Everyone knows about the Patriarch's Ponds. Even someone who has never been here. The Patriarch's Ponds became a landmark place thanks to Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita": it's here that Berlioz and Homeless come at the beginning of the novel and it's here that the terrible tragedy with Berlioz takes place.
Your walk will start at the Mayakovskaya metro station. You'll slowly walk along the Palashevsky, Kozikhinsky, Patriarchal lanes and go out to the Patriarchal Ponds. Each house along the way keeps its own stories and secrets, which you'll hear about.
Learn how the Palashevsky lanes are connected with the executioners, what a grandiose architectural project was supposed to grow on the Patriarch's Ponds, listen to the story of one of the most underrated architects, Fyodor Shekhtel and admire his creations.
And of course, you'll walk through the Bulgakov places, sit down on the bench where Berlioz met Woland, and look at Bolshaya Sadovaya in the "bad apartment" No. 50.
Self-guided in-app audio tour in Russian
