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701 Romanov per., 4, bldg. 2

55.75408, 37.609645 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Entrance to Timiryazev’s memorial flat
Text on the lower plaque

Detailed answer



Answer: EAST CAPITAL

EAST CAPITAL
Historical background
Alleya Romanov is a unique project that, when implemented, will create an entirely new public space on the former restricted access territory. A pedestrian zone which runs parallel to Mokhovaya ulitsa and Romanov pereulok, will connect Bolshaya Nikitskaya ulitsa and Vozdvizhenka ulitsa. The first part of Alleya Romanov was completed in December 2012. The project is expected to be fully completed by 2015.
703 M. Pirogovskaya ul., 20, bldg. 19

55.727418, 37.565469 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Information board under the address sign
Number of letters in the longest word
19
Historical background
The Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine was set up after the Revolution by a prominent Russian scholar Evgeny Martsinovskiy (1874-1934). A graduate of Moscow University, Dr. Martsinovskiy worked for a while as a physician of the Infections Clinic of Pavlov Hospital (now City Hospital No. 4). During WWI he organised war medic teams who went to the front line to fight infection outbreaks in the troops. Dr. Martsinovskiy served as the Director of the Institute from the year of its foundation in 1920 (when it was known as the Institute of Protozoan Diseases and Chemotherapy) until his death in 1934. The Institute is responsible for eradicating malaria in the USSR, helping significantly decrease the incidence of beef tapeworm infection, ascariasis and trichocephaliasis, and introducing Russian-made antiparasitic medications into the medical practice.
709 ul. Prechistenka, 32/1, bldg. 1

55.740542, 37.590805 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Keystones above the ground floor windows
Number of lion muzzles on the keystones

Detailed answer



Answer: 4

4
Historical background
House No. 32 in Prechistenka — Okhotnikov’s House of the 18th-19th centuries, rebuilt soon after the fire of 1812. It was consequently rebuilt several times. In 1868-1917 the building housed Polyvanov Private Gymnasium for Men, famous for its liberal leanings. Representatives of Moscow elite sent their children to this school. Its famous students included V.S. Solovyov, V.Y. Bryusov (who was expelled from Kreiman’s Gymnasium for his atheism), Andrey Beliy, M.A. Voloshin, and world chess champion Aleksandr Alekhin.
724 Krymskaya nab., Muzeon Park

55.735761, 37.608304 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument to Stalin by sculptor Merkurov. Information plaque.
Paragraph in English about the largest monument.
Last three words of the second line

Detailed answer



Answer: geisha pink granite

geisha pink granite
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Merkurov became one of the first monument sculptors to receive regular commissions for statues of Lenin and Stalin. He created a large number of these monuments. He is the author of three of the most gigantic statues (a statue in Yerevan (49 metres with the pediment); one at the entrance to Moscow Canal, and one at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow). Art critics of his time reverently mentioned the Assyro-Babylonian grandeur of these behemoth monuments. The statues were all taken down during the Khrushchev Thaw.
728 Leninskie gory, 1, bldg. 51

55.697494, 37.540326 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument to Walt Whitman in front of the building
Number of words beginning with the letter "F"

Detailed answer



Answer: 6

6
Historical background
Quotes from Walt Whitman, a reformer of American poetry, “When one reaches out to help another, he touches the face of God.” “A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity, but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.” “We were together. I forgot the rest.” “Nothing endures but personal qualities.” “Character and personal strength — these are the only worthy acquisitions.” “What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and own no superior?” “This is the geologist, this works with the scalpel, and this is a mathematician. Gentlemen, to you the first honours always!”
729 Intersection of Universitetskiy prospekt and prospekt Vernadskogo

55.700257, 37.546999 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Commemorative stone marking to Simon Bolivar
First word of the bottom line

Detailed answer



Answer: colocada

colocada
Historical background Checkpoint picture 729
Simon Bolivar was a major figure in the history of South America. His name is surrounded with an aura of romanticism, heroism and self-sacrifice for the good of his homeland. Simon had played a significant role in the history of most countries on the continent. He headed independence movements in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela. Bolivar was the ideologist behind the liberation movement, a brilliant speaker and organizer. His military genius, however, needn’t be overestimated. His opponents were mostly untrained guerilla fighters. While he was not a brilliant strategist or tactician, Bolivar had had a very strong spirit, and had always seen all his undertakings to a victorious end.
733 corner of Smolenskaya nab. and Protochniy per.

