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A Bold, Sea-Worthy Chronograph From the 1960s Returns

Yema’s new limited edition is a (mostly) faithful recreation of the 1960s original.

By Andrew Connor

French watchmaker Yema is not well-known outside of enthusiasts circles, where their vintage pieces are considered both iconic and great value for money, but the brand is still manufacturing timepieces today. In fact, it’s Yema’s 70th anniversary, and the company celebrating with a series of super-accurate reissues of some of its most iconic vintage models. We’ve already seen this with the brand’s Superman Heritage , but now Yema is reviving the Yachtingraf, an old-school regatta chronograph with a hell of a lot of charm.

Yema introduced the Yachtingraf in the late ’60s, and it was notable for its bold minutes register. The colorful scale within actually has a particular purpose: in a regatta, a five-minute countdown is required before the race, and the scale makes it easy to read off minutes on the chronograph function in five-minute intervals. I don’t doubt that very few people reading this would actually use the regatta counter for its intended purpose (though if you do, kudos to you and your sweet yacht), but the red-white-and-blue register undoubtedly looks cool as hell.

Like the Superman Heritage, this new reissue remains fairly faithful to the original. The colorful registers remain intact, as does the rotating bezel. Even the case is just 39mm wide, only a smidge bigger than the 38mm original , and it’s still water-resistant to 100 meters. There is one major departure, though: an automatic Valjoux 7750 replaces the original watch’s manual-winding Valjoux caliber. Given that the 7750 is well-known for its chunky proportions, the resulting watch is a bit over 15mm thick.

Still, this is an excellent execution of a classic design, and the best part is that it’s relatively reasonably priced: you can pick it up for just $3,274, though Yema will only produce 1,948 examples.

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Yema Yachtingraf Tourbillon Mareographe 75th Anniversary Limited Edition

YEMA, French Watchmaker founded in 1948, is pleased to announce the launch of the  Yema Yachtingraf Tourbillon Mareographe 75th Anniversary Limited Edition . Entirely designed and manufactured in Morteau and the Franco-Swiss Jura valley around our workshops, this  collector’s timepiece with high-end finishes available in steel and bronze editions and limited to 75 numbered copies eac h, marks the 75th anniversary of YEMA and its gradual transition towards a vertically integrated watchmaking Manufacture.

This masterpiece is powered by  an exceptional hand-wound tourbillon caliber  designed by Olivier Mory, a renowned French Watchmaker Developer based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which offers unprecedented performance and complications.

Maréographe complications

The Maréographe consists of a tide complication placed in an elegant register. To make this magnificent phenomenon of nature visible, an elegant small hand indicates high and low tides by making gradual halfrevolutions every 6h 12m 7.89s (change from high tide to low tide and vice versa) and a full revolution every 12h 25m 15.79s.

A dynamic regional watchmaking ecosystem

YEMA workshops are based in Morteau, the cradle of French watchmaking, a few steps from the Swiss watchmaking region. This cross-border watchmaking community concentrated along the Jura mountains has gradually transformed into a true regional ecosystem recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2020.

All tourbillon movement components, including the watch case, dial, and hands, are manufactured in France and Switzerland within a range of 72km from Morteau by recognized craftsman in fine watchmaking. The caliber bridges and mainplates are manufactured in YEMA’s workshops in Morteau where final assembly of all components takes place.

Tool watch revolution: luxury meets functionality

“ The Yachtingraf Tourbillon Maréographe has been designed for purpose, a true tool watch able to withstand the harshest conditions. It features a double dome sapphire crystal, a unidirectional count-up sapphire bezel, 10 ATM water-resistance, high anti-magnetic resistance (2,000 Gauss) and shock-resistance (5,000G) as well as an innovative tide indication complication animated by an exceptional and precise tourbillon caliber offering over 4 days power reserve. This unique set of features is uncommon since tourbillon watches are mostly designed as watchmaking art pieces that are delicate in their utilization. This is one of the rarest tourbillons built for daily use, a luxury timepiece that is as rugged and functional as it is beautiful and refined, a tool watch in the lineage of YEMA watches. “ CHRISTOPHER BÔLE – CEO & HEAD OF DESIGN

Revival of the historic French watchmaking know-how

“With the latest CMM.30 tourbillon and CMM.20 micro-rotor calibers, YEMA aims to display its watchmaking savoir-faire in its quest for transitioning towards a watchmaking Manufacture operating model. Leveraging from the advanced manufacturing and production methods implemented during the past two years, YEMA will soon release its upcoming 3-hands Manufacture caliber, the CMM.10.” OLIVIER MORY – WATCHMAKER DEVELOPER

Double dome sapphire bezel & crystal

The unidirectional rotating bezel is characterized by its luxurious finishes. It is crafted from scratch-resistant, slightly domed sapphire, requiring a much more sophisticated and time-consuming manufacturing process. The bezel is completed by an insert with a minimalist 0-60 graduation and a luminescent marker at noon.

This collector’s timepiece is also equipped with a high-quality double-domed sapphire crystal 2.20 mm high, offering better readability, increased resistance and a resolutely vintage appearance.

Yachtingraph iconic dial

The dial takes inspiration from the aesthetic codes of the 1970’s Yachtingraf iconic model. It features a sunray black finish with applied markers coated with Super-LumiNova and a colorful Maréographe register reminiscent of the regatta-style Yachtingraf vintage model completed with a tides indicator in the form of a small hand gracefully decorated with YEMA’s logo. The 60-second tourbillon boasts a mesmerizing kinetic spectacle for the wearer as it beats and turns against the partially open dial.

Steel/Bronze case & sapphire display caseback

The case design combines both sportiness and elegance while ensuring a 10 BAR water resistance. Available in steel or bronze, it features different finishes with vertical brushing and polished beveled lugs and a circular brushed bezel. With a 42.5mm contained diameter and a 12.3mm thickness (14.5mm including the double-domed sapphire crystal), it offers balanced proportions for such a timepiece. The 20mm lug allows a wide choice of bracelets. The transparent exhibition caseback reveals the beating heart, it shows off the distinctive architecture of the CMM.30 tourbillon caliber creating a fascinating experience for the true enthusiast. The caseback outer ring is engraved with a unique Limited Edition number (XX/75) and a serial number (XXX-XXX).

