Category:Petrovka

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Petrovka was once a bank of Neglinka river. Then Neglinka was put under the ground and Petrovka became a fashionable shopping street. Petrovka was named after the Vysokopetrovsky monastery. Prince Dmitry Donskoy founded it in 1380 after the legendary battle on the Kulikovskoe field. As the legend goes Donskoy had a vision of a high mountain covered with white snow; he considered it to be a divine sign and decided to build a cathedral which later became the main church of the monastery. Vysokopetrovsky monastery was under special patronage of the Naryshkiny family, in particular mother of Tsar Peter the Great Natalya Naryshkina. And the architectural style of the monastery is known as "naryshkinskoye" baroque.

House No.25 is one of the best samples of Moscow Classicism. Build in 1790 by ubiquitous architect Matvey Kozakov, this beautiful mansion was occupied by Kreisman’s gymnasium which was famous for accepting students that had been expelled from other schools because of their free-thinking. Today it is a museum of Modern Art headed by Moscow sculptor No.1 – Zurab Tsereteli.

Probably the most famous building on this street is house No.38. Words "Petrovka, 38" is familiar to the Russians. This used to be Moscow Criminal Investigation Department immortalized in one of the most popular Russian movies "Meeting place is not to be changed" with Vladimir Vysotsky.

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