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This is primarily and office and fancy retail neighbourhood. Very few people actually live in Zamoskvorechye, which make it a very quiet corner of old Moscow, and very safe thanks to the abundance of security guards and the police...

These photos are from a walk within half a mile of my apartment.

Better pictures on the way.

Nearest subway station: Novokuznetskaya and Tretyakovskaya

Bridge to the other side of the river, to St. Basil's Cathedral and the Red Square behind it. The Kremlin is on your left. The Rossiya Hotel is to your right.

Touristy attractions
within walking distance

Red Square - 7 min.

Tretyakov Fine Arts Gallery - 10 min. Larushinky pereulok, open 10am to 7:30pm, closed Mondays, admission around $7-10 for foreigners, tel. 951-1362, 230-77-88. Newer paintings are at their Krymsky Val building, by the Moscow House of Artist, 20-25 min. walk.

Arts Park - 15-20 min. An open air part of Soviet period sculptures.

Arbat Pedestrian zone - 40 min. (10 min. by car in light traffic, otherwise unpredictable and not recommended). A souvenir street, but for serious shopping go to Vernisage, M. Izmailovsky Park.

Moscow's biggest Internet Cafe "CafeMax" - 7 min., behind the Novokuznetsky metro station.

24 hour grocery stores - two of them within 5 min. walk.

Shakespeare &Co. - 10 min. 1st Novokuznetskii per. 5/7, 951-9360, follow streetcar tracks south..

Lenin's Tomb - 15 min.

Riverside Towers - 30 min (10 min. by car)

Restaurants: Russian, Ukrainian, Azeri (recommended for vegetarians), Japanese etc. etc. - within 10 min.

Post office - 3 min.

Banks - 10 min. to AlfaBank, 2 min. to Sberbank

Russian Geographic Society - 10 min.

Ministry of Atomic Energy - 10 min.

Anna Akhmatova House Museum - 5 min.

Leo Tolstoy Museum - 4 min.

Ostrovsky Museum - 8 min.

Swamp Square, with its famous group of bronze figures representing human vices - 10 min.

Embassies: Israel, Indonesia, Great Britain, Tansania...

Felt Boots Museum

Forestry Museum

Lenin's Funeral Train

"Oracle of the Devine Bottle" jazz club

Delegation of the European Commission

Moscow's oldest streetcar line - 4 min. Yes, the one where Berlioz from Master and Margarita lost his head. Note an excellent site on streetcars by my neighbour Alexander Elagin - http://tram.rusign.com/

That should give you an idea of what type of neighbourhood this is. Please write if you have any questions about the apartment or the area.

Moscow's first and oldest heating plant, already turned into a museum bus still working. Fortunately, these days it burns natural gas.

Balchug-Kepminsky, the best and most expensive hotel in Moscow. You are 200 yards from it. Excessive complainers may be offered to move there.

The corner of Pyatnitskaya and Ovchinnikovskay. You are in the back of this small block that belongs to the Smirnoff Trade House. You will be staying is space originally build for vodka storage, then turned into a hotel, then made into "communal apartments", and now developing, through a maze of contradiction, towards becoming prime living space.

Oracle of the Divine Bottle.

Many would say this is THE jazz club.

(Been there. Lots of smoke, TV on full blast, lots of people trying to look smart, way overpriced and rather watery mulled wine..)

Old Moscow is still to be found in the streets and lanes of Zamoskvorechye.

Lots of eating establishments in the neighbourhood, especially on Pyatnitskaya as you go to the Metro station and on Klementovsky. This one positions itself as respectably inexpensive Russian style. All you can eat for around $7, which is pretty good for Moscow.

Quality went down as of recent.

[photo soon] My favourite is Shesh-Besh (Pyatnitskaya). All you can load onto your plate also for around $7. The only bad thing is that you allowed just one "approach" as their menu says, so you end up overloading your plate, eating it all, and regretting your greed afterwards. Get a table on the 3rd level - less noise and smoke there.. The most vegetarian-friendly of local eating establishments.

[photo soon] Matreshka (Klementovsky, between Novokuznetskaya and Tretyakiovskaya stations). Stalwart Russian style meals. Most of my guests who ate there praised it.

[photo soon] Susi-Pusi (Pyatnitskaya). Huge servings. Open around the clock. Greatly recommended.

[photo soon] Turning away from food for the moment, note the Alfa-Bank branch on Pyatnitskaya. All-in-all this is the easiest bank to deal with. I was even able to get cash advances from them no problem even during the August '98 crisis.

"Lenin was here" sign on an 1880's building in the same block.

Tunnels leading to Moscow's underbelly get exposed when water is low.

A 20-25 min. walk along the canal to the Moscow House of Arts.

The nearest landmark seen, unfortunately, from just about anywhere, is the statue of Columbus cast as a present to America, rightly rejected, and re-made into what's supposed to represent Peter-the-Great.

