and see it up close Ostankino Tower and the Sheremetyev estate.
Walking around Moscow on foot
Tired of sitting at home? Then let's go for a walk! We present to you a selection of the most beautiful places for walking:
Including the observation deck, embankment, Moscow State University, the area around Moscow State University.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “University”, “Sparrow Hills”
2. Tsaritsyno Park
Architectural and historical complex
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Orekhovo”, “Tsaritsyno”
Pond near the street Malaya Bronnaya
Place: Moscow, metro station “Mayakovskaya”
4. Sokolniki Park
Including ponds.
Place: Moscow, Sokolniki metro station
Chistoprudny Boulevard, area from Chistye Prudy metro station to the pond
Place: Moscow, metro station “Chistye Prudy”
6. Kolomenskoye Park
State United Museum-Reserve Kolomenskoye.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Kolomenskoye”
From the Arbatskaya metro station to the Smolenskaya metro station, including cafes, adjacent houses, alleys, monuments and more.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Arbatskaya”, “Smolenskaya”, “Biblioteka im. IN AND. Lenin"
Exhibition center, including a cafe, Ferris wheel, etc.
Place: Moscow, metro stations “VDNKh”, “VVTs”
Located between the streets of the Soviet Army, Olympic Avenue and Suvorov Square. Monument to landscape art.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Prospekt Mira”, “Tsvetnoy Boulevard”, “Novoslobodskaya”
Including the temple itself, the square near the temple, the monument to the Emperor of Russia Alexander II
Place: Moscow, metro station “Kropotkinskaya”
Views of fountains, love trees with castles. Connects Bolotnaya Square with Kadashevskaya Embankment. From Bolotnaya Square the bridge goes to the monument to I. E. Repin, from the opposite side - to Lavrushinsky Lane
12. Tretyakov Gallery
Including Lavrushinsky Lane, fountain, Tretyakov Gallery.
Place: Moscow, Tretyakovskaya metro station
Memorial complex “Victory Park”, the park around it, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
14. Neskuchny Garden
One of the oldest parks in Moscow, it consists of three estates from the 18th century, and there is an “Alley of Love”.
Location: Leninsky Prospect, 30, metro station “Leninsky Prospekt”, exit to the “Spartak” store, then 5 minutes walk to Leninsky Prospect or metro station “Oktyabrskaya” and on tr. 4, 33, 62 to the stop metro station “Leninsky Prospekt”
15. Park “Kuskovo”
The Kuskovo estate is an architectural and artistic ensemble of the 18th century, a park, ponds.
Location: metro station “Ryazansky Prospekt”, then bus. 133, 208 to the stop “Kuskovo Museum” or st. Yunosti, 2
16. Hermitage Garden
Monument to landscape art.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Chekhovskaya”, “Tsvetnoy Boulevard”, opposite Karetny Ryad street
It runs along the Moscow River, from the Park Kultury metro station to the street. Khamovnichesky Val, Vorobyovy Gory metro station
Place: Moscow, metro station “Park Kultury”
18. Pushkinsky Bridge - St. Andrew's Bridge old
The pedestrian bridge connects the Pushkinskaya embankment of the Neskuchny Garden with the Frunzenskaya embankment.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Frunzenskaya”
Consists of two parts: PKiO Izmailovsky and Izmailovsky Forest Park, which are separated by the Main Alley
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Partizanskaya”, “Izmailovskaya”
20. Botanical Garden
Ponds, paths, alleys, Japanese garden.
Place: Moscow, metro stations “Vladykino”, “Botanical Garden”
Estate, park, pond.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Volzhskaya”, “Kuzminki”
22. Pushkinskaya Square
Including the monument to Pushkin, the Pushkinsky cinema, fountains, Strastnoy Boulevard.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Pushkinskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”
23. Arc de Triomphe
Installed in honor of the victory of the Russian people in the Patriotic War of 1812. Located on Victory Square (Kutuzovsky Prospekt) in the Poklonnaya Gora area.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Park Pobedy”
24. Arkhangelskoye Estate
The estate is located on the banks of the Moscow River oxbow in the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow region.
