Pashkov House
Step back along the public pavement until you can see the whole palace and the little round pavilion above its centre.
Getting there
Borovitskaya metro, follow signs for Mokhovaya Street › Mokhovaya Street › Pavement by Borovitskaya Square › View of Vagankovsky Hill
From the metro, follow signs for Mokhovaya Street and Borovitskaya Square. Use the marked crossings on the square. Step back from the fence and find a spot on the public pavement where you can see the white building.
Compare the two heights. The house stands on a hill of its own, and the little round pavilion rises above it.
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History
The estate’s high position above Mokhovaya Street gave its owner a rare opportunity to look straight across at the Kremlin. Built for Pyotr Pashkov in the late eighteenth century, the house turned its principal façade towards the city. Later, the Rumyantsev Museum collection was brought here from St Petersburg. Muscovites began coming to what had been a private palace to read its books.
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