It was an ambitious project conceived by Catherine the Great and Ivan Betskoy, built in 1764. This was intended to manufacture ideal citizens for the Russian state by bringing up thousands of abandoned children to a very high standard of refinement, cultivation, and professional qualifications. - Today, the ensemble of the Orphanage houses the Academy of Missile Forces and Russian Academy of Medicine. - he Orphanage was designed as a chain of three square-shaped buildings: the eastern wing for the girls, the western wing for the boys and the central administration block connecting them.

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Eat and Drink

• Darbars - Moscow (0.6 miles) - Darbars is an Indian restaurant located in Moscow. For more than 20 years we are proving the excelle...
• a restaurant / "Dacha na Pokrovke" - Moscow (0.6 miles) - House on Pokrovsky Boulevard - the only home in Moscow in which live several generations of the same...
• Didu / Диду - Москва (0.9 miles) - Кафе Диду - самое пластилиновое кафе на свете. Гости ле�...
• Brasserie Most - Moscow (1.1 miles) - The new life or a birth of a legend In the beginning of 2000s The Most had been considered a legendar...
• HAGGIS pub & kitchen - Moscow (1.2 miles) - Haggis Pub & Kitchen — традиционный гастропаб, специализирующи...

See and Do

• a restaurant / "Dacha na Pokrovke" Moscow (0.6 miles) - House on Pokrovsky Boulevard - the only home in Moscow in which live several generations of the same...
• Moscow Urban Adventures Moscow (0.9 miles) - Moscow Urban Adventures offers a great opportunity to see all the "classic" destinations in ...
• Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow Moscow (1.6 miles) - Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow is a modern center of contemporary art and photography. The Museum hol...
• GULAG History State Museum Moscow (2.2 miles) - GULAG History State Museum is dedicated to the history of the rise, development and decline of the S...
• Art Deco museum Moscow (3.8 miles) - The Art Deco museum was founded in December 2014 at the initiative of Mkrtich Okroyan, an entreprene...