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The Rostov's House  
   

The Rostov's House

This was the house upon which Tolstoy based his description of the Rostov Mansion. The statue commemorates the man himself and the mansion is now the home of Moscow's Literary Society.
Moscow

December 1st 2005
Sat. 26 November Arrived in the evening at Moscow Airport after flying with Aeroflot, the major Russian airline. They still have the hammer and sickle as their airline symbol. It was a forty-five minute ride to our hotel in the city centre. We noted right away how flat the city is. We wasted little time after checking into our hotel to run to the nearby 24-hour shop and purchase some samp ... read more
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