Place: Moscow, Tushinskaya metro station, bus. No. 549 or No. 541 to the stop “Arkhangelskoe” or minibus No. 151 to the stop “Sanatorium”
25. Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Fountain, sculptures, square. Runs from Trubnaya Square to the Garden Ring.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Tsvetnoy Boulevard”, “Sretensky Boulevard”
26. Historical center
Alexander Garden, grotto in Alexander Garden, Red Square, Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Teatralnaya”, “Okhotny Ryad”
27. River Station
Through the Friendship Park and directly to the embankment itself near the Moscow River Northern River Port.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Rechnoy Vokzal”
28. Tverskoy Boulevard
Monument to Sergei Yesenin, square, fountain.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Tverskaya”, “Pushkinskaya”
Beautiful view of the Moscow River, near Bolotnaya Square and Luzhkov Bridge. It starts from the western arrow of the island between the Vodootvodny Canal and the Moscow River, ending at the Maly Moskvoretsky Bridge. Serafimovich Street, Bolotnaya Square, Faleevsky Lane overlook the embankment.
Location: Moscow, metro stations “Tretyakovskaya”, “Borovitskaya”
30. China Town
Historical Center. Within China Town there are such famous architectural and historical monuments, such as the Resurrection Gate, GUM, Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, etc.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Kitay-Gorod”
Forest area in the west of Moscow, in the bend of the Moscow River, on artificial island, formed by the Khoroshevskoe rectification channel. Connected to Marshal Zhukov Avenue by a road bridge.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Krylatskoye”
Ostankino Estate Museum, pond, television center.
Place: Moscow, metro station “VDNKh”
Located next to the Spassky Gate of the Kremlin, it connects Vasilyevsky Spusk, Varvarka Street with Bolshaya Ordynka Street.
Location: Metro stations “Kitay-Gorod”, “Tretyakovskaya”, “Okhotny Ryad”
Beautiful view of the Moscow River, beautiful, cozy pedestrian bridge at the Kievsky railway station.
Place: Moscow, metro station “Kyiv”
An ancient street in Moscow, running from Manezhnaya Street.
Location: Moscow, metro station “Biblioteka im. Lenin" to Arbat Gate Square, located between Znamenka and Bolshaya Nikitskaya
Personal correspondent
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The Boulevard Ring in Moscow is not a ring at all. Here is the Garden Ring, the Moscow Ring Road is also a ring, and the boulevard is called a ring probably because the boulevards were laid out in place of the dismantled wall White City, which, fencing city buildings, approached the Kremlin wall on one side, and the wall of Kitay-Gorod on the other, that is, it closed on the existing walls running along the Moscow River. Accordingly, the boulevard ring is open exactly at the place where the Moscow River flows. In the north, Tsvetnoy Boulevard approaches the boulevard ring, dividing it conventionally into the western and eastern parts. Well, then let's break our walk into two parts so as not to overload. Let's take a walk from Tsvetnoy to Yauzsky Boulevard. I’ve been wanting to make a post about the boulevards for a long time, but it turned out that there are quite a lot of interesting things there and you can make quite a lot of posts here, but let’s start with a walk like this without any special purpose, it’s that simple general impressions. And, oddly enough, the long-familiar boulevards began to transform, and now, believe me, there is something to see there...
1. The Boulevard Ring has always been a favorite walking place for Muscovites. Once upon a time in Moscow there were no pedestrian streets and people walked exclusively in parks. The largest are, of course, Tsaritsino and Kolomenskoye, but they are located quite far from the center. And in the center everything was given over to machines. Then the pedestrian Arbat appeared. What else? You could walk around Red Square. Now it’s hard to imagine, walking along Nikolskaya, that before you had to make your way through parked cars. But then and now, Muscovites in the center preferred to take a walk and sit on benches under trees on the boulevards. Another good thing about the boulevard ring is that there are several metro stations nearby: “Kropotkinskaya”, “Arbatskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Trubnaya”, “Turgenevskaya”. This makes it accessible to everyone, since from almost any “sleeping room” you can get to the boulevards by metro. We started from Trubnaya. Pipe Square was more or less put in order, the movement of cars was streamlined, but for some reason a parking lot was stuck in the middle.