55.750038, 37.576643 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Tiles with poetry on the façade of the building. Poem by Dylan Thomas
First word in the line which is repeated twice

Detailed answer



Answer: And

And
Historical background Checkpoint picture 733
Unlike other poets of his age who had turned to realism, Thomas kept his bright, often fantasy-inspired images; in many ways his work had been close to the romantic tradition. His main sources of inspiration were the Welsh folklore and mythology, his childhood memories of rural Wales (his play, entitled “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”) is performed every Christmas eve on the radio to this day. His radio play, entitled “Under Milk Wood”, perhaps the most well-known work by Thomas, is dedicated to life in a small Welsh town.
737 Savvinskaya nab., 27

55.731104, 37.558474 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Gable façade overlooking M. Savvinskiy per.
Number of people depicted on the wall

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Answer: 2

2
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A portrait of German writer Herman Hesse has been literally engraved on the wall of a dilapidated house in Savvinskaya naberezhnaya. The author, Alexandre Farto, a London-based artist originally from Portugal, creates his pictures with the help of a hammer and an electric drill. “Farto’s work is a great example of an unconventional approach to street art. His experience can help young Russian artists motivate themselves for continued development, constant creative searching, trying something new,” said Ivan Panteleev, curator of the Moscow Graffiti Festival. When he came up with this technique, Mr. Farto was met with public bewilderment: creating pictures with a drill, a hammer and a chisel was not a common sight. There are no other buildings in Moscow with graffiti in this technique.
738 Aleksandrovskiy garden

55.752713, 37.613955 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Information board about the bas-relief "Changing of the Guard" 40 metres north of Troitskiy bridge
How many years before the first President was elected in 1990, was the Presidential Regiment created?

Detailed answer



Answer: for 54 years

for 54 years
Historical background
The post of the President of the USSR was created on March 15, 1990 by the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, and corresponding amendments were introduced into the Constitution of the USSR. Before then the top state official of the USSR was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Mikhail Gorbachev was the first and only President of the USSR.
769 Filippovskiy per., 13, bldg. 2

55.750014, 37.597908 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

West wall of the building
Season in the painting

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Answer: autumn

autumn
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The earliest of the names this street was known under is Protasyevskiy pereulok, named so after a local landlord. In the 16th century it was called Ikonnaya ulitsa (Icon Street) for the Office of Isography located here (“isography” is “icon painting” in Greek). A community of icon painters lived here. Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Fillip had lived here as well. He initiated the construction of a church named after his heavenly patron, Philip the Apostle. When the Metropolitan rose against the brutality of Ivan the Terrible, he was murdered. Fillip was canonised in the mid-16th century. And although Filippovskiy pereulok (Philip Lane) was officially named after the church, people had always associated the name with the Metropolitan. In 1959 the street was renamed Aksakov pereulok in memory of writer Sergey Timofeevich Aksakov, who had rented an apartment in house No. 9 in this street in 1849-1851. It was there that he had held “Aksakov Saturdays” which were attended by literary figures of Moscow. The name Filippovskiy pereulok (Philip Lane) was returned in 1993.
827 Riddle

55.723823, 37.569879 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Looking at old maps one might think that it was not too pleasant to ride along this street. Fortunately, thanks to a Red Army commander who lived there, the situation has since improved.
Year on the façade of house No. 5/9 in the target street
1938
Historical background


872 Riddle

55.729629, 37.58109 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

One hundred thousand hares of a certain ethnicity will prompt a toponym.
Thermometer on the wall of house No. 14.
Number at the very bottom
12
Historical background