FKM Viton® rubber bracelet

Made from premium quality FKM Viton® rubber, providing utmost durability while remaining easily pliable, comfortable, dust repelling and highly resistant to tearing. The elegant 316L Stainless Steel folding clasp, available in brushed steel and IP bronze, adds style and comfort.

Tourbillion calibre

Invented by French horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1795, the tourbillon is an advanced regulating organ present in certain high-end mechanical watches, intended to improve the precision of timepieces. It consists of a rotating cage containing the balance wheel and its hairspring, the escape wheel, the lever and the second wheel which drives it. The cage rotates 360 degrees every 60 seconds, which counteracts the effects of gravity and reduces any positional errors of accuracy. The tourbillon embodies watchmaking know-how, only a few Manufactures master the creation of this caliber masterpiece.

Own design locally manufactured

The Calibre Manufacture Morteau 30 (CMM.30) tourbillon unique’s design offers high performance thanks to its clever architecture and high-quality Franco-Swiss components. Entirely designed and developed by Olivier Mory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the regulating organs are manufactured in Switzerland while the bridges and mainplates are manufactured by YEMA in its Morteau workshops.

France-Swiss accuracy

With its Swiss regulating part, the CMM.30 tourbillon is a high-precision movement ensuring high performance. The free-sprung balance wheel regulates isochronism for lasting precision and stability. In the absence of a regulator, the durability of the hairspring is increased, as is long-term precision. Adjusted in 6 positions, the CMM.30 ensures an accuracy of –3 and +7 seconds per day.

105 hours of power reserve thanks to a large barrel

The CMM.30 has a single large barrel optimized to ensure a power reserve of 105 hours. Specifically manufactured for the CMM.30 by Générale Ressorts, this large barrel is off-centered in order to make enough room for the gears and the balance wheel so as to preserve a contained thickness.

Optimised escapement

Interface between the gear train and the regulating organ, the escapement is the place where energy and chronometry intersect in a complex interaction. The escapement is an energy-demanding system, it alone consumes more than half of the barrels’ energy. It is the friction of the anchor pallets on the anchor which, despite their lubrication, dissipates a good part of this energy.

The CMM.30 tourbillon escapement presents notable improvements which reduce this friction thanks to an innovating and particularly sophisticated manufacturing process (LiGA technology). This advanced escapement ensures optimization of the entire mechanics, precision and longevity of the caliber components.

Antimanetic and shock-resistant

Designed for everyday life, the CMM.30 presents robust technical characteristics for a tourbillon caliber. Equipped with non-magnetic components, such as a Swiss-made non-metallic alloy hairspring, a Glucydur balance wheel with an adjustment mass made in gold and micro-components manufactured with LiGA technology materials, the CMM.30 is capable of withstanding exposures to electromagnetic fields up to 2,000 Gauss, a real feat for a tourbillon caliber.

The architecture of the tourbillon cage bridge with its free-sprung balance wheel and the shock absorbers manufactured by Kif make the CMM.30 impervious to shocks, vibrations, and acceleration up to 5,000 Gs in all directions.

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Yema – a wellknown brand in France, got a eventful history with some take-over. In the 60s Yema produced 300.000 watches per year.

1963 was launched the “Superman”, a 300m water-resistant Watch for professional diver.

1966/67 sold about 400.000 Yema watches. 1968 they constructed the 200m water-resistant Yachtingraf, with Valjoux movement.

The company still exist in other hands till today and produced Yachting watches with Quartz movement in the 80s till now. The Team of the Americas Cup (Marc Pajot, 1991) took the time with Yema watches for example.

But here is the overview of the Yachtingraf watches with real movements.  Feel free to send all comments, facts and things about them if you can add some information please!

There are 7 different main executions of Yachtingraf:

1. 1966 yachtingraf valjoux 92, the first, very rare to find.

1966 YEMA Yachtingraf Valjoux 92

Difference to the later Valjoux 7730/7733 executions: – yachting subdial on aluminium base instead of white base with royal blue parts (different blue to the later ones) – smaller triangle on the sweep hand then later execs – 2 dials variants known: typo YACHTINGRAF under the Yema logo and the other got that over 6 under the subdials – LeJour as North-America brand exists, there is mounted a bridge signed with “Contental Times Co”

1966 YEMA Yachtingraf Valjoux 92 (with unsure sweep second hand – closed small  triangle arrow) credit: Lepacha91

LeJour bridge is signed

2. 1966/67 Yachtingraf 2Compax

– inside works a Valjoux 7730, later 7733 – most seen Yachtingraf, more then 100 known till now – different case executions

1st execution case: the “straight lug” – straight lug case with drill through wholes for the springbars – most seen with bakelite bezel – all known got a reference number engraved on caseback: 566737 (same as Dato!) – only 3 known till now (01/2017)

1966/67 YEMA Yachtingraf in a straight lug case credit: Frédéric

2nd execution case: the “normal” – serials known in different batches: 319xxx / 57xxxx / 81xxxx – rare to find with PARIS on the dial – LeJour as North-America brand exists – most seen Yachtingraf, more then 100 known till now – all with Aluminium bezel

1967 YEMA Yachtingraf Valjoux 7730 / 7733 credit: dundee´14

Yachtingraf 2Compax 7730 with PARIS on the dial

Different casebacks : a) early – Yema-Logo “crest” caseback b) “plain” caseback with engraving 100%waterproof – All Steel and in the middle:10 Atmospheres and reference number c) special colored insert with sails and french rooster

a) Crest caseback

b) Plain caseback

c) Special caseback “fournisseur officiel de l’équipe de France de voile 1970” credit: Hako

3. 1966/67 Yachtingraf Date

1967 YEMA Yachtingraf dato Valjoux 7734 with original bakelite bezel

– straight lug case with drill through wholes for the springbars – with Valjoux 7734, a very rare bird too, less then 10 known till now – same smaller triangle on the sweep hands as the early V92 execution mostly seen on this – all known got a reference number engraved on caseback: 566737

1967 YEMA Yachtingraf dato Valjoux 7734 with aluminium bezel as later substitute credit: Hommemega from chronomania

4. 1969 Yema Yachtingraf Croisière Valjoux 72

– the special sign: the white subdial on the left, with the cross over 6 – a very rare bird, less then 10 known to the community (09/2016) – only LeJour ones have signed bridges

