A portrait of Moscow, a city that has undergone momentous change yet is still impregnated with the European Middle Ages. Karl Schloegel provides a new and fascinating form of city portrait as he traverses Moscow's streets, unravelling the meanings and histories of monasteries and cemeteries, railway stations, barracks, Jugendstil villas and underground stations. He describes the history of Moscow in the modern period in all its forms and makes its buildings, monuments, parks and apartments come alive for the reader.