At the beginning of Rozhdestvensky Boulevard there is a long-term construction - some kind of incomprehensible restaurant, which I hope will be demolished soon. He's completely out of place here. What is interesting about Rozhdestvensky Boulevard? Here on the inside there is the Nativity Monastery, for example. It's amazing, but I've never been inside. This omission will need to be corrected. From the Boulevard you can see red brick buildings behind a brick fence.
2. And there are also cute houses here.
3. A little further on is the Sretensky Monastery, whose pretty fence with tiles overlooks Bolshaya Lubyanka. I've never been there either. The low buildings of the monastery do not distinguish it from the surrounding buildings at all. But this is all until recently. Now a huge temple has been built here. They slapped him because he seems completely alien here. But we have to admit that the project is quite successful. Modern church construction in Moscow, in addition to its obvious redundancy, has another drawback: some crooked architects are involved in the design, who apparently were previously involved in the design of hangars; they were not trusted with anything more complex. Dull shapes, completely ridiculous proportions. But here everything is quite successful. And even all this rich cladding looks very appropriate. And look at the domes. Chic. And a real one, and not a collective-farm-gypsy one, as we like. When completed, it will be one of the most beautiful new churches in Moscow since almost the time of the October Revolution...
4. Autumn is coming, that's it. There will be less sun, the leaves will also soon all be yellow.
5. At the end of Rozhdestvensky Boulevard there is another house. There are a couple of rock 'n' roll cafes here.
6. Look how cool this pink Cadillac is.
7. Simply lovely.
8. There is no normal transition to Sretensky Boulevard here. You have to cross the road again, then another and another... This, of course, is completely unacceptable.
9. On Sretensky Boulevard there are wooden pieces and arches with flowers. During the endless holidays and festivals, these arches have become boring.
10. At the beginning it costs a lot good monument Krupskaya. It’s interesting that I had never thought about who this monument was to, although I walked along the boulevards quite often in my time.
11. A little plastic beauty.
12. So in my life I would never have thought that this was a monument to Krupskaya. From the children's books we studied at school, we remember her as such an old woman surrounded by children, at least that's the image that stuck in my head. And here is such a fast-moving woman. A very dynamic monument. I hope in the wake of the next struggle someone will not think of dismantling it.
13. Some medieval castles appeared from behind the trees.
14. At the end of the boulevard there is another monument - a monument to Shukhov. It has rich decorative elements all around. These mechanical things made of cast iron are cool, but pigeons really like to hang out here.
15. Nearby there is a most luxurious building - the house of the Rossiya insurance company. The architecture has obvious Italian notes - very beautiful. A corner of Italy in Moscow.
16. And then it suddenly turned out that they had made a transition from Sretensky to Chistoprudny Boulevard. Wow! Cool! Previously, in order to cross from one boulevard to another, you had to cross the road 3 times while standing at a traffic light. Now there is a public garden on Turgenevskaya Square.
17. With greenery, benches. It is very cozy here, even despite the proximity of the roadway.
18. How do you like this look? A piece of Europe in Moscow. Super.
19. I haven’t been here for a long time. I had absolutely no idea that everything was set up like this here.
20. Cool.
21. In front of the metro station pavilion " " there is such an installation.
22. We go out to Chistye Prudy. The characters in Griboyedov's works look down on us from the pedestal of the monument to the writer.
23. What you won’t see in Moscow. Here's a guy with a sitar humming something Indian.
24. A little further is the monument to Abai Kunanbaev. More than 90% of people do not know who he is and why he is famous. I am also part of this majority.
25. Another building that needs to be demolished. I’ve never seen anyone ever enter this building, what’s even inside?
26. But this floating restaurant does not cause rejection. Maybe because it is decorated with wood and has such a cool tent roof. In general, Chistoprudny Boulevard is one of the most popular. Not least due to the fact that there is this small pond. Water always calms you down. It's nice to sit and look at the water surface.