1969 YEMA Yachtingraf Croisière Valjoux 72 credit: dundee´14

5. 1969 Yema Yachtingraf Croisière

1969 Yema Yachtingraf Croisière PARIS

– black left subdial instead the white as the V72 have, with the cross over 6 – equipped with Valjoux 7736 – big triangle sweep second hand and arrowed small registerhand in the cross-register – different dial variants known: PARIS under Croisiere and LeJour with SUPER typo between LeJour and Yachtingraf above the subdials – LeJour executions known with unsigned bridge or signed “France LeJour” bridge – serial numbers on caseback again in batches: 13xxxx / 81xxx-82xxx for “normal” cases | like the dato are some known with “straight lug” cases with 566537

1st execution case: the “straight lug” – straight lug case with drill through wholes for the springbars – most seen with bakelite bezel

1969 YEMA Yachtingraf Croisière in a straight lug case

2nd execution case: the “normal”

1969 YEMA Yachtingraf Croisière Valjoux 7736 credit: dundee´14

Signed Bridge on a LeJour Croisiere SUPER

Le Jour signed bridge on a LeJour Croisiere SUPER credit: Nic chronomatic.com

6. End 1969 / early 1970 Yachtingraf Régate

– developed the modell “Régate”, builded with a modified Valjoux 7733: the Valjoux 7733S, got a modification to shows the Regatta-Countdown with a colored code and counting numbers – ship with white sails in a white circle printed over 6 – only case with crown guard – casebacks engraved with the numbers 850737 or 930036 only – around 25 known till now

1969 YEMA Yachtingraf Régate Valjoux 7733S credit: dundee´14

7. End 1969 / early 1970 Yachtingraf Régate “blue ship”

YEMA Yachtingraf Régate Jumbo Valjoux 7733S straight lug case

– the last prdouced of the not-digital Yachtingrafs is the so-called “Jumbo” with 40,7 mm diameter – recognizable on the small ship in the blue circle on the dial over 6 – sometimes called “the 7th Yachtingraf” – it seems there are 2 executions of cases of the “blue ship” Jumbos:

1st execution case – straight lugs case, number engraved in the “waterresistant – antimagnetic – all steel” typo circle – number engraved on caseback: 5667370 – only a few known

“Blue ship” YEMA Yachtingraf Régate Jumbo Valjoux 7733S – 1st execution credit: Thien

2nd execution case – mostly known of the Jumbos with blue ship logo are the c-shape case – number on caseback engraved in the middle of the caseback, all known with 670745 or 810745

1970 YEMA Yachtingraf Régate Jumbo Valjoux 7733S – 2nd execution credit: dundee´14

2nd execution logo – 2 different logo types found: the YEMA-Logo (later one with the not-round “Y”) – later got a straight sweep second hand, not sure about that

left: 1st execution logo | middle: early triangle-stophand | right: later 2nd execution logo and stophand (not sure about the hand) credit: dundee & Alexandre

Here are some pictures including the 6th model with Valjoux 7733S and the “Jumbo-Version” of it – the blue ship over the 6 makes the difference to the 6th.

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Yachtingrafs with differend brand on the dial.

Some dials are known with different brands printed on.

Interesting one found on eBay in Uruguay – Yachtingraf with brand LIDER. Serial doesn´t fit in the line of 2compax Yachtingrafs.

Lider seems to be a brand of Borel Fiels & Cie. SA from Neuchatel, Switzerland or Montres Leader SA. Keep on research.

credit: ebay

Bridge is unsigend, number inside caseback says 93012.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-Swiss-Lider-Yema-Yachtingraf-Chrono-Valjoux-7733-S-Steel-39mm-1969-s-/162512475325

PUERTO AZUL

This one was found by Mark .

bezel is missing on this pic. credit: Mark from regatta-yachttimers.com

Another eBay find is a Croisiere with brand RERIS. Never heard, never seen.

Another one popped up on Chronotrader this year branded with WINGO, driven by a Valjoux 7730.

credit: Chronotrader

Yachtingraf with co-branded dials

ALSTA LeJour

The brand seems to owned by Alstater Watch Corp. which was located in N.Y. since 1948. 2-3 are of that co-branded ones seen till now.

credit: watchesdb.com

LeJour O´day

Justin found this cool 2Compax Yachtingraf with a co-branded dial from O´day Corporation.

O´day was one of the most successful sailboat builders in the US. (source: wikipedia read here )

credit: Justin Vrakas

Luckily Justin found the commercial ad for the cmpaign to “get a free racing watch” with a purchase of a sailing boat.

LeJour KENT Yachting Timer

Just by chance found this LeJour with KENT Yachting Timer on the dial.

credit: unknown. please give us a ping, if you are the owner!

Watches with similar dials but in different cases, not really derivates of the Yachtingraf.

Credits all by Mark or from ebay. Different brands used the dials: Thermidor, Technos, Jaques Droz, Dichiwatch, Sigel and some more.

About the quality and known issues of Yema Yachtingraf watches

Just my point of view, please. Feel free to send my comments if you know something better. Just in case you looking for one to buy these points may help you. The Yema Yachtingraf watches got mostly problems on:

– pushers (not available, normaly screwed in but mostly glued with metall glue) – lumen (uneven made) and many are bad relumed – cases often polished to death – glasses not to find as NOS, no good substitutes – hands are not to find if there are not the original ones – dials could have paintloss or paint bumpinesses (subdials left too!) – bakelitbezels are mostly losses the paint (but that´s not a yema thing alone) – Alubezels are mostly sold as NOS on ebay from France as 70s, they fit perfect and looks good. You can see if it is a “NOS” one on the green triangle at 12, it looks different to the old ones – numbers on the casebacks: different, earlier seems to be upcounting, later ones got mostly the same numbers, unsure about some numbers too (Yema seems to put the numbers on other models too, still to prove) – unbranded bridges / movements – maybe an advantage for doing the service but you will never know if the movement is original built in the watch, only some LeJour got signed bridges

About the different mounted regattahands on the subdial

Wonder why 50% of all bubbles looks to 12 and the other half looks to 6? Simple explaination but very good usability for different types of the regatta countdown (5/10 or 15 min) you find here at the Club Yema , Jerry found out!

credit: leclubyema.com

About the movements

Just to know: Valjoux 7730 is the 1966 following movement to the Venus 188 (built from 1948-1966) after the take-over of Venus from Valjoux in 1966. The main difference is the cheaper cam-switching instead of high-end column wheel. Yema was one of the first that uses the Valjoux 7730/7734/7736 as substitute for Valjoux 92/72.

