This weekend in Moscow is celebrated City Day - the capital is 870 years old. During these centuries, the appearance of Moscow changed many times, buildings and entire districts appeared and disappeared, fortress walls were built and destroyed, the very rhythm of urban life changed - the capital went a long way from a small fortress to a modern metropolis. Of course, modern skyscrapers and business centers often do not recognize old Moscow, but some of the corners have been preserved, having absorbed the atmosphere of the past. The editorial office "Easy-Useful" offers a look at the pictures of Moscow made a hundred years ago: in many you can easily find out the places familiar to all Muscovites, while others, on the contrary, will surprise even the inveterate Muscovite. Happy holiday, Muscovites!
Hundred years ago, looked the main street of Moscow. Narrow, compact, if a toy! The building of the present City Hall before the revolution was the residence of the Governor General of Moscow. In the late 30’s, when the Tver expanded, it moved inland area of 13 meters. A powerful columns and two additional floors have built in the middle of the 40th h.Sadovoe ring. Where now on Smolensk Square noisy motors cars once clattered on the bridge crews and foremothers trams - konki.Arhitekturno this part Vozdvizhenka a hundred years has changed little. Around - the same building. Is that the only built in the late 18th century urban homestead Shakhovsky (house number - 18/9) now cleared of signage. In the 1910s it housed a bookstore, recruitment agency, and even a hairdresser.