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And here are two more photographs of Bolshoi Afanasyevsky, closer to the Arbat, that were taken almost a century apart. (Photo from the collection of the Moscow Time fund).
I am almost sure that in my school days the Pereulok looked virtually the same as in the picture from the turn of the 20th century.
I am almost sure that in my school days the Pereulok looked virtually the same as in the picture from the turn of the 20th century.
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In the upper left corner of the old photo you can see a pretty wooden mansion (the house of the attorney Plevako) that was demolished recently, in the 1990’s. Here is another photo of the mansion, and next to it, with a garbage can in the foreground – the same spot in 2004.
To be fair, the new lawn and benches and trash cans are very popular with local residents. And yet I miss the little mansion.
To be fair, the new lawn and benches and trash cans are very popular with local residents. And yet I miss the little mansion.
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I would also like to present to you a couple of pictures of a spot dear to me, Sivtsev Vrazhek, shot from the corner of Bolshoi Afanasyevsky facing the Garden Ring; one of them dates from 1968, another from 2004.
Gosh, it takes a while to recognize familiar places.
Gosh, it takes a while to recognize familiar places.