Variants: height: 6,00/6,65 mm | diameter 14 line (31mm) | 45 hrs power reserve | 17 rubins | 28.900 A/h (4Hz) – all variants were built over 2Mio. pieces

7730: basic version, built 1966 – 1973, 175k pieces 7731: like 7730 but with new balance piston 7733: redesigned 7731 in 1969 with different reset hammers 7733S: 7733 with regatta-module disc drive 7734: date wheel, not quickset 7736: chronograph with 12 hrs counter (built 1969-1978) 7737: with 10min regatta countdown (for example in Memosail)

Trying to specify the production years with movements for the Yachtingrafs. Help is needed here for the research.

first to last:

1966 – ???? V92 1966/67 – ???? V7730 (following V92) and later 7733 (starting when 1969 with launch of the movement – ????) 1966/67 – ???? V7734 Date 1966/67 – ???? V72 Croisiere 1969 – ???? V7736 (following the V72 Croisiere) 1969/70 – ???? 7733S Regate “white ship” 1970 – ???? 7733S Regate “blue ship”

Next to the Yachting Chronographs there are the well-known Car-Racing Chronographs – the Rallygraf and the Chronograph for the pilots Flygraf (1970).

milestones of YEMA

•     1948 formation of YEMA by M. Henri Louis BELMONT
•     1950 Introduction of the anti-shock wrist-watch
•     1953 launch of the first water-resistent watches
•     1956 automatic watch Sous-Marine
•     1957 first Chronographs
•     1960 300.000 watches per year selled
•     1963 build the SUPERMAN, professional diver watch with 300 meters
•     1967 the french brand with the most exports
•     1968 launch of the YACHTINGRAF (sailing watch)
•     1969 500.000 watches in 50 countries selled
•     1970 market launch of RALLYGRAF and FLYGRAF
•     1974 started with YEMA quartz
•     1975 YEMA FAIRCHILD, diodewatch
•     1982 Sale of the SPATIONAUTE I, weared by Jean-Loup CHRÉTIEN, first french astronaut
•     1985 launched the SPATIONAUTE II, weared by Patrick BAUDRY (french astronaut)
•     1986 NORTH POLE by Jean-Louis ETIENNE, worst selling watch
•     1989 Re-edition of FLYGRAF
•     1990 Launch of the Bipôle
•     1997 Sale per year of 140.000 watches – CAP HORN starts
•     2002 watches branded by Dolce&Gabanna, Nike and Breil

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Vous trouverez sur cette page les plus belles YEMA d'occasion actuellement disponibles en ligne. Par exemple, vous y verrez une rare Yema Eisenhardt Yachtingraf V7730  et une fameuse  Yema Super Rallygraf V7736 Andretti . Si vous recherchez d'autres YEMA rares comme les Yema Meangraf ou les Yema Superman des années 1960 , vous trouverez également votre bonheur dans notre sélection quotidienne. 

Quelle est la valeur d'une Yema vintage ?

Une Yema ancienne peut atteindre une très grande valeur sur le marché de l'occasion. Comme nous l'avons déjà écrit, les Yema d'occasion des années 1960 à 1980 étaient des montres de très haute qualité, digne d'une Zenith El Primero . De plus, leur design vintage et élégant fait fureur au sein des connaisseurs actuels de montres vintage. Ainsi un chronographe Yema Sous Marine se trouvera aux alentours de 2800€ sur le marché de l'occasion. Et certaines Yachtingraf rares atteindront facilement les 6000€. Si vous recherchez des Yema plus communes, regardez le bas de notre sélection. 

Comment obtenir une Yema ancienne sur ce site ?

C'est trè simple : parcourez notre sélection des meilleures Yema de collection,  cliquez sur la référence de Yema qui vous plait et nous vous redirigerons automatiquement vers un site sécurisé où vous pourrez vous la procurer. Si vous avez la moindre question sur la valeur d'une Yema, n'hésitez pas à nous envoyer un email et nous vous ferons un plaisir de vous renseigner. En effet, il n'est pas toujours simple de bien apprécier la valeur d'une Yema vintage et leur quotation évolue d'année en année. Depuis 5 ans, elles prennent toutes énormément de valeur, c'est donc un excellent investissement horloger. 

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7 MOST extravagant houses of 19th century Moscow

1. The Levenson House, Trekhprudnyi Lane, 9

The lantern above the Levenson House

This house, designed by architect Fyodor Shekhtel, was built for Alexander Levenson, the proprietor of a famous Moscow typography, in 1900. The house had space for printing machines, as well as living premises. The highlight of the house is a fascinating roof lantern. Recently, the house was scientifically restored and is now for sale. The 1,000-sq.m. building’s price tag is 1.1 billion rubles (approx. $14.4 mln).

The interior of the Levenson House

2. The Zimins House, Degtyarny Lane, 8/3

The interior of the Zimins' House

What seems an ordinary house from the outside is really one of the poshest mansions of 19th century Moscow, built for Nikolay Zimin, a major Russian tobacco trader. Built in 1896 according to the project by Edmund Yuditsky, it still houses the original interior decoration. Russian cinema buffs might recognize it from the movie ‘Brat-2’, directed by Alexey Balabanov.

The Zimins' House from the outside

Currently, the building houses the Agency for the Management and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Ministry of Culture of Russia – some of the foremost specialists in heritage preservation in the country.

3. The Igumnov House, Bolshaya Yakimanka Street, 43

The Igumnov House

This house looks like a palace right out of a Russian fairytale, but it was actually built in 1895 (designed by architect Nikolay Pozdneev), at the order of Nikolay Igumnov, a textile tycoon from Yaroslavl.

The door and the porch decoration of the Igumnov House

The bricks were shipped in from the Netherlands, the fascinating porcelain facade tiles made following a special order at the Kuznetsov porcelain factory, the most famous in Russia at the time. The cost of the house was allegedly around 1 million rubles (when 150 rubles was a solid year’s salary). Inside, the 40 rooms of the house were decorated in a variety of styles – from traditional Russian to art nouveau.

The staircase in the Igumnov House

Currently, the Igumnov House is the residence of the French ambassador to Russia.

