The Secrets of Moscow Mansions. The Homes of the Richest People of Their Era Inside and Out

The author of the book, Vitaly Kalashnikov (@starina_kalashnikov), is a professional historian, a journalist for the channel «Moscow24», a Moscow expert, and an accredited guide in love with the capital. In 2021, he became a prizewinner of the IV competition of the Russian Geographical Society «Best Guide in Russia» in the «City» nomination. In the book, Vitaly tells about thirty-five Moscow mansions that anyone can visit! You will learn about the history of these places, see the ancient preserved interiors, find out about the great architects who once built these houses, and discover the fates of their inhabitants.

• What staircase designed by the famous Fyodor Shekhtel became the emblem of Moscow modernism?
• In which mansion on Taganka do the descendants of its pre-revolutionary owners still live today?
• Why was the architect Ivan Zholtovsky accused of plagiarism when constructing the Tarasov mansion?
• In which house did Boris Pasternak's heart break and where did Bulgakov write the story «Fatal Eggs»?
• What interiors are hidden behind the scaffolding of the Yelagin mansion?
• In which mansion is the museum of L.N. Tolstoy located and why has the writer himself never been there?

Quickly open the book and travel with it through styles and epochs!