Secrets of Old Moscow

Did you know that in 19th century Moscow there were districts of vice and debauchery similar to the famous European "red-light" districts? On Gračevka Street and Sretenensky Boulevard, in Golovino, Sobolevo, and Pilnikov alleys, men were lured by the pleasures... of the flesh in public houses — the so-called "bardaks". Girls of questionable morality sought clients on Petrovskiy and Rozhdestvenskiy boulevards.
But let's turn into other alleys and learn that here the famous capital pastry chef Siou released a new cookie "Jubilee" in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov House - yes, that very one that still sits on our shelves. And not far away, at the "Hermitage" restaurant, worked the Moscow chef Lucien Olivier, whose famous salad needs no introduction…