Keys to Moscow. How tea helped to gain nobility, what the Capulets and Montagues of old Moscow quarreled over, where to look for a mansion hiding an underwater kingdom
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Keys to Moscow. How tea helped to gain nobility, what the Capulets and Montagues of old Moscow quarreled over, where to look for a mansion hiding an underwater kingdom
14.99 €
Yana Soroka is a journalist, a graduate of Lomonosov Moscow State University's journalism department, and the author of a book about old mansions, "Moscow's Secret Doors," and the historical and architectural blog "You Can't Google This," which has 85,000 subscribers.
What made apothecaries the heroes of a Shakespearean drama? What was the merchant hiding in the secret room? Why did the gymnasium student flood the principal's office? And how did the baths break up two marriages?
"Keys to Moscow" - a book that opens 16 doors of the most exquisite, mysterious and unusual houses of the city.
Each building is not only an architectural gem of Moscow, but also a repository of dangerous secrets, poignant dramas, love and hopes of former residents.
Take a trip back in time. Sitting at the dinner table with Alexei Tolstoy, listen to his stories about Parisian oysters and former luxury. Watch Maxim Gorky fend off the underwater inhabitants of his Art Nouveau home with bookcases.
Find a mysterious tower hidden in the alleys, enter a tea store that looks like a Chinese box, walk through the halls of the Loan Treasury, imagining yourself in a cave with treasures.
The streets of Moscow, filled with stories, will come to life, become close and dear. Let's go! Explore and fall in love with the capital.
What made apothecaries the heroes of a Shakespearean drama? What was the merchant hiding in the secret room? Why did the gymnasium student flood the principal's office? And how did the baths break up two marriages?
"Keys to Moscow" - a book that opens 16 doors of the most exquisite, mysterious and unusual houses of the city.
Each building is not only an architectural gem of Moscow, but also a repository of dangerous secrets, poignant dramas, love and hopes of former residents.
Take a trip back in time. Sitting at the dinner table with Alexei Tolstoy, listen to his stories about Parisian oysters and former luxury. Watch Maxim Gorky fend off the underwater inhabitants of his Art Nouveau home with bookcases.
Find a mysterious tower hidden in the alleys, enter a tea store that looks like a Chinese box, walk through the halls of the Loan Treasury, imagining yourself in a cave with treasures.
The streets of Moscow, filled with stories, will come to life, become close and dear. Let's go! Explore and fall in love with the capital.
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