Before and after: How Moscow has changed over the past 150 years
1980s: Pyatnitskaya Street
Pyatnitskaya Street (June 1, 1988 - Aug. 30, 1991) / 2020
Alexei Bystrov/Vladimir Karlov's archive; Mikhail Travkin1972: Chugunny Bridge
View of Pyatnitskaya Street from Chugunny Bridge (June 11, 1972) / 2020
Vladimir Sergiyenko/МАММ/MDF; Mikhail Travkin1994: Pyatnitskaya Street
View of Pyatnitskaya Street (Feb. 1994) / 2020
Alexander Abaza/МАММ/MDF; Mikhail Travkin1963: Monument to the Conquerors of Space
Monument to the Conquerors of Space during construction (1963) / 2020
Valentin Khukhlaev/Valentin Khukhlaev Archive; Mikhail Travkin1956: Main entrance to VDNKh
Main entrance to VDNKh (March 15, 1956) / 2020
Valentin Khukhlaev/Valentin Khukhlaev Archive; Mikhail Travkin1940: Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman. Sculpture by Vera Mukhina. (1940) / 2020
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/МАММ/MDF; Mikhail Travkin1991: View of Bolotnaya Square
Moscow streets in the late 1980s (June 1, 1988 - Aug. 30, 1991) / 2020
Alexey Bystrov/Vladimir Karlov's Archive; Mikhail Travkin1880s: View of the Kremlin from Sofiyskaya Embankment
View of the Kremlin from Sofiyskaya Embankment (1878-1883) / 2020
Unknown/МАММ/МDF; Mikhail Travkin1970s: Rossiya Hotel / Zaryadye Park
View of the Moskva River with Hotel Rossiya and the Concert Hall (1970s) / 2020
Yury Sadovnikov/МАММ/МDF; Mikhail TravkinThe enormous hotel was built in the 1960s and dismantled in 2006. Zaryadye Park was built on the site.
1890s: Pashkov House
Pashkov House (1897-1898) / 2020
Unknown/МАММ/МDF; Mikhail TravkinIn 1831, a museum was opened in Nikolay Rumyantsev's mansion on the Angliyskaya (English) Embankment in St. Petersburg. In 1861, the museum was transferred to Moscow. It was installed in the Pashkov House and merged with the Moscow Public Museum.
1880s: Cathedral of Christ the Savior
View of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and Church of Praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bashmaki from the Bersenevskaya Embankment (1880s) / 2020
Unknown/MАММ/МDF; Mikhail TravkinThe original cathedral, left of photo, was demolished in 1931 as part of the plan for reconstructing Moscow under Stalin. The present cathedral had been rebuilt by 1999. The Church of Praise to the Blessed Virgin Mary has not been rebuilt.
1933: Krymsky Bridge
Panoramic view of Bolshoy Krymsky Bridge during construction (1933) / 2020
Alexander Ustinov/Archive of Ninel Ustinova; Mikhail Travkin1955: Entrance to Gorky Park
Entrance to Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (1955) / 2020
Lev Borodulin/МАММ/МDF; Mikhail Travkin1893: House of the Merchant Igumnov
House of the Merchant Igumnov in Moscow (1893) / 2020
Unknown/МАММ/МDF; Mikhail Travkin1890s: GUM Department Store
Upper Trading Rows (1890-1900) / 2020
Unknown/Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; Mikhail Travkin1896: Teatralnaya (Theater) Square
Teatralnaya Square during the Coronation of Nicholas II (May 1896) / 2020
Unknown/Russian Union of Art Photographers; Mikhail TravkinAbout the photo: The Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II Aleksandrovich and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna took place on Tuesday, May 14 (May 26 in the current calendar), 1896, in the Moscow Kremlin’s Cathedral of the Dormition.
1980s: Church of St. John the Warrior
Church of St. John the Warrior (May 1, 1984 - Oct. 31, 1985) / 2020
Alexey Bystrov/Vladimir Karlov's Archive; Mikhail TravkinIf using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active hyperlink to the original material.
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