You can stumble upon a historical ghost in the center of the capital day and night, and such a meeting can change your life
Do you think ghosts live only in ancient castles in Europe? But no - there are enough of them in Moscow. As researchers of paranormal phenomena assure, both Muscovites and guests of the capital can encounter historical ghosts at any time of the day. Some of Moscow's famous ghosts are quite friendly - while others are worth wary of.
Ivan the Terrible
The first and most cruel tsar of all Russia lives, of course, in the Kremlin - he prefers the bell tower of Ivan the Great, its lower tiers. He is very picky in the choice of interlocutors - he is only those who regularly visit the Kremlin; mostly people in positions of authority. It is believed that the spirit of Grozny visited Nicholas II on the eve of the latter's coronation. Whether he was a modern politician is unknown.
Portrait of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. V. Vasnetsov. 1897 year
Ghost train
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Once a month, around midnight, he passes along the Moscow metro ring line - a completely empty train that does not open doors at stations. A man in the form of a metro worker sits in the driver's cab - but this form is not modern, long out of circulation. Rumor has it that metro builders who died tragically at work ride on this train - more precisely, their souls, of course, are invisible. Sometimes the train, stopping, still opens the doors. Under no circumstances go into them - otherwise you will not be able to get off the train, and you will ride in it as long as the Moscow metro is stationary.
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Limousine Beria
On dark moonless nights an invisible car sometimes drives up to house No. 28 on Nikitskaya Street. More precisely, like this: the car itself is not visible - but in the dark you can distinguish a light, sort of like the light of one of the headlights, and you can hear the sound of the engine. Then the door slams - and an invisible man gets out of the car and barely audibly talks to the guard, also invisible. It's all about the house, which is notorious - this is now the Embassy of Tunisia, and Lavrenty Beria once lived there.
It also happens that Lavrenty Pavlovich gets out of the car in the guise of an interesting man in an old-fashioned suit and invites beautiful girls to ride around the night capital. This offer cannot be accepted - otherwise you will not return home.
Book expert Rubakin
But this ghost is kind. He lives in the Lenin library, to which he once bequeathed all his books - and Nikolai Rubakin's library was magnificent. He walks through the reading rooms, choosing those where there are very few visitors. If you hear his steps - burrow into the book and do not look around; in this case, Rubakin will appreciate your love of reading and will help, if necessary, find some rare book. If you stop reading and stare at him, Rubakin will be offended and will not help.
Herzen with Ogarev
Once upon a time, these two fiery fighters against the autocracy took an oath to go to the end. Now, according to legend, from time to time they come to the approximate place of this oath - the observation deck on Vorobyovy Gory. If you are a student, be sure to try to catch them there - it will bring you good luck. Especially Herzen and Ogarev are fond of MSU students.
Old Man Kusovnikov
This old man once lived with his old woman on Myasnitskaya near the Tea and Coffee shop. The spouses were rich - and they loved money so much that every night they took the box with their savings with them in a convertible, fearing thieves (why they did not put money in the bank is unclear). Somehow both fell ill and decided to spend the night at home for a change; the box was hidden in the fireplace - it was there that the servant had accidentally burned it. The old woman died of grief right away, and the old man begged the authorities for a long time to restore the missing banknotes - but failures knocked him down too. Now, in the form of a ghost, he appears at night as a passer-by on Myasnitskaya - an absurd old man in a shabby coat, plaintively asking: “Where is my money? Where's my money? Better not to meet this old man - this is a loss of money.
Former Perlov Tea House on Myasnitskaya, 19. wikimedia
Black cat
A huge imposing tomboy walks along Tverskaya twice a month on odd numbers, usually at night. They say that the cat leaves the wall of the building, crosses the street and disappears again into the wall of the opposite house. Whoever he crosses the road will be in trouble. They say that this cat became the prototype of the Behemoth cat in Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. Eyewitnesses who claim that they saw a phantom believe that it was the Behemoth cat that they met.
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Gogol
One of the most mysterious writers in the history of Russian literature, even after his death, he never tires of surprising people. Rumor has it, for example, that sometimes at night he wanders the Novodevichy cemetery and looks for … his own nose! Because Gogol's nose is buried not in Moscow, but in St. Petersburg, but Nikolai Vasilyevich does not know about it - and everything goes and searches … The story is quite in the spirit of Gogol! But do not be alarmed: if for some reason you were brought to the Novodevichye cemetery at night and you met Gogol, this is good luck.