The interior of the Igumnov House

4. The Morozova House, Spiridonovka Street, 17

Zinaida Morozova's House

Another house by Fyodor Shekhtel, a star of Moscow art nouveau, was commissioned by Zinaida Morozova, the wife of Savva Morozov, a textile tycoon.

The exterior decorations of Zinaida Morozova's House

The interior design was made by a famous painter Mikhail Vrubel, who made several murals inspired by chivalry aesthetics of Medieval Europe, resonating with the neo-gothic style of the house.

The interior of Zinaida Morozova's House

In 1938, the Morozova House became the House of Receptions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which it stays to this day.

5. The Vtorov Mansion (Spaso House), Spasopeskovskaya Square

Spaso-House from the outside

This mansion, commissioned by textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov, was built in 1913. It takes its English name, Spaso House, from Spasopeskovskaya Square, where it is located. It’s a neo-classical recreation of a classic upper-class city mansion of the 1820s, with palladian windows and a perfectly symmetrical interior plan.

The interior of Spaso-House

Vtorov’s family lived in the house for just 4 years before the Revolution, after which the house was expropriated by the new Soviet government to serve as a reception house for the All-Russia Central Executive Committee.

Spaso-House's inner rooms

In 1933, the house became the residence of William C. Bullitt, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and has stayed the residence of the U.S. ambassadors ever since. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan all stayed there when they visited Moscow.

The dining room at Spaso-House

6. The Ryabushinsky Mansion, Malaya Nikitskaya Street, 6/2

The Ryabushinski Mansion

This mansion, again built by Fyodor Shekhtel, this time for millionaire Stepan Ryabushinsky in 1900-1902, is probably the architect’s most famous work in Moscow. Apart from all the fascinating art nouveau interior decoration and the famous stairwell with a jellyfish lamp, the mansion also housed a secret chapel – the Ryabushinskis were Old Believers, outlawed in Russia until 1905. “I believe that in the whole of Europe there is no house like this,” Ryabushinski said when examining the newly-built mansion.

The Ryabushinski Mansion's 'jellyfish' staircase

After 1917, when the Ryabushinsky family fled Russia, the house became the state’s property and, in 1931, writer Maxim Gorky and his family started living there. Gorky didn’t like the mansion at all, calling it “awkward, but fit for working at least”. After Gorky’s death, the mansion became Maxim Gorky’s personal museum, which helped preserve the unique interiors of the house to the present day.

A stained glass window in the Ryabushinski Mansion

The dining room inside the Ryabushinski Mansion

7. The Berg City Mansion, Denezhny Lane, 5/1

Berg city mansion

Constructed in 1897 by Pyotr Boytsov, the house was commissioned by a businessman named Sergey Berg. It comprises different styles – gothic, baroque and art nouveau. Berg’s mansion was one of the first Moscow homes to have electricity installed – lighting and an electric doorbell. It was here that the first “electric ball” was held.

The Berg city mansion from the inside

The house, which had preserved all its original interior decoration, was renovated in 2016. It currently houses the Italian Embassy in Russia.

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Sights in Khamovniki District

  Moscow’s central district of Khamovniki is situated directly south-west of the centre and south of the Arbat District  within a curve of the River Moskva. Its is considered a rather elite district of Moscow. Its main streets are Ulitsa Volkhonka which branches off into Ulitsa Preschistenka and Ulitsa Ostozhenka. After the Garden Ring, which is made up here by Zubovsky Bulvar and Krimsky Bridge, the two streets become Ulitsa Bolshaya Pirogovskaya and Komsomolsky Prospekt respectively. The very tip of Khamovniki is located beyond the Third Ring Road and is occupied by the Luzhniki Olympic Complex.  The district is served by Kropotkinskaya to Vorobyovy Gory metro stations on the red line.

Around Frunzenskaya Metro

Ivan Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

• 2 Ulitsa Bolshaya Pirogovskaya
• Park Kultury, Frunzenskaya
• http://www.mma.ru/science/museum/ (Museum)
• 10:00 - 17:00. Closed on weekends, public holidays and the first Monday of the month (Museum)

Immediately behind Archangel Michael's Church among the Clinics are the clinics themselves - the Ivan Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, which was founded in 1758 as the medical faculty of the Moscow State University. Running all along the University's premises are several statues of leading Russian doctors: gynaecologist Vladimir Snegirev, paediatrician Nil Filatov (on the corner of Skver Devichievo Polya), field-surgeon Nikolai Pirogov and physiologist Ivan Sechenov;… Read more »

Pavel Korin House-Museum

• 6c2 Ulitsa Malaya Pirogovskaya
• Frunzenskaya, Sportivnaya
• http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru
• Currently closed for renovation (as of August 2013)

In a court yard off Ulitsa Malaya Pirogovskaya, which runs parallel below Ulitsa Bolshaya Pirogovskaya, is the former home and workshop of the artist Pavel Korin, which in 1968 was turned into the Pavel Korin House-Museum. The museum displays the work of the artist who is most known for his unfinished giant painting called 'Farewell to Rus' depicting the last service of Patriarch Tikhon in the Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin. The museum is run as a branch of the State Tretyakov… Read more »

Pogodin's Izba

• 12A Ulitsa Pogodinskaya

On the street above the State Medical University is one of the lesser-known architectural highlights of the Devichye Pole area: the wooden house known as Pogodin's Izba (an izba being a small Russian wooden house). The house was built in the Russian national style, including the ornate decorations known as wooden lace, in the mid-19th century and given to the prominent historian Mikhail Pogodin. During the Second World War the house was damaged by a bomb and only restored in the… Read more »

St Dmitri of Priluki's Church in Devichye Pole

• 6 Ulitsa Bolshaya Pirogovskaya

Also located on the premises of the State Medical University, although open to the public, is St Dmitri of Priluki's Church in Devichye Pole. The small church was built between 1880 and 1903 in the Byzantine revival style with a large squat central dome on a rotunda. The church was closed during the Soviet era and it was eventually given over for the university to use. The building was subsequently used by the organ transplant pioneer Vladimir Demikhov, who is most known for his… Read more »

Around Park Kultury Metro

Archangel Michael's Church among the Clinics

• 2 Ulitsa Yelanskogo

The Archangel Michael's Church was built between 1894 and 1897 in the Neoclassical style. The church is known as 'Archangel Michael among the Clinics' due to its location in the Devichye Pole's medical district and it became the resident church for all clinics in the area. In 1922 the church was looted and in 1931 it was closed and had its domes removed. It was eventually returned to the Orthodox Church in 1992 and re-consecrated after being renovated in 1997. ►sights by… Read more »

