Mini-Guide to the Neighbourhoods of the HSE Buildings: Cafes, Shops, Interesting Places
Pokrovskiy Bulvar, Vorontsovo Pole, Maliy Tryokhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok, Khitrovskiy Pereulok
Buildings:
| 11 Pokrovskiy Bulvar | 5A Vorontsovo Pole, Cultural Center | |
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Building 7. 8/2 Maliy Tryokhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok |
Korpus 5. 2/8 Khitrovskiy Pereulok |
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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
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
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
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
3/6 Lubyanskiy Proezd
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad
12 Novaya Ploshchad
‘Lights of Moscow’ Museum
Building 1. 3/5 Armyanskiy Pereulok
Theatres
2 Frolov Pereulok
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad
Building 1. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad
Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre (МХТ имени Чехова)
3А Kamergerskiy Pereulok
Buildings:
Professors Hotel, 7 Vavilova Ulitsa
Faculty of Mathematics, 7 Vavilova Ulitsa
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
Korpus 2. 18 Leninskiy Prospekt
Buildings:
3 Kochnovskiy Proezd
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
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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