We start in Miasnitskaya street, which derives its names from the butchers that used to live and work here (Miasa=meat). It is the street that connects the place with the three train stations to the center of town.
We take a short walk to Miloutinski Street: number 7 is the French school, number 5b is the catholic church, number 5 is a building erected by Ericsson before the revolution. On the facade you see a man yelling at a woman through a phone, and she seems to be listening with utter patience...... anyway, the building was used by the revolutionaries as a communication center.Now, the iron gate displays the letters MTC.
On Archangelski street 17, we take a look at the church that was built by a Swiss from Lugano under the rule of Peter the Great. It belongs to the Patriarchat of Antioch (not to the Moscow Patriarchat) and was closed from 1930 - 1947. The church is supposed to be full of symbols of Freemasonry..... but so far, it was closed when I was there. Rosa knocks on the door of the vicarage and a woman comes out from around the house: no, the bishop is not here today and yes, he will call Rosa as soon as he gets back next week......
The obscure background to this.... is still very obscure to me ;-) she k
nows someone who might know this bishop who might...... stay tuned!
nows someone who might know this bishop who might...... stay tuned!Then we turn back into Miasnitskaya to the famous tea house on umber 19 built for Mr. Perlov by the architect Klein at the end of the 19th century. Perlov was an importer bringing tea from China to the Russian capital. For the coronation of Nicholas II in 1896, Perlov had the house decorated by Kipius in Chines style (inside and outside) hoping that a high Chinese dignitary might stop by and thus make big publicity for him. Unfortunately, it never happened. Perlov's brother also had a store in another part of town, maybe the Chinese went there.....?
In front of house number 15, a Florentine lion guards the entrance.
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