Soul of Moscow
Individual excursion along the alleys of Kitai-Gorod, including Khokhlovka and Khitrovka
Along the lanes of Kitay-Gorod. The excursion involves getting to know the central, but least visited by tourists, part of the center, where the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Moscow still reigns. On the route: quiet lanes and courtyards in the area of Ivanovo Hill, Ivanovsky Monastery, Lutheran Cathedral of Peter and Paul, Mazepa's chambers, Baron Knop's castle, the White City Wall, Pokrovsky Boulevard, Levitan's Saraichik, Morozova's Mansion, Khokhlovka, Khitrovka.
Background
Moscow! Big, noisy and dazzling. When you get into it for the first time, you get lost and don’t know where to look. Excursions help in historical and cultural terms. Of course, Moscow cannot be known immediately. Gradually, slowly, looking at the details and remembering the details is the right way. Moscow needs to breathe, taste it, take its steps, and then it will reveal amazing secrets to the inquisitive traveler.
But one way or another, the history of Moscow cannot be understood without the history of Kitay-Gorod, which arose as a fortified area for the city that expanded beyond the Kremlin during the reign of Elena Glinskaya, mother of Ivan the Terrible. It is worth mentioning to begin with that Russian book printing took shape here, and the Russian stock exchange also grows from here. In a cultural and historical sense, this small area is a great reserve of serf architecture.
During the tour of Kitay-gorod, we will wander through the cozy web of streets and alleys, temples, ancient chambers, a monastery-prison, estates and residential buildings built here over several centuries, and try to restore the five-century chronicle of the area.
Let's meet
m. Kitay-Gorod, Slavyanskaya Square, Monument to Cyril and Methodius.
Anton Latynin Moscow expert, theater and literary critic, author and leader of dozens of thematic excursions around Moscow in Russian, German and English. He received higher education in Russia and Germany. Graduate of the National Research University Higher School of Economics with a degree in journalism and media communications. A native Muscovite.
Reports on the topic “Soul of Moscow”
Atmospheric places of Moscow in the company of Yandex
Moscow's Front and Secret Places for Yandex
A year ago, we organized a drinking excursion for Yandex near Moscow State University. Today, we're summing up our collaboration with the IT giant and their "Summer Together" project this year. As part of the corporate event, Yandex employees were immersed in our bureau's fascinating city tours every week. On Saturdays, six individual groups embarked on a journey through Moscow's cultural attractions, accompanied not only by guides but also by curators who assisted with organizational matters and assessed the guests' impressions. Read more...
You can also book excursions "Master and Margarita", "Arbat secrets", "VDNHa and Space", "Soul of Moscow", "Architecture “Moscow style”", "Zamoskvorechye", "Uncle Gilyai and his time", "Hot spots" and others.
We previously conducted a series of tours for Russian Railways (RZD) around Moscow City. This time, we took railway workers through the alleys of Kitay-Gorod as part of the "Soul of Moscow" route. Since there were over 240 participants, we divided them into 16 groups: four per day. After receiving the request, we sent the client a contract, coordinated it with a Russian Railways lawyer, and issued an invoice. We assigned the groups to the specified dates, at times convenient for both us and the client, and sent the lists to Russian Railways. In response, we received lists of participants for each group. Read more...
You can also book a tour "Soul of Moscow" and others.
"Arabian Winter". A mix of personal excursions for a guest from the Emirates
Author's tour in English for a guest from the UAE
The New Year's bustle in Moscow. People mostly book the "Heart of the Capital" tour, the sightseeing tour by transport, and the "Journey to Christmas." But then we get a request: a guest from the Emirates, visiting Moscow for the first time, would like to see not only Red Square but also Moscow's churches, temples, and monasteries. We're putting together a tour for him: "Heart of the Capital" around Red Square and "Soul of Moscow" in Kitay-gorod. To combine "Heart of the Capital" with the temple theme, we can offer the following: a side visit to the churches on Varvarka Street (there are several) and the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square. Read more...
You can also book excursions "Heart of the capital", "Soul of Moscow" and others.
Note: Review of the excursion Zamoskvorechye with guide Maria
Note: Review of the tour "Modern Residential Complexes, Factory Past, and Avant-Garde" around the ZILART residential complex with guide Maria. prepared and conducted a tour based on an individual request for employees of the development company GC "Samolet"
Note: Review on corporate excursion "The Heart of the Capital" with guide Maria
Note: Review of the excursion "The Soul of Moscow" with guide Maria
Note: Review of the excursion Palace Dungeons with guide Maria
I'd like to express my gratitude and that of my supervisor for organizing the tour! We were very pleased.
We would like to repeat this in October, but on a different route – ZIL.
Note: This is about a tour for developers of the Samolet Group of Companies, conducted by guide Maria.
Was on excursions along Sukharevskaya Square - we reached Tsvetnoy Boulevard, I didn’t expect it to be so interesting!
For those who are in doubt whether to go or not - go, it really has become one of the cool summer memories!!!
Thank you and Masha for yesterday!
The speakers are happy. The connection in the headphones often failed, especially at the checkpoint, but this is our current life situation. It was audible if they were standing close, no further than 1.5 meters. Colleagues have already asked for your contacts. I will gladly share and will be glad to have a new opportunity to work with you. Special thanks to the Director for the Bureau
Note: excursion "Heart of the capital» for participants of the Moscow Oncology Forum 2025. Guides - Anastasia and Maria
It was very interesting to hear how the Krasnaya district developed. Presni, how Prokhorov's figure influenced the development of our city. A pleasant dive into a quiet, previously unexplored area!
Note: we are talking about the excursion with the guide Anton
There was a great tour of the area. Patricks.
We learned a lot of new things. Anastasia is a master of her craft. The tour was exciting, not boring at all, lively and interesting. Everyone was satisfied. Full of new impressions. I definitely recommend it. You will be satisfied!
Overall, this wasn’t the first time I’ve walked around Moscow with Anton, and each time it was a real adventure!
I wanted to express my gratitude once again for the wonderful excursion on Saturday - we really enjoyed the walk, the information and the communication with you, then we discussed for a long time what everyone remembered and what struck them. It would seem that you have lived in Moscow all your life, there was Moscow studies at school, but it turns out that you still don’t know so much!! In general, thank you very much, my mother said it was the best gift for her birthday!
Note: this is about the excursion "Soul of Moscow«
I will definitely recommend this company to my friends and we will use its services ourselves.
Excellent organization of excursions, all wishes were taken into account, punctuality at the highest level
Note: Review of the excursion-performance, which the guide Alexander specially developed as part of the order "Dream Tour".
"Theater capital" - an author's route through the places of Meyerhold, Stanislavsky, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Tairov (undeservedly forgotten, it was he who created the current Pushkin Theatre on Tverskoy Boulevard).
Two and a half hours of fascinating stories and urban theatre legends. I'll tell you one:
The great composer Sergei Prokofiev lived in Kamergersky Lane. And he managed to die on the same day as Stalin. There was a terrible crush in Moscow, everything was blocked off, the entire capital wanted to say goodbye to the leader. So, to see Prokofiev off, the coffin was carried out from Kamergersky Lane on the roofs. I can vividly imagine this picture.
Review from Alexandra's tg channel.