27. Suddenly, on the contrary, another structure made of wood was assembled. Cute.
28. At the end of the boulevard there is a “house with animals”. Decorated with animals and ornaments borrowed from Dmitrievsky Cathedral in Vladimir.
29. Well, there’s also a cool wrought-iron staircase railing. With cats and owls.
30. And then it begins. Yes yes, it will be interesting soon...
31. It’s great that they started making such reminder signs for cyclists. This is primarily for their own safety.
32. Ta-daaaam! On Khokhlovskaya Square, where there was nothing for a thousand years, where there was endless construction or who knows what, a new public space has appeared.
33. Here the main dominant feature is a piece of the wall of the White City. It was on the site of the dismantled wall that the boulevard ring appeared, so this is an iconic ruin. For a long time she was hidden under a canopy and was not visible at all. Now here she is, please!
34. An amphitheater with seats was made around it. There are already a lot of people here, although this space was not opened with such fanfare as Zaradye Park. People will always be where it is good.
35. Super.
36. There is also a ramp for people with limited mobility. And you won't notice it right away. It fits perfectly into these concrete steps. Take a closer look. Luxurious idea. But it might be worth making a little more wooden seats.
37. The benches are very stylish. A good theme is to make your own unique outdoor furniture for each place of attraction.
38. And tram stops along the boulevards have been improved. They didn’t exist at all before, but now they have been isolated and raised. We made a visor. Fine!
39. Pink arches...
40. Got it... I hope they disappear next year.
41. Suddenly there is a break in the fence. I remember several years ago they cleaned and repaired these fences along the entire ring. It didn't last long.
42. The facades of the buildings around are being restored.
43. Arch. =)
44. We move from Pokrovsky to Yauzsky Boulevard. A piece of the Soviet past. Luxurious house with sculptures. They definitely need to be restored.
45. One of the new Moscow monuments is the monument to Rasul Gamzatov. It’s very touching that someone laid flowers like that.
46. Behind the dense thickets of trees is someone’s house.
47. Another beautiful house.
48.
49. That’s it, the boulevard ring ends here, and work on the boulevards is still ongoing, although they promised to finish everything by City Day. Soon a safety island will be built here at the end of Yauzsky Boulevard and it will be easier to cross to the boulevard.
50. This textured grandfather in a dressing gown went out onto the balcony and also monitors the work of the builders who are laying the tiles.
About two hundred years ago the Garden Ring in Moscow was built. Over the long history of its existence, it has changed its appearance more than once. Over time, the Garden Ring became one of the symbols of the capital.
Construction of fences
In the 16th century, by order of Boris Godunov, a fence was built on the site of the modern Garden Ring in Moscow. Here was the city border, which had to be strengthened. To protect Moscow from enemy raids, they built ramparts, erected high oak walls, and dug a ditch outside and filled it with water. At that time, such protection was quite reliable. Construction lasted only a few months and was completed in 1592.
Over time, the line of defense transformed into a customs border. The shaft was leveled in some places, and in others it crumbled. Small markets immediately appeared, filled with defeated traders. The most significant of these retail areas were Sukharevskaya and Smolenskaya. The oak walls burned more than once. The largest fire that occurred in 1812 destroyed them completely.
After the fire
During the Patriotic War of 1812, many Muscovites lost their homes. After its completion, a special commission was convened for the construction and restoration of urban facilities. Several projects were approved, according to which in just a few years it was necessary to significantly change the appearance of the city.
Just a few years later, many houses were built, and most importantly, the ditches that ran where the Garden Ring is located today were completely buried. Moscow was surrounded by pavements and sidewalks, which had to be landscaped by residents of nearby houses. Muscovites diligently carried out the imperial decree, ennobling the once so gloomy territory. Soon, various garden plantings appeared on the site of the rampart. Hence the name - Garden Ring.
In Moscow, the boulevards forming a ring became the site of public festivities. Those areas where Zubovsky and Smolensky boulevards are located today, in holidays were always crowded.
