Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

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Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

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Fires in ancient times was a terrible enemy of Moscow. The entry of the first Moscow fire is dated in the annals 1177 the year when Moscow was burned Ryazan Prince Gleb. Later fires at the mother see mentioned more than once. One of the biggest was a fire on July 19 1701, when lit up the cells of the Novospassky monastery, and the fire spread around the Kremlin.

Almost all Moscow was burnt in 1812, when a fire destroyed almost all the wood in the mass of the building. What was Moscow to "Napoleon" fire can be seen today only in the engravings of that time.

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

Views of Moscow from the balcony of the Kremlin Palace to the side of the Moskvoretsky bridge. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of the Moskva river from the Kremlin. Fragment. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of Moscow from the balcony of the Imperial Palace, filmed on the right side. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

Views of Moscow from the balcony of the Kremlin Palace to the side of the Moskvoretsky bridge. Fragment. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of Moscow from the balcony of the Imperial Palace, filmed on the right side. Fragment. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View to the Stone bridge. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. In 1797 the Staffage different.

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

Views of Moscow from the balcony of the Kremlin Palace to the side of the Moskvoretsky bridge. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1797

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of the red square. Engraving by F. Lorie (or Gutenberg, and later D. Lafond) pattern by J. Delabart. 1795

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

The appearance of the Icy mountains in Moscow during the cheese of the week (View of the icy mountains on Neglinnaya during carnival). Engraving by F. Lorie (or G. H. Oberageri) pattern by J. Delabart. 1794

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View the moss, and the Pashkov house in Moscow. Engraving by F. Lorie pattern by J. Delabart. 1798

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

A view of Stone bridge and its surroundings in Moscow with wooden bridge that corner (Vodovzvodnaya) tower. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1796 Wooden bridge — the bridge over the river Neglinka.

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of the Kremlin building and its environs (view of the Kremlin from the Moskvoretsky embankment). Engraving by F. Lorie and D. Lafond pattern by J. Delabart. 1795

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View Yauza bridge. Engraving by F. Lorie pattern by J. Delabart. 1798 At the top, to the left from the center of the rotunda on the roof of the Palace Stroganoff — Surovshchikova — Tutolmin on Goncharnaya street. The rotunda was similar to that on the Pashkov house.

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View Yauza bridge. Engraving by F. Lorie pattern by J. Delabart. Fragment. 1798 And the background is different.

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View Serebryanicheskaya baths and their surroundings in Moscow. Engraving by F. Lorie (or M. G. Eichler) pattern by J. Delabart. 1799 Paper (hand casting watermarked 1813), cutter, etching, coloring watercolor. Imprint 1810s

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

Serebryanicheskaya baths in Moscow. Zh. Delabart. 1790s

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View Podvoiskogo suburbs (Podkowinski festivals). Engraving Gutenberg and F. Lorie pattern by J. Delabart. 1795

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

The view from the balcony of the Ostankino Palace. Engraving by D. S. Lafon at illustration by J. Delabart. 1790s

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

View of the Spassky gate and the surrounding area from their Ivanovo area in the Kremlin at the Bishop's house, the Spasskaya tower and the Church Goloskovo. Gerard Delabart (Gerard de la Barthe). 1795

Looked like the Moscow of the late XVIII century before the great fire of 1812

The view from the balcony of the Ostankino Palace. Fragment. Engraving by D. S. Lafon at illustration by J. Delabart. 1790s Staffazh different.

Keywords: City | Fire | Moscow | Russian Federation | History | Prints | 18th century

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