Exaltation of the Cross Church in Chisty Vrazhek

• 8 1-y Truzhenikov Pereulok
• Park Kultury, Smolenskaya

Slightly north of Skver Devichievo Polya is the Exaltation of the Cross Church in Chisty Vrazhek. The church was built between 1701 and 1708 replacing an earlier wooden version. In 1798 a small central dome on an octagonal tower was added and an octagonal bell tower was built on between 1846 and 1852. Finally between 1894 and 1895 three large apses were built onto the back of the church. In 1931 the church was closed and converted for accommodation. It was returned to the Orthodox… Read more »

Lev Tolstoy Estate-Museum in Khamovniki

• 21 Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo
• Park Kultury
• http://tolstoymuseum.ru/museums/museum_branchs/khamovniki/
• 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mondays and the last Friday of the month.

Located on Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo (Lev Tolstoy Street) is a department of the Lev Tolstoy State Museum which is located in the early 19th-century estate which Tolstoy bought in 1882. After buying the house Tolstoy spent each winter here until 1901 (the summers he spent at his estate at Yasnaya Polyana) and he wrote over 100 stories at the estate. In 1920 the estate was made into a museum. Inside the estate's interior has been restored as to how it would have looked when Tolstoy lived… Read more »

Lev Tolstoy Monument

• Skver Devichievo Polya

Standing at the front of the small triangular-shaped park of Skver Devichievo Polya (Devichye Pole Gardens) is a statue of Lev Tolstoy. The monument was unveiled in 1972 and depicts the great author carved into large blocks of stone sat down cross-legged. Tolstoy is forever connected with the Khamovniki district of Moscow as he lived nearby in his city estate from 1882 and 1901. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District Read more »

Museum of Moscow

• 2 Zubovsky Bulvar
• http://www.mosmuseum.ru/
• 10:00 - 20:00 (Thursdays: 11:00 - 21:00). Closed on Mondays and last Friday of the month.

The Museum of Moscow was founded in 1896 and in 2008 it became the main museum of the Museum of Moscow Museum Association, which incorporates five other museums in the city. In 2011 the main department of the museum moved to its present day location in three large buildings which were formerly used as an arsenal.  Here there is a permanent display on the history of Moscow from prehistoric times right up to the modern day.  Also included are lots of interesting old photographs of… Read more »

St Nicholas' Church in Khamovniki

• 2 Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo
• http://nikolakhamovniki.ru

The St Nicholas' Church in Khamovniki was built between 1679 and 1682 although there has been a church at this location since at least 1625. In form the church comprises a standard cube structure attached to a small bell tower via a closed vestibule, but it is its style which makes it stand out. The church is an example of the Uzorochye style with elaborately decorated kokoshniks at the base of the domes and colourful details around the windows and on the bell tower. The church… Read more »

Around Sportivnaya Metro

Luzhniki Olympic Complex

• Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya
• Sportivnaya

Located in the bend of the River Moskva in the Khamovniki district of Moscow is the Luzniki Olympic Complex. The name Luzniki derives from the Russian word for meadows - luga. The complex's history goes back to 1956, when the area was developed with the construction of the Central Lenin Stadium (renamed the Grand Sports Arena in 1992 although usually just referred to as Luzhniki Stadium), the Small Sports Arena, the Palace of Sport and an Olympic swimming pool. The complex was used… Read more »

Novodevichy Convent

• 1 Novodevichy Proezd

One of Moscow's most beautiful sights is the Novodevichy Convent which was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004. Novodevichy Convent, whose name translates as New Maiden Convent, was founded in 1524 on the orders of Grand Prince Vasili III of Moscow to celebrate Russia's recapture of Smolensk in 1514. The convent is dedicated to the Our Lady of Smolensk Icon. It was built as a fortified convent on the River Moskva. Later the convent served as a place of retirement or… Read more »

Novodevichye Cemetery

• 2 Novodevichy Proezd

Located next to Novodevichy Convent, although not accessible from it, is the famous Novodevichye Cemetery. The cemetery was first opened in 1898 but in the 1930s it increased in size and stature when the graves of famous Russians were moved here from monasteries which were closed by the Soviets. Nowadays its gravestones read as a who's who of Russian history, politics and culture. The attraction in visiting this cemetery is not just in the famous names, but also the beautiful,… Read more »

Within the Garden Ring: Around Ulitsa Ostozhenka

Intercession Old-Believers Church of the Ostozhenskaya Community

• 4 Turchaninov Pereulok
• http://www.ostogenka.ru/

On Turchaninov Pereulok off Ulitsa Ostozhenka is the Intercession Old-Believers Church of the Ostozhenskaya Community. The Ostozhenskaya Old-Believers Community was established in 1907 after Emperor Nicholas II's enactment of the law on religious tolerance. Construction of the Intercession Church began shortly afterwards and was completed in 1911. However it was closed by the Communists in 1932 and only returned to the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church in 1994. ►sights by… Read more »

Ivan Turgenev Museum

• 37/7 Ulitsa Ostozhenka
• http://www.pushkinmuseum.ru/?q=node/1
• 10:00 - 18:00 (Thursdays: 12:00 - 21:00). Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and the last Friday of the month.

The Ivan Turgenev Museum was opened in 2009 in the mansion where Turgenev's mother, Varvara Turgeneva, lived from 1840 to the 1850s and where the author was a frequent visitor. The museum has exhibitions which detail the life and the creative work of one of Russia's finest authors. The museum is run as a branch of the Aleksandr Pushkin State Museum.  There is free admission to the museum on the third Sunday of the month. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District Read more »

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow

• 16 Ulitsa Ostozhenka
• Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury
• http://www.mamm-mdf.ru
• 12:00 - 21:00. Closed on Mondays.

