State Pushkin Museum, September 1 - December 2012
Manor Khrushchev-Seleznev. St. Prechistenka, 12

The State Pushkin Museum exhibition "Prechistenka Street and its inhabitants", dedicated to the ancient streets of Moscow as a single monument of history and culture, whose fate for three centuries was inextricably linked with the history of the city, and the history of Russia.

Source: Press Release GMP

Over the years, the street name changes several times. It was first renamed Tsar Alexis from Big Chertolskoy in Prechistenka in 1658, as led to the Novodevichy Monastery, where the icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk, called Pure, and the road was worthless swamp called the place. After the revolution, the street was named in honor of revolutionary Kropotkin anarchist PA Kropotkin. Since 1994, the street was returned noble title - Prechistenka.

exhibitions in one of the most beautiful mansions in Prechistenka - city estate Khrushchev-Seleznev, built in 1814-1816 in the style "Russian Empire "conflagration in place in 1812. In the twenties the XIX century house known for hospitality to all Moscow - dinner and dance at the "new rich Khrushchev" gathered many of Moscow's old-timers. Since the second half of the XIX century manor changed several owners until in 1957 did not receive the final registration State Pushkin Museum. Exhibition traces the history of the house through rare photographs, archival documents, portraits hosts archaeological finds.

Although the core of the exhibition is the Pushkin era (that's the first half of XIX century was the heyday of the street), chronological wider scope of the exhibition - from Chertolya times to the present. The project involved more than 20 Russian and Moscow museums, archives, organizations and private collectors. In this interesting volume of archival materials and artifacts relating to the history of the city and the street, going Prechistenke first time. Many of them came from a range for the first time.

In the prologue of the exhibition - the history of the street and its name. In the windows of the exhibition - the artifacts, more than one hundred years old: ancient tomes, manuscripts, city plans and drawings of buildings ... A lot of priceless documentary evidence presented at the history of the Moscow Exhibition of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. For example, the list chronicles Resurrection 1635 - it has a red vermilion unknown writing recorded the news of the "great fire" in Moscow, which started from the church of All Saints in Chertole. But the real manuscript in 1523 - a spiritual record of Grand Prince Vasily Ivanovich, signed by Metropolitan Daniel, with a promise to honor the capture of Smolensk "postaviti to Moscow Devic monatyr tenements, and in it the church of the Most Pure» ...

In the section on the life of the Soviet period Prechistenka - interesting photofact and documents related to the grandiose building project ...

for history begins walk. On the streets and in time.

Visitors can not only walk down the street, but also to look into the window of her house!

Exposition built in conditional space of real street (maintaining the numbering of houses on both sides). To the audience - the facades of buildings, panorama Prechistenka in its historical development (author's artistic concept and design exhibition - Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Konov). Outside the windows of houses - the exhibition space: the audience, as in the famous song, can "walk under the windows" and "how to read a book» ...

Narrative fragments in niches trace changes of the architectural and spiritual aspect streets within a few hundred years, introduced to those who have lived and worked here in this time - with Prechistenskie addresses associated with the names of writers and poets Pushkin, Turgenev, Esenin, Mikhail Bulgakov, Boris Pasternka; composers Rimsky-Korsakov, L. Polovinkina, A. Goldenweiser; artists Surikov , I. Levitan , Ivan I. Archaeology , Vrubel ...

exhibition has been made special emphasis on the things that were once "lived" on the street - in the interior of famous buildings in use at the famous owners - portraits photographs, household items ... The fates decreed scattered around Moscow, it at least for a time, but returned to his home outside to tell us something interesting. After Prechistenke that neither house, the history - intertwining fates, human drama, incredible coincidences, the tragic events of the century ...

Here are some of her address.

Prechistenka, 7 . Directly opposite the manor Pushkin Museum - the house, which belonged to the time of Pushkin VA Vsevolozhsky father Nikita Vsevolozhsk, a friend of the poet, with whom they have a lot of "play tricks". In the fire of 1812, a luxurious mansion was seriously damaged and completely restore it and failed. In 1867 the house, going to the hands of the merchant M. Stepanova, was rebuilt in the spirit of pseudo-classicism. In the years 1872-1877 is temporarily housed the newly created Technical Museum. Why then were astonished half-century ago the citizens? The exotic devices and ingenious inventions they show? This can be seen today at the "Street Prechistenka and its inhabitants." 25 exhibits the same one first exposure Polytech exhibited again at the wide view ...

A house number 7, after the Polytechnic Museum moved to a specially constructed building in Lubyanka, was purchased by the War Department in It housed the headquarters of the Moscow Military District. In 1917, the mansion had to be a witness and a victim of the terrible drama of the Russian people: for the possession of "bulwark white" red led many days, a brutal battle ...

Portrait of Ekaterina Arkharova
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Prechistenka, 16 . At the beginning of XIX century the house was known for its hospitality. Until 1815 there was a family of Ivan Petrovich Arkharova, General of Infantry, Military Governor of Moscow. Mistress - Ekaterina (nee Rimsky-Korsakov), noble and highly respected in the light Dame, to the end of life was of the old-fashioned and strict rules. True, she loved to eat, play cards and gossip - as many Moscow Mistress Elizabeth's pores, she knew "everything about everyone." Kinship to recognize subtle degrees and always patronized those who knew how to find her relationship or property. Was a friend of Pushkin's mother ...

The exhibition presents a portrait of a remarkable collection of the Pushkin Museum: artist captures Arkharova already at an advanced age, but the nature of the influential ladies - there ...

Since the late 1820s the house belonged to IA Naryshkin uncle Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova and her father planted at the wedding with Pushkin. His miniature portrait from the collection of the GMF illustrates the home page of history.

