Category:Nikolskaya

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Nikolskaya Ulitsa is one of three main streets of Kitai-gorod.

Nikolskaya may be called the Street of Enlightenment. It was the location of countless bookshops and "residence" of famous second-hand booksellers. In 1564, the first ever Russian printed book "Apostol" came into the world here, in the first ever Russian printing-house. The Man who brought the light of wisdom to ignorant Russians was Ivan Fedorov. A monument to this Printing Pioneer you can see in Teatralny proyezd. Later the Institute of History and Archives was built on the place of the first printing-house; in its ornamentation it is still possible to detect motives typical for the old printing-house.

The first Russian high school opened in Nikolskaya in 1687. Students of Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy could easily find here all books they needed. The most well-known student Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy was a founder of Moscow State University – Mikhail Lomonosov.

Some crucial moments in the history of Russian theatre are connected with Nikolskaya. In the house No.17, in a restaurant called "Slavic Bazaar" Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko came to an agreement to open a new theatre - Moscow Art Theatre (Moskovsky Khudozhestvenny Teatr) which was to become one of the most famous Russian theatres. Right after "Slavic Bazaar" the shortest street in Moscow, Tretyakovsky proezd, embellished by a beautiful arc in Russian style, connects Nikolskaya ulitsa and Teatralny projezd.

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