Entering the Same River, or Memoirs of an Architect

The first publication of the miraculously preserved memoirs of the talented Russian architect and builder Ivan Ivanovich Rerberg, famous for creating the legendary Central Telegraph and Kyiv Railway Station in Moscow.
Rerberg's memoirs are a wonderful example of literary style from the late 19th to early 20th century and a valuable source for the history of Russian culture. Unique testimonies about the author's personal involvement in the work and consultations on projects of the Museum of Fine Arts on Volkhonka, Lenin's mausoleum, the Northern Insurance Society on Ilyinka, and other architectural monuments. Stories about meetings with famous contemporaries.