The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, or MAMM as it is known, was created in 2003 as part of the reorganisation of the museum of the House of Photography where the MAMM is based. The aim of the museum is to introduce people to contemporary art and multimedia technologies and it displays various photography and multimedia exhibitions by Russian and foreign artists. In addition the museum also holds festivals, lectures, film screenings and master-classes.  There is free admission to the… Read more »

St Elijah the Prophet's Church on Obydensky Pereulok

• 6 2-y Obydensky Pereulok
• Kropotkinskaya
• http://www.hram-ostozhenka.ru/

St Elijah the Prophet's Church on Obydensky Pereulok, which is just off Ulitsa Ostozhenka, is often simply referred to as St Elijah Obydensky Church. The word Obydensky comes from the old-Russian for 'one day' as the first church to St Elijah was built here out of wood in one day in 1592. The current church dates from the turn of the 18th century and was built in the Petrine baroque style with a small dome on an 'octagon-on-cube' structure and a square bell tower. The church was… Read more »

Zachatievsky Convent

• 2-y Zachatievsky Pereulok

The Zachatievsky Convent was founded in 1584 and dedicated to the Conception ('zachatie') of St Anne. However previous to this there was another convent located here which was founded by St Alexius (Aleksey), Metropolitan of Moscow, in 1360 but destroyed by fire in 1547. Shortly after the Zachatievsky Convent was founded it was subjected to the destruction of the Times of Troubles. Major construction work took place at the convent in the late 17th, mid-18th and early 19th century… Read more »

Within the Garden Ring: Around Ulitsa Prechistka

'Burganov House' Moscow State Museum

• 15/9 Bolshaya Afanasievsky Pereulok
• http://www.burganov.ru
• 11:00 - 19:00

The 'Burganov House' Moscow State Museum was founded in 2001 by the sculptor Aleksandr Burganov, whose work can also be found decorating the streets of Moscow. The museum's main exhibits are located in the open-air courtyard outside and can be visited for free. There are also some halls inside, one entitled the Small Louvre and another Pegasus House, both displaying more work of the sculptor. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District Read more »

Aleksandr Pushkin State Museum

• 12/2 Ulitsa Prechistenka
• http://www.pushkinmuseum.ru
• 10:00 - 18:00 (Thursdays: 12:00 - 21:00). Closed on Mondays and the last Friday of the month.

Not to be confused with the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Art, the Aleksandr Pushkin State Museum is dedicated to Russia's favourite poet and the age during which he lived. The museum was opened in 1957 in its current location in the 19th century Khruschyov-Seleznev Estate. In addition to the temporary exhibition hall and the conference hall, the museum has two permanent expositions dedicated: 'Pushkin and his Epoch' and 'Pushkin's Fairy Tales', which is aimed at children. There is… Read more »

Anna Golubkina Workshop-Museum

• 12 Bolshoy Lyovshinsky Pereulok
• Kropotkinskaya, Smolenskaya
• 12:00 - 19:00 (weekends: 10:00 - 17:00). Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and the last Friday of the month.

Anna Golubkina was one of Russia’s most famous female sculptors. Her most famous work is the bas relief entitled 'The Wave' on the facade of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre (MKhAT) and she has other work on display at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. This museum to her was opened in 1934, upon the initiative of her elder sister, in the workshop where Golubkina spend many years. Inside it includes a memorial room which has been retained as it was when Golubkina worked here. This museum… Read more »

Dormition Church on the Graves

• 2/2 Bolshoy Vlasievsky Pereulok

The Dormition Church on the Graves is located at the intersection of four streets and may have got it names due to it being surrounded by a graveyard, although other theories as to how it got its unusual name also exist. A Dormition Church has existed here since 1560 but the current version was built between 1791 and 1806. The church was designed by the French architect Nicolas Legrand and features a large central dome on a rotunda and two parallel bell towers over the tall church… Read more »

Fridtjof Nansen Monument

• 6c2 Bolshoy Lyovshinsky Pereulok

Standing next to the Moscow office of the Red Cross is a statue of Norwegian explorer, diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen is especially remembered in Russia due to his role in firstly helping First World War POWs leave Russia in 1920 during the chaos of the Russian Civil War and then by raising funds to tackle the massive humanitarian disaster which was the Russian famine of 1921. In the process the Nansen Passport was created which was identity cards… Read more »

Friedrich Engels Monument

• Ploschad Prechistenskie Vorota

Standing in the centre of Ploschad Prechistenskie Vorota opposite to Kropotkinskaya metro station is a statue of Friedrich Engels - the German philosopher and translator who, along with Karl Marx, is one of the founders of Communism.  The monument was unveiled in 1976 and depicts the philosopher deep in thought with his arms crossed standing on a small pedestal.  In the 1990s there were calls to have the statue removed, but it was saved on the orders of the then-mayor Yuri Luzhkov… Read more »

Lev Tolstoy State Museum: Literary Museum

• 11/8 Ulitsa Prechistenka
• http://www.tolstoymuseum.ru
• 10:00 - 18:00 (Thursday: 12:00 - 20:00). Closed on Mondays and the last Friday of the month.

The Lev Tolstoy State Museum, which was founded in 1911, has several departments in Moscow dedicated to the giant of Russian literature. Located on Prechistenka is the Literary Museum which is located in the 19th century Lopukhin-Stanitsky Mansion. Inside the museum has displays and exhibits detailing the life and work of the author, including several themed halls.  In the garden there is also a statue of Lev Tolstoy. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District Read more »

Russian Academy of Arts and Zurab Tsereteli Gallery

• 19 Ulitsa Prechistenka
• http://rah.ru/
• 12:00 - 20:00 (Friday: 12:00 - 22:00, Sunday 12:00 - 19:00). Closed on Mondays.

The Russian Academy of Arts has its headquarters on Ulitsa Prechistenka and it incorporates an art gallery which, apart from some ancient Roman and Greek statues, is dedicated to the work of the academy's current president - the controversial artist Zurab Tsereteli.  The work of Tsereteli includes statues of well-known figures from Russian politics, Russian culture. and various tsars.  Highlights include Vladimir Putin in his judo robe, former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov as a… Read more »

St Blaise's Church in Old Konyushennaya Sloboda

• 20 Gagarinsky Pereulok

The current version of St Blaise's Church in Old Konyushennaya Sloboda was first mentioned in 1644 although it is known that an older version stood here since at least 1625. The simple church comprises a single-domed structure attached to a small bell tower via a closed vestibule. During Napoleon's invasion the church was damaged to such an extent that it was re-consecrated after restoration work in 1815. In 1939 the church was closed and it fell into disrepair. It was restored in… Read more »

Vasili Surikov Monument

• 30 Ulitsa Prechistenka

Standing in a small square opposite to the building of the Russian Academy of Artists is a statue of the artist Vasili Surikov. Surikov worked in the 19th century and is most famous for his paintings depicting historical scenes such as 'Morning of the Streltsy's Execution', 'The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak' and 'Boyarynya Morozova'. The bronze monument was unveiled in 2003 and depicts Surikov standing next to his easel. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District … Read more »

Within the Garden Ring: Around Ulitsa Volkhonka

Aleksandr Shilov Gallery

• 5 Ulitsa Znamenka
• Borovitskaya, Kropotkinskaya
• http://www.amshilov.ru/
• 11:00 - 19:00 (Thursday: 11:00 - 21:00). Closed on Mondays.