Gorky Park is also within walking distance. About 30 min. along the canal, west or upstream, till you see this gate.. The Moscow House of Arts is across Garden Ring road from the Gorky Park, on the inside.

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	Bridge to the other side of the river, to St. Basil's Cathedral and the Red Square behind it. The Kremlin is on your left. The Rossiya Hotel is to your right.	Touristy attractions within walking distance Red Square - 7 min. Tretyakov Fine Arts Gallery - 10 min. Larushinky pereulok, open 10am to 7:30pm, closed Mondays, admission around $7-10 for foreigners, tel. 951-1362, 230-77-88. Newer paintings are at their Krymsky Val building, by the Moscow House of Artist, 20-25 min. walk. Arts Park - 15-20 min. An open air part of Soviet period sculptures. Arbat Pedestrian zone - 40 min. (10 min. by car in light traffic, otherwise unpredictable and not recommended). A souvenir street, but for serious shopping go to Vernisage, M. Izmailovsky Park. Moscow's biggest Internet Cafe "CafeMax" - 7 min., behind the Novokuznetsky metro station. 24 hour grocery stores - two of them within 5 min. walk. Shakespeare &Co. - 10 min. 1st Novokuznetskii per. 5/7, 951-9360, follow streetcar tracks south.. Lenin's Tomb - 15 min. Riverside Towers - 30 min (10 min. by car) Restaurants: Russian, Ukrainian, Azeri (recommended for vegetarians), Japanese etc. etc. - within 10 min. Post office - 3 min. Banks - 10 min. to AlfaBank, 2 min. to Sberbank Russian Geographic Society - 10 min. Ministry of Atomic Energy - 10 min. Anna Akhmatova House Museum - 5 min. Leo Tolstoy Museum - 4 min. Ostrovsky Museum - 8 min. Swamp Square, with its famous group of bronze figures representing human vices - 10 min. Embassies: Israel, Indonesia, Great Britain, Tansania... Felt Boots Museum Forestry Museum Lenin's Funeral Train "Oracle of the Devine Bottle" jazz club Delegation of the European Commission Moscow's oldest streetcar line - 4 min. Yes, the one where Berlioz from Master and Margarita lost his head. Note an excellent site on streetcars by my neighbour Alexander Elagin - http://tram.rusign.com/ That should give you an idea of what type of neighbourhood this is. Please write if you have any questions about the apartment or the area.

	Moscow's first and oldest heating plant, already turned into a museum bus still working. Fortunately, these days it burns natural gas.

	Balchug-Kepminsky, the best and most expensive hotel in Moscow. You are 200 yards from it. Excessive complainers may be offered to move there.

	The corner of Pyatnitskaya and Ovchinnikovskay. You are in the back of this small block that belongs to the Smirnoff Trade House. You will be staying is space originally build for vodka storage, then turned into a hotel, then made into "communal apartments", and now developing, through a maze of contradiction, towards becoming prime living space.

	Oracle of the Divine Bottle. Many would say this is THE jazz club. (Been there. Lots of smoke, TV on full blast, lots of people trying to look smart, way overpriced and rather watery mulled wine..)

	Old Moscow is still to be found in the streets and lanes of Zamoskvorechye.

	Lots of eating establishments in the neighbourhood, especially on Pyatnitskaya as you go to the Metro station and on Klementovsky. This one positions itself as respectably inexpensive Russian style. All you can eat for around $7, which is pretty good for Moscow. Quality went down as of recent.

[photo soon]	My favourite is Shesh-Besh (Pyatnitskaya). All you can load onto your plate also for around $7. The only bad thing is that you allowed just one "approach" as their menu says, so you end up overloading your plate, eating it all, and regretting your greed afterwards. Get a table on the 3rd level - less noise and smoke there.. The most vegetarian-friendly of local eating establishments.

[photo soon]	Matreshka (Klementovsky, between Novokuznetskaya and Tretyakiovskaya stations). Stalwart Russian style meals. Most of my guests who ate there praised it.

[photo soon]	Susi-Pusi (Pyatnitskaya). Huge servings. Open around the clock. Greatly recommended.

[photo soon]	Turning away from food for the moment, note the Alfa-Bank branch on Pyatnitskaya. All-in-all this is the easiest bank to deal with. I was even able to get cash advances from them no problem even during the August '98 crisis.

	"Lenin was here" sign on an 1880's building in the same block.

	Tunnels leading to Moscow's underbelly get exposed when water is low.

	A 20-25 min. walk along the canal to the Moscow House of Arts. The nearest landmark seen, unfortunately, from just about anywhere, is the statue of Columbus cast as a present to America, rightly rejected, and re-made into what's supposed to represent Peter-the-Great.

	Gorky Park is also within walking distance. About 30 min. along the canal, west or upstream, till you see this gate.. The Moscow House of Arts is across Garden Ring road from the Gorky Park, on the inside.