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Mini-Guide to the Neighbourhoods of the HSE Buildings: Cafes, Shops, Interesting Places

Pokrovskiy Bulvar, Vorontsovo Pole, Maliy Tryokhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok, Khitrovskiy Pereulok

Myasnitskaya Ulitsa

Vavilova Ulitsa

Kochnovskiy Proezd

Kirpichnaya Ulitsa

 


 

Buildings:

11 Pokrovskiy Bulvar       5A Vorontsovo Pole, Cultural Center

Pokrovskiy

 

Vorontsovo

 

Building 7. 8/2 Maliy Tryokhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok

 

 

Korpus 5. 2/8 Khitrovskiy Pereulok

Tryokhsvyatitelskiy   Hitrovskiy

Location

15 – 20 min. by foot from Kurskaya metro station along Vorontsovo Pole Ulitsa; or from Chistye Prudy metro station along Bulvarnoe Koltso (Boulevard Ring); or from Kitay Gorod metro station along Podkolokolniy Pereulok

 

Neighbourhood

The small streets between Pokrovka and Solyanka contain many unique buildings and churches, including the Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs in Kulishki, 1670-1674 (4/6 Malyi Tryokhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok) and the Church of St. Vladimir, 1677-1689 (Building 1. 11 Starosadskiy Pereulok).

 

Some cafes and fast-food restaurants

Chokoladnitsa (Шоколадница)

In addition to house specialties like stuffed pancakes and cakes, the menu includes snacks and sandwiches, as well as soups and salads. You can get a good breakfast for about 300-350 roubles ($10-12), and a more substantial lunch costs about 500 roubles ($16). However, during the week, these cafes have special  breakfast and lunch deals.

33 Zemlyanoi Val Ulitsa (Atrium Shopping Mall)

1/2 Solyanka Ulitsa

6/8 Maroseyka Ulitsa

4 Pokrovka Ulitsa

Building 1. 25 Pokrovka Ulitsa


Coffee House (Кофе Хауз)

The menu and prices are similar to those in Chokoladnitsa.

33 Zemlyanoi Val Ulitsa (Atrium Shopping Mall), free Wi-Fi

6/8 Maroseyka Ulitsa, free Wi-Fi


Coffee Bean

The menu is designed more for those wanting a quick snack with a sandwich(200-250 roubles, about $6-8) or dessert fans (150-200 roubles, $5-7). Hot drinks cost 75-150 roubles ($3-5).

21 Pokrovka Ulitsa


Sbarro (Сбарро)

Italian cuisine at reasonable prices – the average bill is about 300-500 roubles ($10-17).

33 Zemlyanoi Val Ulitsa (Atrium Shopping Mall)


McDonald’s

Building 1. 9/2 Maroseyka Ulitsa, free Wi-Fi


Starbucks

33 Zemlyanoi Val Ulitsa (Atrium Shopping Mall)

5 Pokrovka Ulitsa


Elki-Palki (Елки-Палки)

Traditional Russian cuisine, buffet with cold dishes including salads, cooked meats etc. – 360 roubles ($12). A substantial three-course lunch costs about 450-500 roubles ($15-17).

Korpus 2. 1/2 Solyanka Ulitsa

 

Book shops

Russkaya Kniga 21 vek (Русская книга XXI век)

Russian literature, philosophy, politics

38/40 Zemlyanoi Val


Yurlit (Юрлит)

Legal literature

38/40 Zemlyanoi Val


Humboldt & Humboldt (Гумбольдт и Гумбольдт)

Maps and guides

11 Pokrovka Ulitsa

 

Museums and exhibitions

Na Solyanke Gallery (Галерея на Солянке)

Building 2. 1/2 Solyanka Ulitsa (entrance from Zabelina Ulitsa)

 

Cultural centers and libraries

All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature

1 Nikoloyamskaya Ulitsa


American Center, British Council, French Cultural Centre, Latin American Cultural Center, Netherlands Education Support Office, Japan Foundation, Information Office of the Council of Europe, Jewish Books House

1 Nikoloyamskaya Ulitsa (in the library building)


Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Cultural Center 

9 Vorontsovo Pole Ulitsa


State Public History Library of Russia

9 Starosadskiy Pereulok

 

Cinemas

Karo Film (Каро-фильм)

33 Zemlyanoi Val Ulitsa (Atrium Shopping Mall)


35 mm 

47 Pokrovka Ulitsa


Rolan (Ролан)

12A Chistopudniy Bulvar

 

Theatres

Sovremennik (Современник)

19A Chistopudniy Bulvar


 

Buildings:

20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa

Mysnitskaya

 

Location

5-10 min. by foot from Lubyanka, Kuznetsky Most, Chistye Prudy, Turgenevskaya or Sretenskiy Bulvar metro stations

 

Neighbourhood

There are many art nouveau buildings on Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, including the Biblio Globus bookshop . The Tea House on 19 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa is decorated in the Chinoiserie style, one of the only buildings of its kind in Moscow. And past the Bulvarnoe Koltso you can find two superb examples of Constructivist architecture: the Gostorg building (47 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa) and the Tsentrosoyuz building constructed by Le Corbusier (39 Myasnitskaya Ultisa).

