20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

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Often, when viewing images of the modern capital, the viewer has a lot of questions: in what form the architecture of the city is preserved, how its road transport system is arranged and, most importantly, is this city convenient for people's lives…

Old photographs of Moscow have the opposite effect — they radiate warmth, causing nostalgia and other sentiments in the viewer. The views of familiar streets and alleys, on the one hand, create a feeling of a completely different, different from our completely forgotten life, and on the other - they are filled with a special atmosphere. Despite the age of more than a century, the old photos of the city are surprisingly "alive".

The most successful and large-scale capture of Moscow at the beginning of the last century was managed by the famous Russian public figure, collector and photographer Emilia Vladimirovich Gauthier-Dufaye. Today we would like to show you some of his wonderful works.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

The collection created by Gauthier-Dufaye is kept in the fund of the Shchusev State Museum of Architecture. In total, there are about 500 pictures of old Moscow in the collection. Some experts claim that the master took about 700 pictures, so it is quite possible that new discoveries are still waiting for us.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Povarskaya Street.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Filippovsky Lane.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

View of Krestovozdvizhensky Lane, on the right the Buturlins' estate, also known as the estate of R.I. Vorontsov, 1910s.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

View of Znamenka from Pashkov's house. In the distance, on the right, the entrance to the Buturlins' estate is visible.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Znamenka Street, view of Mokhovaya Street, the Kremlin and the Pashkov House (on the left).

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

View of the main house of the Buturlins' estate from the corner of Znamenka and Krestovozdvizhensky Lane.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

View of the Kuznetsky Bridge from Petrovka.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Smolensk market.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

View from Prechistenka to Tsaritsynsky (Chertolsky) lane.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Trinity Church in Zubovo.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Ivy.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Sivtsev Vrazhek.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

St. Basil's Cathedral.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Sheremetevsky (now Romanov) lane.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Sushchevsky shaft.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

The gate of the entrance to the Alexander Garden.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Pokrovka.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Red Square - then still with tram tracks.

20 fascinating photos of Moscow at the beginning of the last century

Watering the streets on the Theater Square.

     

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