Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Streets. Kuznetsky Bridge

Let's stroll along Kuznetsky Bridge street today. The history of the street goes back to the XV century, when it was densely populated with blacksmiths. Subsequently, the street became known as Blacksmiths', which in Russian is Kuznets





Fact 23. It all began with the moment when a bridge was built across the river. The name of the bridge was the Kuznets Bridge (Blacksmiths' Bridge). At the same time, not far from the bridge opened numerous retail shops, which made Kuznetsky Bridge area an important trade center of Moscow.





Kuznetskн Bridge turning from a bridge in the street developed rapidly. By the beginning of XIX century it was a center of French trade and culture. Fashionable shops with sonorous names packed te steet: Haberdasher Standfild, perfumer Jambon; fashion from Revel, tailors and Lebourg Latrel; shop «Le Montagne», trading in delicacies, wine and perfume, and the first French restaurant "Yar", which opened in early 1826, and in September of the same year alwaready treated Pushkin.





Kuznetsky Bridge, center of fashion in Moscow.





Little has changed over the past century. It is interesting that even in the Soviet times ascetic Kuznetsk Bridge remained the center of fashion with a luxurious fur store which housed Union Fashion House. And today Kuznetsky Bridge is the center of "fashion district" of Moscow.





Art and culture of Kuznetsky Bridge are presented by Moscow Operetta Theatre, exhibition halls of the Moscow House of Artists, two large public libraries and the School of Fine Arts.





Nowadays Kuznetsky Bridge is a fashion mecca due to four-storey shop Podium, Trade House "Svetlana", Vogue Cafe by Novikov and, of course, TsUM. 





Kuznetsky Bridge is a lovely place to walk, with its charming and cosy cafes, coffee shops and stunning architecture





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