If you walk along the Gogolevskiy Boulevard, at the end of it you'll come across an interesting street. It is Stariy Arbat, one of the oldest and most famous streets of Moscow ("stariy" means old).
The street was mentioned in the XV century for the first time. The length of the street is about 1 km.
Once it used to be a roadway, however, the modern Arbat is a pedestrian zone which attracts a lot of tourists every day.
Arbat is full of sightseeings: houses of landlords, there are many houses where famous Russian poets and writers lives such as A.S. Pushkin (we have already spoken about him before), M. Lermontov, M. Tsvetaeva. In front of Pushkin's house there is a sculpture dedicated to him and his wife Natalya Goncharova. A famous theatre of Vakhtangova is also situated here, a "golden" fountain is nearby.
The street is also famous for the wall of memory of Victor Tsoy. a Russian rock-musician, who, unfortunately, died in a car accident in 1990. The admirers of his work could not believe his death and built this wall, full of notes "Tsoy is alive". Even nowadays you can find there a candle burning in his honour.
Today you can find here a lot of artists selling their works or ready to draw a portrait of any interested. You can meet musicians who sing songs or anyone else entertaining the public. There are a lot of shops here where you can buy Russian souvenirs.
So to say, Arbat is a beautiful place with its own festive atmosphere, especially on a sunny day.
What is more interesting, there is a street running parallel to Stariy Arbat, but is named "Noviy Arbat" ("noviy" means new). It is absolutely different as there are modern buildings, sky scrapes, modern shops there.
The nearest metro srations are Arbat, Smolenskaya, Kropotkinskaya.
The street was mentioned in the XV century for the first time. The length of the street is about 1 km.
Once it used to be a roadway, however, the modern Arbat is a pedestrian zone which attracts a lot of tourists every day.
Arbat is full of sightseeings: houses of landlords, there are many houses where famous Russian poets and writers lives such as A.S. Pushkin (we have already spoken about him before), M. Lermontov, M. Tsvetaeva. In front of Pushkin's house there is a sculpture dedicated to him and his wife Natalya Goncharova. A famous theatre of Vakhtangova is also situated here, a "golden" fountain is nearby.
The street is also famous for the wall of memory of Victor Tsoy. a Russian rock-musician, who, unfortunately, died in a car accident in 1990. The admirers of his work could not believe his death and built this wall, full of notes "Tsoy is alive". Even nowadays you can find there a candle burning in his honour.
Today you can find here a lot of artists selling their works or ready to draw a portrait of any interested. You can meet musicians who sing songs or anyone else entertaining the public. There are a lot of shops here where you can buy Russian souvenirs.
So to say, Arbat is a beautiful place with its own festive atmosphere, especially on a sunny day.
What is more interesting, there is a street running parallel to Stariy Arbat, but is named "Noviy Arbat" ("noviy" means new). It is absolutely different as there are modern buildings, sky scrapes, modern shops there.
The nearest metro srations are Arbat, Smolenskaya, Kropotkinskaya.
