In every city there are legends, rumors and legends associated with certain houses, districts, events. Moscow is no exception. And since the city is replete with cultural sights and historical buildings, the horror stories invented by Moscow lovers of mysticism are very effective and mysterious. And very often these chilling stories are closely associated with famous historical figures.
Stingy spouses
According to rumors in the city, the wealthy Major General Kusovnikov lived at 17 Myasnitskaya Street. The owner and his wife became famous for their stinginess. One summer the couple left for another estate and hid almost all their money in the oven during their absence. The butler, not knowing about it, decided to heat the house - the money burned down. They say that the couple could not survive the grief: the major general was moved by his mind, and his wife died. Urban legends say that for many years after this tragic story, Kusovnikov's neighbors periodically saw a ghost wailing: "My money, money."
Miracles at the Tretyakov Gallery
Such a famous cultural institution as the Tretyakov Gallery, well, simply could not but give rise to many rumors and legends. The most common one is the allegedly fatal influence of the Tretyakov Gallery's paintings on the fate of people. For example, there are legends that Surikov's painting "The Morning of the Streltsy Execution" brought trouble to Pavel Tretyakov's daughter (she became very ill), but the canvases of Levitan and Roerich, on the contrary, supposedly have a positive effect on those who admire them.
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Ravine or time machine?
In the park-estate "Kolomenskoye" there is a ravine, which has long been called the Voice - allegedly in honor of the ancient pagan deity Volos (Veles) - the second most important among the ancient Slavs after Perun. And since the word "hair" is just a storehouse for various associations, the ravine gave rise to several legends at once.
According to the first, in the middle of the nineteenth century, two peasants walked through a ravine, which at that moment was filled with thick fog, and ended up in a bright corridor, where they saw people covered with wool. When they left this place and returned to their village, it turned out that 20 years had passed already - their wives had grown old, and their children had become adults.
There are also rumors about the miraculous properties of the stones lying at the bottom of the ravine. Say, one of them helps the weaker sex, and the other helps the strong.
The third legend says that if you throw money into a ravine, it will bring unprecedented wealth.
The house on the waterfront is still scary
This famous Moscow building, glorified by Yuri Trifonov in the story of the same name, attracts not only excursions of schoolchildren and student writers. Many residents of the house suffered from repression during the Soviet years, which gave rise to the myths about ghosts. Like, even when new owners were just starting to move into the rebuilt house, in the dark in its vicinity one could meet a girl in chains, and local residents often heard strange screams and groans. And nowadays, the ghosts of repressed residents allegedly wander around the apartments of the House on the embankment.
Book expert assistant?
The main library of the country (RSL) also has its own mythical history. According to rumors, at night within its walls you can meet the ghost of the famous writer and bibliographer Nikolai Rubakin, who bequeathed all his books to the library before his death.
According to city rumors, none other than Rubakin himself helps visitors quickly find the desired volume.
Immured lady
One of the old Moscow legends says that the merchant Nikolai Igumnov, who lived on Yakimanka with his mistress, once found out that she was cheating on him. In a rage, he killed her and walled her up in the wall. Fans of the mystic assure that her ghost still wanders the building and its surroundings in the form of an unknown lady dressed all in white.
Peasant at the Bolshoi Theater
The violent fire that took place at the Bolshoi Theater in the middle of the 19th century was remembered by Muscovites for the feat of the peasant Vasily Marina. Seeing a man on the roof of a blazing building, he climbed the drainpipe and helped the man down with a rope.
According to legend, years later, the ghost of Marina allegedly began to appear at other Moscow fires and save the townspeople.
Experiments on Sukharevka
On the site of the old Sretensky Gate in 1695, the Sukharevskaya Tower was built, which, in turn, was demolished by the Bolsheviks in 1934. They say that earlier there was a secret scientific laboratory here, in which Peter the Great's ally, statesman and scientist Jacob Bruce created dead and living water. According to legend, the liquids he created are still stored in a certain secret place.
Shadow of Comrade Beria
Another city horror story is associated with Stalin's associate Beria, who lived on Malaya Nikitskaya Street, 28/1. Now the embassy of the Republic of Tunisia is located here. So, according to rumors, someone unknown regularly spoils important documents in offices. Moreover, at night, in the premises of the embassy, one can hear someone coughing, breathing heavily and puffing, and near the building many see the noise of the engine of an invisible car.
Nightmares "Ostankino"
The Ostankino television center and the tower of the same name have always generated many horror stories. According to one of them, there are an unusually high number of suicides in the area. According to another, for several centuries in a row, a hunchback grandmother has been seen here from time to time, which predicts to the townspeople the tragic events that should occur in the country. For example, she foresaw the death of two Russian emperors, as well as the bloody events of 1993 and the fire at the Ostankino TV Tower in 2000.
Thunderstorm of journalists
One of the most famous scary legends of old Moscow is the story of Savva Morozov's secret beloved. Allegedly, at the moment when the lady was driving across the bridge in a carriage, a newspaper dealer shouted the news that Morozov had shot himself in Cannes. She urgently ordered the cabby to stop, but while getting out, she accidentally fell under the wheels of another carriage passing by and died. Legend has it that the girl still wanders around Kuznetsky at night and brings special misfortunes to the press workers.
