Pashkov House is not only a beautiful palace and one of Moscow’s famous calling cards, but also part of a daring 18th century challenge. It was built for the son of one of Peter I’s orderlies, a modest captain-lieutenant and at the time, Russia’s first vodka king. The construction of a new Moscow miracle was to be undertaken by V. Bazhenov, an artist, architect and academician, well-known as the creator of a palace ensemble in Tsaritsyno. The project was a fine success: the height of the walls of Pashkov's castle allows you to see out to the Kremlin, then the residence of Russian tsars.
Incredible, majestic and shrouded in the aura of legend after legend, this palace awaits you as its guest!
- Here you can walk around the palace’s spacious rooms and luxurious halls, where several departments of the state library are currently located: the manuscript department, the music department and music hall and the main exhibition hall.
- Admire the wonderful windows looking out to the Kremlin, Cathedral and Ivanovo squares.
- You will learn a lot of interesting facts about the past of this remarkable building - the history of its institutions and owners, secrets and mysteries, known visitors to the libraries of the Rumyantsev Museum, which were located here once (Leo Tolstoy, Tsiolkovsky and other famous personalities).
This fairy-tale palace was built on Vagankovsky Hill - a place with an "evil" aura. This was because in the times of Ivan the Terrible, the sinister Oprychny Castle stood here. It is said that in the huge well under the palace the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible is hidden, and some say the ghost of the book expert Rubakin is still wandering around the hall of the main vault. Is it just because of fantasy that Bulgakov sent the "unclean" Woland with Azazello to the Pashkov House gazebo of the house to take a farewell glance at Moscow?
The cost of an excursion with a personal guide for 1 person
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$266 group of 1 per |
$134 group of 2 per |
$90 group of 3 per |
$67 group of 4 per |
$59 group of 5 per |
$49 group of 6 per |
$42 group of 7 per |
$37 group of 8 per |
$33 group of 9 per |
$33 group of 10 per |
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Meeting point
We'll pick you up at your hotel -
Walk to Pashkov House
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Interior layout and halls
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Department of Manuscripts
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Department of Cartography
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Surrounding area
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End of the tour