The Bolshaya Ordinka by foot

Bolshaya Ordinka is the street at the centre of the Moscow. One of the most interesting, yet little-known streets as far as visitors go is Bolshaya Ordynka Street, found in Moscow's historic district – Zamoskvorechie.

Zamoskvorechie can be translated from Russian as 'Behind the Moscow river’ which describes where this historic district is: behind the river to the south. Zamoskvorechie is the biggest residential area in the center of Moscow and it gives a good feel of how the people live; as well, there is an interesting world famous art gallery, The State Tretyakov Art Gallery. This area has a distinct Muscovite atmosphere and it's just a pleasure to walk around its narrow streets and courtyards and take photographs.

You can see:

• Church of St. Catherine on the Edge, Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Iberia, Sts. Marfa and Maria,Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Feodorovna,Demidovs estate,State Tretyakov Gallery,Church of St. Nicholas in Pyzhy, Tyomochkins-Dolgovs estate,Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi.
• The monument “Renaissance” by E. Neisvestny
• The house of the uncle of Dostoevsky. The great writer came here time to time.
• The house where Anna Ahmatova lived.
• The Luzhkov bridge with metallic trees

You will know:

• the history of this churches and lanes where we go. All of lanes have a very strange names connected with people who lived here many years ago.
• the sad story of life of Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Feodorovna (sister of the last Russian Empress, and the wife of Tsar Nicholas II’s uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.) She was very kind. She built the convent but communists killed her. You can go inside to the convent and to see the monument to Yelizaveta Feodorovna.
  Why did the Luzhkov bridge have this name?
  Now is the mayor of Moscow is Luzkov. Is this facts connected between them?
  If you want we will go to the Cheburechnaya and you taste special Russian food chebureki which like all of Russian people. It is very popular food from Sovetic period and now too.