* Historically, the main merchant district of Moscow, the most inhabited part of the historical center. Ancient mansions and manors, ancient temples, museums and galleries are literally scattered on the winding streets of Zamoskvorechye. On the route: Rogozhin's house from Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot", the mysterious Sorrowful Temple, Shmelev Square, Demidov Manor, the House of Writers, the Streltsy Chambers, the Tretyakov Gallery, Kadashevskaya Sloboda, the former possessions of the "sausage King" Grigoriev, Chernihiv courtyard, Pyatnitskaya Tavern, Leo Tolstoy House Museum, the majestic Temple of Pope Clement, house-museum “Columba of Zamoskvorechye” Ostrovsky, the soothing gardens of the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery. our tour of Zamoskvorechye is a walk among low houses and narrow pedestrian streets under the unhurried story of a high—class guide. The local temples are considered an ornament of Moscow, and the Tretyakov Gallery is a treasure trove of Russian and world art. The oldest, Zamoskvoretsky district of Moscow has been known since the XIV century, when the headquarters of the Mongol khan was located here, where tribute collected from all over Russia was brought and an oath was sworn to the khan. For a long time there was also an extensive Tatar settlement in Zamoskvorechye. However, today Zamoskvorechye reminds of Moscow as it was a hundred years ago, and this architectural appearance was created by merchants, including Pavel Tretyakov. But how real were the Tretyakov, Morozov, Matveev, Mamontov, Demidov, Botkin, Shmelev, Tretyakov, Bakhrushin, Kokorev, Smirnov, Bakhrushin and many other merchants depicted in Russian, and later in Soviet poetry, prose, plays? From Ordynka Bolshaya and Malaya, along Lavrushinsky Lane and Kadasham to Pyatnitskaya, it is worth a walk during a walking tour to see and learn about the unique Slobodsky, Streletsky and merchant Zamoskvorechye.