Category:Ostozhenka

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Ostozhenka is a street in the very center of Moscow. In the 19th century it was a modest street with apartment houses, inns and cheap eating places. Today it is one of the most prestigious places to live. One of Moscow’s most interesting styles in architecture was Art Nouveau, or Modern, and Ostozhenka is a proud "owner" of such a beautiful sample of it as Kekushev’s mansion (No.21). Kekushev together with No.1 architect of Moderne Fedor Shekhtel created true architectural masterpieces in the beginning of the 20th century.

Grey wooden house with white columns (No.37) belonged to Ivan Turgenev’s mother; Turgenev depicted her and her house in one of his saddest stories “Mumu”. Matvey Kozakov designed an impressive residence for P. Eropkin, Moscow Commander-in-Chief during the reign of Catherine the Great (№38). He suppressed a "plague riot" in 1771 when frightened people were about to destroy the city. Today his house is an alma mater for future polyglots: the Moscow University of Linguistics.

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