The central districts of Moscow and its centuries-old architectural monuments are recognizable in most of the artist’s landscapes, for instance, in the presented work “Moscow. Pyatnitskaya Street”.

Pyatnitskaya Street today is one of the busiest thoroughfares of Zamoskvorechye. It stretches from the Chugunny Bridge that spans Vodootvodny Canal to the Garden Ring. It is a slightly winding, narrow street with low rise buildings, bell towers and churches.

The names of Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky and Leo Tolstoy are often associated with this street. In 1857 and 1858, after the Crimean War, a young Tolstoy rented an apartment on Pyatnitskaya Street, 12. At that time, he was already a famous writer.

Life in Zamoskvorechye brought Leo Tolstoy closer to Alexander Ostrovsky and Afanasy Fet. The latter, as a student, stayed at the writer Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich’s house, who also lived in Pyatnitskaya.

Moscow in the painting by Nikolay Kabanov is a city of the 20th century.