 

Some cafes and fast-food restaurants

Chokoladnitsa (Шоколадница)

In addition to house specialties like stuffed pancakes and cakes, the menu includes snacks and sandwiches, as well as soups and salads. You can get a good breakfast for about 300-350 roubles ($10-12), and a more substantial lunch costs about 500 roubles ($16). However, during the week, these cafes have special breakfast and lunch deals.

24/7 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa

7/5 Pushechnaya Ulitsa

3/13 Maroseyka Ulitsa

 

Coffee House (Кофе Хауз)

The menu and prices are similar to those at Chokoladnitsa.

Building 1. 17 Myasnitskaya Ultisa, free Wi-Fi

 

Red Espresso Bar

Here you can order take-away coffee, and also sandwiches, salads and pasta. Prices are similar to those  in Chokoladnitsa and Coffee House.

Building 8. 24/7 Myasnitskaya Ultisa

 

Kofemania (Кофемания)

A good range of salads, appetizers, hot meat and fish dishes, as well as pasta, but the average price for a main course is around 500 roubles ($17).

6/9/20 Rozhdestvenka Ulitsa

 

McDonald’s

Building 1. 30/1/2 Myasnitskaya Ultisa, free Wi-Fi

 

Starbucks

5/6 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Ulitsa

 

Elki-Palki (Елки-Палки)

Traditional Russian cuisine, with a hot or cold buffet (360 roubles ($12) each). A substantial three-course lunch will cost about 450-500 roubles ($15-17).

8/10 Neglinnaya Ulitsa

 

Moo-Moo (Му-Му)

Salads, soups, hot dishes and appetizers at very reasonable prices (a three-course lunch for 200-300 roubles ($7-10)).

14 Myasnitskaya Ultisa

 

Book shops

BookVyshka (БукВышка)

HSE book shop. Foreign language books.

20 Myasnitskaya Ultisa

 

Biblio Globus (Библио-глобус)

Building 1.  6/3 Myasnitskaya Ultisa

 

Dom Inostrannoi Knigi (House of Foreign Books, Дом иностранной книги)

18/7Kuznetskiy Most

 

Bookhunter (Foreign language books)

Building 1. 9 Krivokolleniy Pereulok

 

Pangloss (books in French, Italian and Spanish)

Building 4. 13/14 Bolshoi Cherkasskiy Pereulok

 

Knigi na Nikolskoy (Книги на Никольской)

17/1 Nikolskaya Ulitsa

 

Museums and exhibitions

Vladimir Mayakovskiy Museum

3/6 Lubyanskiy Proezd

 

Polytechnical Museum

3/4 Novaya Ploshchad

 

Moscow City Museum

12 Novaya Ploshchad

 

‘Lights of Moscow’ Museum

Building 1. 3/5 Armyanskiy Pereulok

 

Theatres

Et Cetera

2 Frolov Pereulok

 

Bolshoi Theatre

1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad

 

Maly Theatre

Building 1. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad

 

Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre (МХТ имени Чехова)

Kamergerskiy Pereulok

 


 

Buildings:

Professors Hotel, 7 Vavilova Ulitsa

Faculty of Mathematics, 7 Vavilova Ulitsa 

Vavilova

 

Location

5 min. by foot from Leninskiy Prospekt metro station

 

Neighbourhood

Within  walking distance there is Neskuchniy Sad park, with the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences housed in Neskuchniy Palace. Right next to it is the entrance to Gorky Park. From the viewing points at the Russian Academy of Sciences and on Vorobievy Gory you can enjoy a wonderful panoramic view of Moscow.

 

Some cafes and restaurants

Coffee House (Кофе Хауз)

The usual snacks, sandwiches, salads, soup, desserts and cakes. You can have breakfast for 300 roubles ($10) and lunch for 450-500 roubles ($15-17). There are special breakfast and lunch deals during the week.

24 Leninskiy Prospekt, free Wi-Fi

 

AMG Cafe

Cold dishes, salads, soups at 200-400 roubles ($7-13) per dish, as well as hot meat and fish dishes for 500-800 roubles ($17-27).

13А Vavilova Ulitsa

 

Burzhuika (Буржуйка)

Business lunch 250 roubles ($8), salads and appetizers 200-300 roubles ($7-10), hot dishes 400-700 roubles ($13-23).

Building 9. 11 Ordzhonikidze Ulitsa

 

Chernomorskaya Riviera (Черноморская Ривьера)

A restaurant specializing in food from the Caucasus.