In 1865 the estate was purchased Serpukhov factory Konshins when they rebuilt it twice. After the revolution in its luxurious interiors settled House of Scientists, which still remains a master of careful historical house.

Prechistenka, 17 . In the 1770s, the manor belonged to Nikolai Petrovich Arkharova, the legendary character of Catherine's time, the brother of the military governor, who lived across the street. The eldest of Arkharova, he became famous in the whole of Russia, as the chief of police in Moscow. On his phenomenal abilities to solve crimes were legendary. Empress trust him in the affairs of state. Famous story of the search icon in a silver frame with precious stones missing from the chapel of the Winter Palace. For Catherine, the icon of Our Lady of Tolga was a real relic - she opened her way to the Russian throne: that she blessed the young Catherine Elizabeth to marry Peter III. Find the icon was a matter of great importance. Authorizing the investigation Arkharova, Catherine made no mistake, the next day to find a family relic. The imperial service Arkharov earned the reputation of an intelligent and dedicated State Rights (in the exhibition presents a valuable autograph - "Report to the Governor of Moscow NP Arkharova Empress Catherine II of drawing up the plan vacant places in Moscow", May 11, 1779).

Arkharova name came not only in the history of Moscow, but gave birth to a new term: Arharovtsy called police, detectives, agents of the Moscow Chief of Police. (Later, until 1917, so contemptuously called gendarmes, current dictionaries Litter "Accel." Call Arharovtsy ruffian, thug. - AI .)

A house Prechistenke after Arkharova lived many respected gentlemen - for example, in 1835 it became the hero of the War of 1812, the famous poet-partisan Denis Davydov ...

Isadora Duncan. Source: Press Release GMP

Prechistenka 2 0 . In this beautiful mansion pozhilo many bright people. The house was built in the late XVIII century by the architect M. Kazakov. In 1840 it belonged to the famous generals, the hero of the War of 1812, Suppressor Caucasus Alexei Petrovich Ermolov. This page shows the history of the engraved portrait of the general collection of the GMF and valuable archival documents - Letter from 1816 on the Power AP Yermolov negotiate with the Persian government; Diploma 1852 "On introduction of general of artillery AP Yermolov and his family in a noble genealogy book Moscow Province ", etc.

In 1900, the mansion was possessed by millionaire industrialist AK Ushkov, the owner of a tea company" Gubkin and Kuznetsov ", which had even plantations in Ceylon. His wife, the dancer Alexander Balashov, shone on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. For home rehearsals at the mansion was equipped with a special room with mirrored walls. After the revolution Ushkov left Russia, but the house was empty room with a mirror is not long.

In 1921, the house drove another dancer - Isadora Duncan and opened a children's choreographic studio here. Fun fact, almost mystic, two ballerinas like swapped houses turned out that the former owner of the mansion after emigration settled in Paris on Rue de la Pompe, in the house where she lived before Isadora. They say that learning about this "exchange", the American dancer laughed and called it "a quadrille».

In May 1922, after her marriage to Isadora Duncan, lived in a mansion Prechistensky Yesenin to then already highly popular in Russia. Couple has lived together for long, but a luxurious red American left a huge mark in the heart of the golden-haired and work of the poet.

Elizabeth Potemkin
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Prechistenka, 21 . Known address of the Pushkin in Moscow. Here Alexander zahazhivat loved to visit. His host Sergei Pavlovich Potemkin called "Moscow Lucullus" for hospitality and friendliness. Member of the Society of Russian literature, he loved the arts, especially theater, he wrote plays. His wife, Elizabeth (sister Decembrist SPTrubetskoy) Pushkin dedicated these humorous line:

When Potemkin in the dark

Prechistenke I find,

let with Bulgarin in the children

I put together ...

Elizabeth was not only a friend of Pushkin, but was planted by his mother at his wedding (watercolor portrait Potemkina showcased museum of Tropinin).

House, in which more than once was the first poet of Russia, later became famous, and other famous names. At the turn of the XIX - XX century manor was bought and equipped it for his own art gallery famous industrialist, philanthropist, collector and connoisseur of painting Ivan Abramovich Morozov. In the house there were Verhaeren, Matisse, Marinetti, ... Their works were among the masterpieces of the collection Morozov. After the revolution in Morozov's mansion opened "2nd Museum of Modern Western painting." Ivan Morozov, who has nationalized its art gallery, "favorably" to appoint the deputy director for life, and could not agree with the new government, and in the same year he emigrated. Parting with his paintings Morozov could not survive and died two years later in Carlsbad. After twenty years, the fate suffered by his gallery: the museum was closed, and the meeting disbanded. In 1948, part of the collection was sent to the Pushkin Museum on Volkhonka part - the Leningrad Hermitage ...

Prechistenka, 31 . In the place where there is a house at that address, was played another historical tragedy. Once stood on this site Zubov Trinity Church, built in 1642 by Colonel Ivan Zubov archers. In 1652 on the red line of the street was built belfry - the highest bell tower in Moscow hip ... Temple was demolished in 1933 to build on the site house for the NKVD. That's the story ...

For centuries, mansions and churches, urban estates and apartment buildings Prechistenka, built at different times by different architects, repeatedly rebuilt. Often, in their place, there were new buildings. However Prechistenka managed to maintain its unique identity. And, again, almost every house here something interesting and memorable, and the fate of their former owners and residents are covered with historical and literary legends.

Exhibition at the State Pushkin Museum multifaceted and informative, interesting art and antiques lovers, adults and children, the Moscow audience. In fact, this large inter-museum exhibition project - another opportunity to declare his love to our Moscow.

Source : press release GMP