Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Стены Московского Китай-города
1890-1914

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
The walls of Kitay-gorod Moscow
1890-1914
Music:
Andante and Variations in B major by Anton Arensky

Kitay-gorod also referred to as the Great Possadin the 16th–17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow. Kitay-gorod was defined by the remnants of now almost entirely demolished fortifications, narrow streets and very densely built cityscape. It is separated from the Moscow Kremlin by Red Square. The walls were erected from 1536 to 1539 by an Italian architect known under the Russified name Petrok Maly and originally featured 13 towers and six gates. They were as thick as they were high, the average being six meters in both dimensions. The last of the towers were demolished in the 1930s, but small portions of the wall still stand. One of two remaining parts of the wall is located in Zaryadye and the other near the exit from the Okhotny Ryad station of Moscow Metro behind the Hotel Metropol.

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