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Moscow is a global leader in the preservation of historical and cultural heritage. In 2025, the city continued implementing the world's largest program for the restoration and revival of architectural monuments and other cultural heritage sites. Work has been carried out on more than 500 sites, with restoration completed at 144 of them. Sergei Sobyanin announced this on his channel in MAX messenger.
"Over the past 15 years, 2,491 cultural heritage sites have been restored. We are restoring these monuments using funds from the city budget, private investors, philanthropists, or through federal programs," the Moscow Mayor wrote.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger
Today, 96 percent of Moscow's architectural monuments are in good or satisfactory condition. In 2025, 66 monuments were restored using city budget funds, 78 of which were funded by private investors and philanthropists, or through federal programs.
Among the significant sites whose restoration was completed in 2025 using funds from the Moscow city budget:
— the Kitai-Gorod wall with its tower, built between 1534 and 1538, by architect Petrok Maly (Teatralny Proezd, Building 2). The brick walls and vaults of the stoves were restored, missing parts of the white-stone water cannons and decorative band of hewn brick were rebuilt, and the white-stone staircases and floors were recreated;
— the 16th-17th-century Kolomenskoye estate complex—the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord and Peter the Great's Cabin (39 Andropov Avenue, Building 1 and Building 12). In the Church of the Ascension, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the tent roof, the historic stirrup staircase, and white-stone elements such as kokoshniks, architraves, carved capitals, and lancet windows were restored, and the royal chamber and plinth were preserved. In Peter the Great's Cabin, the exterior walls of the wooden frame, decorative elements, the damaged chimney, and the roof were restored. The interior floors were replaced, everything was treated with special compounds, and existing engineering systems were repaired and new ones installed.
— Vorontsovo Estate, 18th-19th centuries — eastern wing (Vorontsovsky Park, Building 3). The facades, roof, and rafter system were restored, and the top of the dome spire was recreated. In addition, specialists laid inlaid parquet flooring, created a compass rose in the central section, and installed chandeliers and sconces based on historical replicas.
— the N.A. Durasov Palace in the Lyublino Estate Museum (Letnyaya Street, Building 1, Bldg. 1). The façades, white-stone plinth, stair railings, metal grilles, columns, and ceilings of the colonnade galleries, as well as bas-reliefs on ancient themes, have been restored.
— the aqueduct across the Yauza River, 1779–1785, engineers Friedrich Wilhelm Bauer and Ivan Gerard (Kadomtsev Passage, Building 1, Bldg. 1 — Mira Avenue, near the 2nd Rostokinsky Bridge). The craftsmen reinforced the structure and arches, restored the stone surfaces and brickwork of the facades, and renovated the pavilions, staircases, platforms, and parapets;
— the Svoboda Factory Club, 1927–1929, architect K.S. Melnikov (Vyatskaya Street, Building 41a). The facades were restored to their historic four-color scheme, and unique, complex metal trusses, based on surviving historical models, were installed inside the building. They form the unusual geometry of the ceiling above the auditorium, which features 80-meter-long linear triangular luminaires and sloping ribbon glazing.
— the G.E. Broydo apartment building, built in 1902, by architect N.I. Zherikhov (20 Ostozhenka Street). Restorers restored the facades and roof, as well as the decorative trim, including the crowning cornice with metal brackets, the white-stone plinth, and the wrought-iron canopy over the central entrance;
— The 18th-century Kuskovo State Ceramics Museum and Estate (museum complex); the Swiss House from the 1870s (Yunosti Street, Building 2, Bldg. 4). Specialists restored the plinth and foundation, reinforced the stone first floor with its painted brickwork, the large second-floor balcony, and the decorative wooden columns supporting the roof. During the work, the wooden frame was separated from the stone portion and suspended on a special system to replace the damaged lower crown.
— The Egyptian Pavilion of the Ostankino Estate (1st Ostankinskaya Street, Building 5, Bldg. 1). The facades and interiors have been restored, with special attention paid to the authentic artistic parquet flooring of various woods, covering over 700 square meters, the intricate door panels decorated with gilded and silver-plated carvings, the faux marble, the hardware and stucco decoration, and the historic stoves with sphinx sculptures.
The restoration of the facades of the Baevs' city estate has been completed.Restoration of the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye is complete – Sobyanin
Thanks to private investment and federal programs, the following objects were restored in 2025:
— the manor house where Leo Tolstoy lived from 1882 to 1901. The building houses the Leo Tolstoy Memorial Museum (21 Leo Tolstoy Street, buildings 1–6). The wooden elements of the façades, cornices, door frames, and window sills were restored. Inside, wallpaper featuring the original design was recreated based on historical samples, and the parquet and plank floors, stucco elements, tiled stoves, wooden railings, and stair treads were restored.
— the city estate of M.A. Tarasov, built in 1909 (21 Khlebny Lane). The facade surfaces, stucco and architectural decor, original metal balcony railings, exterior doors, pylon surfaces, and gate panels were restored;
— the southwest tower of the Danilovsky Monastery (22 Danilovsky Val Street, Building 17, dating from the 16th–19th centuries). Specialists repaired the lime plaster, eliminated cracks, and applied biocidal treatment;
— the Baevs' city estate (Prospekt Mira, Building 52, Buildings 1 and 2). Specialists restored the decorative moldings and doors and recreated the artistic roof railing. The facades were returned to their historic light green color, which restorers discovered during research.
— the main building of R.R. Koshelev's city estate (Zubovskaya Street, Building 14/2, Bldg. 1). Craftsmen restored the white stone and stucco decoration, and also returned the original color of the façade to the early building;
— the late 19th-century architectural ensemble of the "St. Olga Children's Hospital"—the main, outpatient, service, and quarantine buildings (Orlovo-Davydovsky Lane, Building 2a, Buildings 1–4). Specialists paid special attention to the restoration of the 19th-century mosaic icons of St. Olga and St. Panteleimon, which adorn the building's facades;
— an early 20th-century residential building (5 Prosvirin Lane). Designed by architect P.A. Ushakov, the building was renovated under the "1 ruble per square meter per year" program.
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