8 Proskpekt 60-letia Oktyabrya

 

Academic institutions

Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

20 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

RAS Department of Physical Sciences

Institute of Socio-Political Studies, RAS

Institute of World History, RAS

Institute of Slavic Studies, RAS

32A Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Institute of System Analysis, RAS

9 Proskpekt 60-letia Oktyabrya

 

Steklov Institute of Mathematics, RAS

Institute of Computational Mathematics, RAS

8 Gubkina Ulitsa

 

Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, RAS

2 Kosygina Ulitsa

 

Emmanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics

4 Kosygina Ulitsa

 

Institute of Biochemistry, RAS

Korpus 2. 33 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Zelinskiy Institute of Organic Chemistry, RAS

47 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Chemistry, RAS

49 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Lebedev Institute of Fine Mechanics and Computing Technology, RAS

51 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Lebedev Institute of Physics, RAS

53 Leninskiy Prospekt

 

Koltsov Institute of Development Biology, RAS

26 Vavilova Ulitsa

 

Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelemental Compounds, RAS

28 Vavilova Ulitsa

 

Prokhorov Institute of General Physics, RAS

38 Vavilova Ulitsa

 

Museums

Fersman Museum of Mineralogy

Korpus 2. 18 Leninskiy Prospekt

 


 

Buildings:

3 Kochnovskiy Proezd 

Kochnovskiy

 

Location 

15 min. by foot from Aeroport metro station.

 

Neighbourhood

Along Leningradskiy Prospekt there are several large sports venues, including the Dinamo stadium (under reconstruction) and the CSKA hockey and basketball arenas. There is also the Megasport winter sports centre  on Khodynka, as well as Petrovskiy and Chapayevskiy parks.

 

Some cafes and fast food restaurants

Chokoladnitsa (Шоколадница)

In addition to house specialties like stuffed pancakes and cakes, the menu includes snacks and sandwiches, as well as soups and salads. You can get a good breakfast for about 300-350 roubles ($10-12), and a more substantial lunch costs about 500 roubles ($16). However, during the week, these cafes have special breakfast and lunch deals.

12/14 Usievicha Ulitsa (in the building of the Baku cinema)

 

Coffee House (Кофе Хауз)

The menu and prices are similar to those at Chokoladnitsa.

62 Leningradskiy Prospekt, free Wi-Fi

62A Leningradskiy Prospekt (in the Galereya Aeroport shopping mall), free Wi-Fi

 

Coffee Bean

The menu is designed more for those wanting a quick snack with a sandwich(200-250 roubles, about $6-8) or dessert fans (150-200 roubles, $5-7). Hot drinks cost 75-150 roubles ($3-5).

56 Leningradskiy Prospekt

 

Starbucks

62A Leningradskiy Prospekt (in the Galereya Aeroport shopping mall)

 

McDonald’s

13 Chasovaya Ultisa

 

Sbarro (Сбарро)

Italian cuisine at reasonable prices – the average bill is 300-500 roubles ($10-17).

62A Leningradskiy Prospekt (in the Galereya Aeroport shopping mall)

 

Il Patio (Il Патио)

Another Italian restaurant, with menu and prices similar to those at Sbarro.

47 Leningradskiy Prospekt

 

Moo-Moo (Му-Му)

Salads, soups, hot dishes and appetizers at very reasonable prices (a three-course lunch for 200-300 roubles ($7-10)).

62A Leningradskiy Prospekt (in the Galereya Aeroport shopping mall)

 


 

 

 

Buildings:

33 Kirpichnaya Ulitsa

Kirpich

 

Location

15 min. by foot from Semenovskaya metro station

 

Neighbourhood

The mainly industrial area of Sokolinaya Gora has two good examples of Orthodox churches: the Church of Resurrection of Christ (mid 19th cent.) in the small park on the crossroads of the Izmaylovskoe Shosse and Prospekt Budennogo and the Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (early 20th cent.) on the junction of Blagusha and Ibragimova.

 

Some cafes and fast food restaurants

Coffee House (Кофе Хауз)

The usual snacks, sandwiches, salads, soup, desserts and cakes. You can have breakfast for 300 roubles ($10) and lunch for 450-500 roubles ($15-17). There are special breakfast and lunch deals during the week.

8/12 Shcherbakovskaya Ulitsa, free Wi-Fi

 

Sbarro (Сбарро)

Italian cuisine at reasonable prices – the average bill is 300-500 roubles ($10-17).

1 Semenovskaya Ploshchad (in Semenovskiy shopping mall)

 

Il Patio (Il Патио)

Another Italian resturant, with menu and prices similar to those at Sbarro.

2 Izmaylovskiy Val

 

Moo-Moo (Му-Му)

Salads, soups, hot dishes and appetizers at very reasonable prices (a three-course lunch for 200-300 roubles ($7-10)).

1 Semenovskaya Ploshchad (in Semenovskiy shopping mall)

 

Cinemas

Rodina (Родина)

Building 1. 5 Izmaylovskiy Val


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