Testament Arbat. Moscow sketches. Muravyov V.

The last book of V. B. Muravyov is unique in its own way. It is opened by the essays of Tatyana Muravyeva and the famous Moskvoda Boris Arsenyev. They were reflected and the amazing life of the author of this book and his inexhaustible enthusiasm, creative search and boundless love for Moscow.

This book is not only the history of one of the unique corners of Moscow, a kind of phenomenon called Arbat, but also The author’s personal attitude towards him, his memories. “I will not talk here about the features of the same world - Arbat and the Povarskaya,” writes Vladimir Bronislavovich Muravyov. - Here, much depends on the personal look, personal addictions. And although the difference is visible to every old Muscovite, but if you reason what it is, it turns out a long conversation. This topic requires many observations, finally, personal memories and, in general, depends on views on life and world order. ” The book included a sketch of the remarkable Moscow Bedeman A.F. Rodin, a story about the famous ghost house. The author did not bypass the question of the place of birth of A. S. Pushkin. Of particular interest are “New Year's Stories” (the story of the song “The Christmas tree was born in the forest”, the mystery of Salad Olivier, etc.), which will be just a discovery for many readers.

The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers, especially interested in the history of Moscow.