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      Miusy: Gorky, Old Believers and Soyuzmultfilm

      ⏱ 1 h 15 min🚶 2.5 km🍽 1📍 5 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      An hour from Belorussky Station to Novoslobodskaya: Gorky, who came back from Muzeon, an Old Believer church, Fadeyev's horsemen and the church where cartoons were drawn.

      🏛 History and architecture🎨 Art⏱ An hour or so
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        🏛 Gorky Monument at Belorussky Station
        пл. Тверская Застава
        Gorky, by Shadr and Mukhina, stands again on the square in front of the station — after 12 years in Muzeon, where he lay on the ground.
        Exit toward Belorussky Station; the monument is in the little park in the middle of the tram loop.
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        Gorky Monument at Belorussky Station
        © SERGEY KISELEV · CC BY 4.0
        • The design was made by Ivan Shadr and the architect Mikhail Barshch in 1939; after Shadr's death, Vera Mukhina completed the work.
        • The monument was placed on Belorussky Station square in 1951.
        • In 2005 it was removed because of an interchange construction and taken to Muzeon, where it lay for a long time in the open air.
        • Gorky returned to his former place on the night of 31 July 2017, after restoration.
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        🏛 Old Believer Church of St Nicholas at Tverskaya Zastava
        пл. Тверская Застава
        A 1910s Old Believer church by Belorussky Station — white, in the spirit of Novgorod churches.
        Across the square, 3 minutes. A white church in the spirit of Novgorod churches; the Old Believers have their own rules, so be quiet inside and don't photograph the service.
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        Old Believer Church of St Nicholas at Tverskaya Zastava
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Old Believer Church of St Nicholas at Tverskaya Zastava
        © Stanislav Kozlovskiy · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • There used to be an Old Believer prayer house here, said to have been built around 1815 with money from the merchant Nikola Tsarsky.
        • The present church was laid down in 1914, building continued through the First World War, and it was consecrated in 1920–1921.
        • Among the donors was the Old Believer Sergei Morozov.
        • After the war the building held art workshops; services resumed in 1995.
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        🏛 Fadeyev Monument on Miusskaya Square
        Миусская пл.
        A big sculptural group on Miusskaya Square: Fadeyev in the centre, with horsemen from The Rout and the Young Guard members on the sides.
        Along 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya and Miusskaya Street — 7 minutes. Walk round the ensemble: on the left, the horsemen from “The Rout”, on the right, the Young Guard.
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        Fadeyev Monument on Miusskaya Square
        © Александр Спиридонов · CC BY 3.0
        • The ensemble was unveiled on 25 January 1973 in front of the Palace of Pioneers on Miusskaya Square.
        • The sculptor was Vladimir Fyodorov, the architects Mikhail Konstantinov and Vladimir Fursov.
        • On the left are the mounted figures of Levinson and Metelitsa from The Rout, on the right five heroes of The Young Guard.
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        ☕️ Skuratov Coffee on Alexander Nevsky Street
        ул. Александра Невского, 1
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        2 minutes from the monument, at the corner of Aleksandra Nevskogo Street. Coffee to go — and on through the little park.
        🍴 A small coffee shop from the Skuratov roasters near Miusskaya Square. What to order: filter coffee or a raf, with a croissant.
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        🏛 Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Novaya Sloboda
        Долгоруковская ул., 23А
        A building with a Stalinist facade that housed the Soyuzmultfilm studio from 1945 to 2017; above the courtyard rises an old tented bell tower.
        Through Miussky Square and Novoslobodskaya — 10 minutes. The studio's Stalin-era facade, and above the courtyard a bell tower from 1905.
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        Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Novaya Sloboda
        © Чръный человек · CC BY 4.0
        • A church on this spot is known from the 16th century; the tented bell tower and refectory were built in 1903–1905.
        • In 1934 the church was closed and a five-storey facade in the Stalinist architectural style was added to it.
        • From 1945 to 2017 the Soyuzmultfilm film studio worked in the building.
        • In 2018 the building was handed over to the Church.

      ↩️ Getting back: from the church, 6–7 minutes along Dolgorukovskaya and Novoslobodskaya to Novoslobodskaya or Mendeleyevskaya metro

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