From Botanichesky Sad metro station to the Sviblovo estate: parks, churches and rivers
A walk through Leonovo and Sviblovo: from the metro station through parks and old churches to the estate
Stories along the route
Ботанический сад (станция метро, Москва) · 0.1 km
You are standing at a station that could have had a very different name. In the design plans, it was meant to be called 'Rostokino' — after the village and the old station on the Small Ring railway line that stood nearby…
Сад будущего (парк) · 0.7 km
Вы стоите в парке, который хранит память о целой усадьбе. Представьте: триста лет назад здесь кипела жизнь, звучали голоса князей Хованских, а по этим дорожкам гуляли владельцы села Леоново.
Храм Ризоположения в Леонове · 0.7 km
Вы стоите перед храмом, который словно сошёл со страниц древней летописи, — и это не случайно. Перед вами храм Положения Ризы Пресвятой Богородицы во Влахерне, что в Леонове.
Свиблово (район Москвы) · 2.1 km
You are standing in the very heart of a district whose name echoes an old estate, yet it is flesh and blood of modern Moscow.
Свиблово (усадьба) · 3.0 km
You are standing on the high bank of the Yauza, and it is from here that you can see what was once a real noble estate.