Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
A new excursion of the project “Walk and Help” to places connected with charity has become available for citizens and tourists. The route “From Donskaya to Bolshaya Ordynka” runs along streets where buildings of hospitals, schools, shelters and almshouses founded by patrons of the past have been preserved.
“Our tour is intended to pay tribute to the people who shaped the image of Moscow and society as a whole, who saved, treated and helped those who might not otherwise cope with life’s difficulties. The “Walk and Help” project is dedicated to them and their legacy,” said
Ekaterina Dragunova, Chairman of the Committee for Public Relations and Youth Policy of Moscow.
The tour is free and accessible. on the website. The route can be walked or cycled with an audio guide. The initiative’s partner is the Velobike company. Using a promo code inside the tour, you can get a discount on bicycle rental.
The tour begins at the Donskoy Monastery, located at 1–3 Donskaya Square. The route then continues to the former Arnoldo-Tretyakov School for the Deaf, which today houses a children’s center. The route also includes the almshouse named after Alexei Ivanovich and Alexandra Kirillovna Kolesov, the former Alexander-Mariinsky School, which taught boys and girls of all classes, and the now-restored Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy, founded 115 years ago by Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.
The walk ends in Lavrushinsky Lane (house 3/8) – at the shelter for widows and orphans of Russian artists named after P.M. Tretyakov. Each point on the route map is associated with important names of past figures who devoted a lot of time to charity and good deeds.
To listen to the tour, you need to turn on the audio guide on the websiteDuring the route, guests will be able to take more than 8.3 thousand steps or cover 6.7 kilometers by bike.
The new excursion route “From Donskaya to Bolshaya Ordynka” was created by the project team “City of the caring” with the participation of Museum of Entrepreneurs, Patrons and Philanthropists.
First excursion “Walk and help” invites you to take a walk around Kuznetskaya Sloboda. It gives you the opportunity to learn more about the history of the area and about charity in pre-revolutionary Moscow. Guests are told, for example, why Kuznetsky Most Street has such a name, where the first telephone exchange in the country was located, and also that the history of the Moscow trading house began with a romantic episode during the Napoleonic Wars.
The “Walk and Help” excursions have become part of the “Atlas of a Philanthropist” project, a series of podcasts about how charity is organized and how it began. third season, which premiered in early May, the main characters are the descendants of patrons of the past. You can listen to the podcast on the website or on the Yandex Music and VK Music platforms (Podcasts section).
You can learn more about charity and good deeds on the website and pages “Cities of the Caring” in social networks. The project was founded with the support of Committee for Public Relations and Youth Policy of the City of Moscow.
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