Usachyovka: from the Metro to Novodevichy
A walk through Khamovniki: a residential complex, a hospice, a church, and a sculpture
Stories along the route
Спортивная (станция метро, Москва) · 0.0 km
You are standing by the exit of a station named after the vast world of sports stretching out behind your back. 'Sportivnaya' — that's its name, and it's no accident.
Усачёвка (жилой комплекс) · 0.1 km
Imagine: it's 1927, the country is preparing to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the revolution, and for those who made that revolution — the old Bolsheviks — they begin building not just houses, but an entire ideal ne…
Подари жизнь · 0.4 km
You are standing in front of the place where a story began that changed thousands of lives. In 2006, when actresses Dina Korzun and Chulpan Khamatova, together with Galina Chalikova, decided to create the Podari Zhizh (G…
Первый московский хоспис · 0.5 km
Before you stands the place where the word 'hospice' stopped being frightening. This is the first Moscow hospice, and its story began not with an official order, but with personal pain and determination.
Миру — мир! (скульптура) · 1.1 km
Look at this group: people of different races carefully lift a globe above their heads, wrapped in a ribbon bearing the word 'PEACE' in dozens of languages.
Церковь Усекновения главы Иоанна Предтечи у Новодевичьего монастыря · 1.3 km
Before you is a church that looks new, but its history is the story of two lives. The first began in 1525, when a wooden church stood here.