Москва. Памятники архитектуры XIV-XVII веков

The album is dedicated to the architectural and artistic monuments of ancient Moscow. In the introductory article, the famous expert on ancient Russian art M. Ilyin talks about the history of the city, its remarkable ensembles, and the famous works of Moscow architecture of the 14th - 17th centuries. Engravings and watercolors by artists of the 18th century - early. XIX centuries, accompanied by the text of the article, allow us to recreate the appearance of old Moscow, the very atmosphere of life in the ancient city, and give an idea of ​​what many monuments now known to us looked like in a different historical environment. The album reproduces with exhaustive completeness all the best that has been preserved in Moscow from that distant era.