Moscow and Muscovites. Gilyarovsky V.

Gilyarovsky was undoubtedly one of the brightest figures in Moscow of the late XIX - early XX centuries. From him, Repin painted one of the Cossacks writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan. He was not only a Moscow legend, but also the chronicler of Moscow. The most famous text of Gilyarovsky, “Uncle Gilyai”, can be considered his history of everyday life “Moscow and Muscovites”, which is undoubtedly the most colorful story of all that have ever told about Moscow.