The Arbat street

Where situated Arbat street
TheArbat Street is located in the center of Moscow, he was founded a long time ago, Arbat was included in the chronicle of 1493. It is considered one of the oldest streets in Moscow

Why Arbat?
The word "Arbat" itself is of Arabic origin (from "arbad") and means "suburb". It is assumed that the word "arbad" could have come to Moscow from Eastern merchants who already came to Moscow to trade.

Who lived on the arbat?
At various times, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, the Aksakov brothers, Chekhov, Blok lived or repeatedly visited the Arbat

Pedastrian Arbat
The Arbat became pedestrian by 1986: traffic was completely blocked, all underground systems were dug up and the street was improved, flowers were planted, benches for recreation and lanterns were put up. Well, today Arbat is still a walking street, 1.2 kilometers long

Many buildings
On the Arbat there is many buildings, both historical and ordinary cafes and shops.
The estate of Turgenev and grandmother Tyutchev is depicted in the background

Creativity
On the Arbat there are many people engaged in creativity, on the Arbat you can meet photographers, artists drawing beautiful drawings, you can also meet musicians playing on different musical instruments