11th #Ulog: A Piece Of Old England In Medieval Moscow

Hello my fellow Steemians and Uloggers!

This is my 11th #Ulog and I want to share with you some pictures and information about the Old English Court in Moscow, Russia.

So, let me start ... Usually, I like to walk a lot in the evenings. I am an active user of #ActiFit dApp. So, during the last week I had a couple of evenings strolls in a place called The Old English Court:

The Old English Court is located next to the Red Square. So, it is in the heart of the city center.

To be honest, I've been in this area many times for the last 6 years. (Once again I am from Bulgaria, a small country in South Europe, but have been living in Moscow, Russia for the last 6 years). And all those old buildings in this area have always seemed to me as having a typical Medieval Russian architecture:

Yeah, this is a typical old Russian building (at least I think so):

One more Russian Medieval building:

So, I was really surprised when last Saturday I saw among those building this signboard:

Hmm, so, I started wondering if it was an old Russian or an old English architectural style. But I went to the conclusion that this was a Medieval Russian architecture. Because, old white-brick buildings are typical for Northwest Russia. Even most of the old fortresses in Northwest Russia were built from white bricks or stones. Also, the wooden tops or roofs on the towers of the buildings is a typical Russian Medieval architecture. Yeah, I have seen a kind of similar old buildings in Estonia, Finland, etc. but this is a region next to Russia, and far away from England. That's why in my view, those are old Russian buildings.

Ok! Then I found a commemorative plaque on the walls of one of those building, saying the following:

When I got back home, I tried to find information about the Old English Court in Moscow, and I found this:

The Old English Court is a stone mansion erected in the early 16th century in Varvarka-street on the east side of the Kremlin. It is one of the earliest surviving specimens of Moscow's secular architecture. Most importantly it witnessed the birth of Anglo-Russian relations in the age of Ivan IV and Elizabeth I. For it was here from 1556 to 1649 that the first English trading and ambassadorial office in Moscow was located, the first official residence of a Western power in the Russian capital.

The official opening of the Old English Court Museum took place on 18 October 1994 in the presence of and with the participation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Yeah, so, it seems that those are old Russian buildings.

That's it for today! Thank you for stopping by!

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Fellow Steemians and Uloggers, I hope you enjoyed my 11th #Ulog. Thank you for reading and commenting!

Click here if you want to check my previous #Ulog (10th Ulog).

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