The Aleksandr Shilov Gallery is solely dedicated to the work of the portrait painter Aleksandr Shilov, who has painted prominent figures from Russian politics and culture as well as religious figures and war veterans.  Although Shilov is undoubtedly popular among the ruling elite (and the staircase of the gallery proves this by being filled with photos of the artist posing with presidents, patriarchs, politicians and musicians), his work has been criticised by experts due to the… Read more »

Christ the Saviour Eparchial Cathedral

• 15 Ulitsa Volkhonka
• http://xxc.ru

The Christ the Saviour Cathedral is Russia's most important cathedral and its largest, having been designed to accommodate 10,000 people. The current version is actually the cathedral's second incarnation. Construction of the original version was started in 1839 under the project of the famous architect Konstantin Ton and the cathedral was consecrated 1883. However this version was famously demolished on the orders of Stalin in 1931. Afterwards there were plans to build an enormous… Read more »

Emperor Alexander II Monument

• 15 Ulitsa Volkhonka (in the park outside Christ the Saviour Cathedral)

Located in the park next to the Christ the Saviour Cathedral is a monument to Emperor Alexander II. The monument was unveiled in 2005. The pedestal reads "Abolished Serfdom in 1861 and freed millions of peasants from many centuries of slavery. Carried out military and legal reforms. Introduced a system of local self-government, city dumas and zemstvo boards. Ended the long Caucasian War. Freed Slavic people from the Ottoman Yoke. Died on 1 (13) March 1881 as a result of a terrorist… Read more »

Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art

• 14 Ulitsa Volkhonka
• http://www.newpaintart.ru
• 11:00 - 19:00 (Thursdays: 11:00 -19:00). Closed on Mondays.

Located in what was once the left-wing of the residence of the Princes Golitsyn is the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art's Gallery of 19th and 20th Century European and American Art, which opened its doors in 2006. The Museum has twenty-six rooms displaying work by various European and American masters including Caspar David Friedrich, Francisco de Goya, Claude Monet, Vasili Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rousseau and Marc Chagall among many others. The museum is run as a… Read more »

Ilia Glazunov Moscow State Art Gallery

• 13 Ulitsa Volkhonka
• http://www.glazunov.ru/

The Ilia Glazunov Moscow State Art Gallery was opened in 2004 to display the work of the artist Ilia Glazunov.  Glazunov is most known for his specific style and giant collages dedicated to various periods in Russian history.  These collages, including his masterpiece 'Eternal Russia', are on display here in a special hall.  Other paintings include his series dedicated to the Battle of Kulikovo Field, illustrations for classic Russian literature and poetry, and scenes from ancient… Read more »

Mikhail Sholokhov Monument

• Gogolevsky Bulvar

A few metres up Gogolevsky Bulvard is a wonderful monument to the author Mikhail Sholokhov, who is best known for his work 'And Quiet Flows the Don'. The monument was unveiled in 2007 and its centrepiece features a sculpture of the author sat in a boat which itself stands on a pedestal. However the best part of the sculpture is the waterfall feature behind it. The waterfall represents a river and just sticking out of the ground are the heads of many horses and one foal as if they… Read more »

Moscow Museum of Modern Art: Gogolevsky 10

• 10c1 Gogolevsky Bulvar
• http://www.mmoma.ru/
• 12:00 - 20:00 (Thursdays: 13:00 - 21:00). Closed on the third Monday of the month.

Immediately behind the Mikhail Sholokhov monument is an art gallery which is one of several galleries run by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art which was established in 1999. The museum is located in a late-18th century estate house which once belonged to the Tsurikov-Naryshkin family. Various art exhibitions are held here as well as conferences on various themes.  There is free admission to the gallery on the third Sunday of the month. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki… Read more »

Museum of Private Collections

• 10 Ulitsa Volkhonka
• http://artprivatecollections.ru

The Museum of Private Collections was established in 1994 and it has been located in its present location in a specially-renovated mansion since 2005. The museum contains two floors of artwork all of which has been donated by private collectors of art. The collections have not been broken up and are displayed at the museum intact. The museum is run as a department of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. ►sights by districts  ►sights in Khamovniki District Read more »

Nicholas Roerich Museum

• 3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok
• http://www.icr.su
• 11:00 - 19:00. Closed on Mondays.

The Nicholas Roerich Museum is located in the Lopukhin city estate which now houses the International Centre of the Roerichs and was set up in 1989 upon the initiative of the famous artist's son Svetoslav. The museum displays work of art of both Nicholas Roerich and his son George de Roerich, but also includes information on the Roerich family, including Nicholas Roerich's travels and his role in setting up the Roerich Pact which gives international protection to artistic and… Read more »

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

• 12 Ulitsa Volkhonka
• http://www.arts-museum.ru
• 10:00 - 19:00. Closed on Mondays.

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum of European art in Moscow and a must for art lovers. The initiative to open a museum of art in Moscow came from the professor Ivan Tsvetaev (father of the poet Marina Tsvetaeva) who managed to persuade millionaires to part with their cash in support. The museum eventually opened its doors in 1912 and was originally named after Emperor Alexander III. After the Revolution many works of art were transferred here from the Hermitage… Read more »

St Antipas' Church in Kolymazhny Courtyard

• 8 Kolymazhny Pereulok
• http://www.hramantipa.ru

St Antipas' Church in Kolymazhny Courtyard has a rather eclectic appearance as it has been added to several times over the centuries. There is some confusion as to when the original part dates from but most believe the 1560s. A legend exists that Malyuta Skuratov (Ivan the Terrible's henchman) was responsible for the addition of a side chapel to repent for his sins and some say he might even be buried here in his family's crypt. In the 18th century, side-chapels to St Nicholas and… Read more »

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