Tsentralnyy okrug in Moskva, Russia — Россия (Eastern Europe or Northern Asia)

Kurakin Almshouses

Kurakin Almshouse Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Charles Berman, November 27, 2021

1. Kurakin Almshouse Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Памятник истории и культуры
Ансамбль
Городской усадьбы
Князей Куракиных
Здание
Богадельни
1730-1740-е гг., 1901-1902 гг.
Охраняется государством

(English translation:)
Monument of history and culture
City estate complex of the Kurakin princes
Almshouse building
1730-1740, 1901-1902
Protected by the state

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work.

Location. 55° 46.166′ N, 37° 39.235′ E.

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Marker is in Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva. It is on Novaya Basmannaya Ulitsa, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Novaya Basmannaya Ulitsa 4, Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva 10707-8, Russia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is on the Pacific Rim.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Soviet Union

and also the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boris Pavlovich Beshchev (about 210 meters away, measured in a direct line); Granite enclosure along the street (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Golitsyn Estate—Bauman Garden (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); E. G. Levasheva’s City Estate (approx. half a kilometer away); Main ward house, city section of Basmannaya Hospital (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); The House on Vasnetsov Alley (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Central Executive Committee Seat (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); City Duma Building (approx. 2.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tsentralnyy okrug.

Also see . . . Kurakin Almshouse (Wikipedia).

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Overview: The Kurakin Almshouse (Spital) is a wheelchair house built during the Russian Enlightenment by the princes Kurakin on the territory of their Moscow estate. One of the first charitable institutions in the Russian Empire. In 1820, it was renamed the Acceptable House.

(Submitted on July 23, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 23, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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