In the middle of the last century, an enthusiastic local historian, describing the sights of the Moscow Neskuchny Garden, claimed that it "represents a picture in which only Vernet or Bryullov can perfectly portray all the charms of picturesque views." 1 And the popular Moscow writer S. N. Glinka compared the views of the Neskuchny Garden with the world-famous landscapes of Switzerland even earlier .2Now the former Neskuchny Garden is part of the Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after A.M. Gorky. On one side it faces Leninsky Prospekt (formerly Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya Street), and on the opposite side it is closed by Pushkinskaya Embankment. The garden has not lost its picturesque character, and the old lime alleys, decorative bridges and gazebos, Summer, Bath, Hunting lodges and the former Palace of Alexandria remain a reminder of its history. In the middle of the XVIII century, the estates of Princes Trubetskoy, Golitsyn and breeder P. A. Demidov were located on the territory of the Neskuchny Garden. Its southern part was owned by Prince N. Y. Trubetskoy. It was his fiefdom that was actually called Neskuchny. The 1753 album of the Trubetskoy estate, which is kept in the Museum of Architecture in the Donskoy Monastery, helps to recreate the appearance of Neskuchny at that time: a wooden country house of classical style, the "Versailles Park" with trimmed trees, bridges and grottoes decorated the garden. The prince himself was rarely here and did not come for long. Having started his career under Peter I, Trubetskoy rose to the rank of Prosecutor General, senator, president of the Military College and received the rank of Field Marshal General. He lived through eight reigns and was favored by autocrats as diverse in character as Anna Ivanovna, Elizabeth Petrovna, and Pyotr Fyodorovich. However, under Catherine II, he was dismissed " from both military and civil service forever." His contemporary, the first president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Princ ... Читать далее