Sights of the Garden Ring
The age of garden plantings was short-lived. Intensity grew traffic, at the beginning of the 20th century, tram rails were laid here. In the early thirties, the Garden Ring in Moscow was first paved and then completely stripped of its front gardens. The then outskirts of the city acquired discreet and gloomy features over time. Today it is an extremely lively part of the city. In addition, there are many cultural and historical sites. A walk along the Garden Ring in Moscow will be quite educational.
Bulgakov's apartment, which has become a museum, is located at: st. Bolshaya Sadovaya, 10, apt. 50. The Moscow Academic Theater of Satire is located on Triumfalnaya Square. From here you should start your journey along the Garden Ring of Moscow. Its length is 15 km. The trip by car, taking into account traffic jams, will take about 50 minutes, walking- at least 5 hours. You should take your time to explore the sights. Streets in Moscow within the Garden Ring, such as Sadovaya-Samotechnaya, Sadovaya-Karetnaya, Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya, have a rather interesting history.
The ring metro line was initially planned to be built under the Garden Ring, but then they decided to link it only to some stations. Under the highway there is a section "Park Kultury" - "Kurskaya".
Highway optimization projects
The Garden Ring is one of the most popular routes in Moscow. Regarding the optimization of the highway, architects regularly propose their projects. One of them suggested rather radical changes to the Garden Ring. According to the project, which was considered back in the early 2000s, car traffic was to become one-way. If it were implemented, cars today would move around the ring counterclockwise. But the project remained on paper.
The streets and squares of the Garden Ring are witnesses of the most important historical events. At the beginning of the 20th century, barricades appeared here more than once. After the end of the Second World War, German prisoners were led along Sadovoe. Nowadays, processions are also often observed here, fortunately, peaceful ones.
Hotel "Garden Ring" in Moscow
It repeats the architectural appearance of old mansions, of which there are many in the city center. The hotel is located at the intersection of Mira Avenue and the Garden Ring. There are many hotels in Moscow, but this one is one of the most popular among foreigners. It is located just a few minutes' walk from Red Square and other important attractions of the Russian capital. Foreigners often stop here, coming to Moscow not only for business purposes, but also to get to know the culture and history of the Russian city better.
Satire Theater
The history of the theater began in 1924. On October 1, the premiere of the play “Moscow from a Point of View” took place in the basement of the Nirnzee house. For a long time, the repertoire included rather unusual plays - rather, they were sketches on political and social topics.
In the early thirties of the twentieth century, domestic comedy dominated the repertoire. The directors and authors of the plays, of course, did not dare to ridicule the political regime. For more than 40 years, starting in 1957, the theater was headed by Valentin Pluchek. One of the most famous performances in the Soviet era was “Terkin in the Next World.” Since 2000, the position of artistic director has been occupied by Alexander Shirvindt, who has played many roles during his many years of career on the stage of the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire.
Triumfalnaya Square
In 1935 it was renamed Mayakovsky Square. Poetry readings were often held at the monument to the Soviet classic. In the fifties of the twentieth century, the Beijing Hotel was built on Triumfalnaya Square, designed in the Stalinist Empire style. This is where Sadovaya-Triumfalnaya, the shortest street of the Garden Ring, begins.
The second part of the name of Sadovaya-Karetnaya Street did not arise by chance. At the end of this street, craftsmen who made carriages, carts and carriages once lived.
Other streets of the Garden Ring
The most famous puppet theater in the country is located on Sadovaya-Samotechnaya. Its façade is decorated with metal clocks in which famous fairy-tale characters live. Near the theater there is a monument to its creator, Sergei Obraztsov. At the end of the street there is Samotechnaya Square, 20 meters away there are several parks.
Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya is named after a tower built at the end of the 17th century. In its place there was once the Sretensky Gate, guarded by archers under the command of Lavrentiy Sukharev. Hence the name of both the tower and the square, which was subsequently divided into two parts - Bolshaya and Malaya Sukharevskaya.
At the end of the 17th century, a small market appeared here, which later became the most crowded in Moscow. People called him Sukharevka. The market existed until 1920. For centuries, Muscovites have been coming here from different parts of the city to buy food, antiques, and clothing. There were a lot of scammers and adventurers here. In 1934 the tower was demolished. The area occupied by the former market was called Kolkhoznaya.