Guard! Again, that is not so in Moscow

• Help! Again, that is not so in Moscow

On the night of the museum, I went to the center. And walking in the center of Moscow more than once I was glad that he went on the subway, and not on the car - park was simply nowhere. Almost all the streets and alleys rummaged. It all looks a bit scary - like after the bombing. And in fact, it is the improvement of the streets on the program "My Street". For the construction of communications opened the asphalt and plunged into the cultural layers of our Moscow. Naturally, there is found a lot of interesting things. But, as usual, he raised a howl that barbarously destroying the history of Moscow. Well, let's see what that will be dug up to do.

To start my tour guide Alexander - a senior archaeologist at the construction site, he said that there are two approaches in archeology. The first is that everything has to be to get it, lick, blow away dust particles and all show. The second, which is now becoming more and more popular, is that found left in the ground. Preserved for further study. Excavations are complete only when the object faces total destruction. By the way, full excavation as well destroy our object of study - it disrupted layer by layer. Yes, by fixing each step and take pictures, but ... still destroying the object of study. But is it worth while now it is to unearth, if after a hundred years of research, the technology will be much better?

In principle, every point of view, have the right to life, but in the face of growing and developing cities to make the first approach, not conserving the entire city or any part?

Pushkin Square under siege - everywhere all dug.

Actually found something that already knew that there it is - the foundation walls of the Monastery of the Passion. In social networks constantly publish photographs allegedly terrible ruined wall of the White City on Tverskaya. So there it is not, since it is under the roadway of the boulevard. In this photo is about eight meters to the right. Only on the square was dug up a small corner of a wall, damaged during the Soviet era when communications routing. And the fact that the show is now in the photo, says Alexander, it is the foundation or the Passion of the monastery or the old conventional building materials. According to him, at least when it detects something unusual, the place examined, archaeologists often stop construction until they have finished their work.

Alexander says it is laying much later period than the 17th century. His colleagues believe that this is the 17th century, and every stone must be maintained.

In the meantime, on the site of a lining of communications conducted archaeological work. Location basement clarified to the millimeter. Part of the masonry, which was destroyed over time, is exported for use in the restoration work. And the problem of creating different left diggers. Often in these holes with metal detectors comes in the night and something sometimes find. It's not even the value of the finds and its location.

The remains of the drain in the base. Now, after all the survey operations will be closed down and the wall backfilled. But how else can you do?

In place of the lively square to make an open-air museum? Meaning? Moscow already has an underground museum of archeology at the Manege Square. It was built around found Voskresensky bridge during the construction of the underground complex at Okhotny Ryad. But the remnants of the Kuznetsk bridge was excavated in the late 80s, and carefully measured ... again rolled up under the asphalt. But here the day before yesterday Pyotr Biryukov said on Tverskaya will discover some of the finds lsponirovaniya for residents and guests of Moscow. solution will be found, in which we can see and the wooden bridge and other interesting objects. Lift them to the surface, protect the glass and make free access to walk the streets. Let's see how this will be implemented.

The thickness of the asphalt on Pushkin Square.

This is one of the most valuable artifacts found - a tool for the production of tools with which to do a counterfeit coin. It was found at the ancient bridge. As suggested, it dropped the counterfeiter to be caught red-handed. On one side of the metal coat of the cube, and the other seal.

Improvement works.

The site works around known.

It is simply Zoo underground. Remnants of wells, reservoirs and some pipes.

Not everything found under the ground is valuable, says Alexander. And the site shows "old bridge". Only two logs metal somehow there. And the rest are located at certain intervals and seem to be very young. It seems to be the remains of mounting some trenches left over from the construction of the times at home.

And this is immured stump. Tree once cut down, but not rotten stump without oxygen.

to the side of the Boulevard. Alexander shows Moscow cake. On the left, you can see that 25 centimeters of asphalt cut off. Right - the same amount left. Beneath it pavers, stone substrate and then another layer of paving stones.

Some time ago, a coin and frame was found at work in the pit.

A log house was found the remains of drainage wells, obmeryan, recorded, photographed and re-filled. Now the sand.

On Tverskaya Street trees will return! Just for the sake of this you can tolerate all this work!

All the clean air line into the ground.

The whole building is decorated in the same style - striped green fences information. And all the workers in green T-shirts and caps.

In the Tver found the remains of an old wooden bridge. Also a small portion of its canned - covered with sand. Alexander again unearthed a small fragment.

The remains of the bridge. She once burned and now was left essentially trash. Perhaps in the future of this bridge will be on display at Tverskaya.

The most notable works are carried out near the central telegraph. As you may recall from history, here in the 1930s, the demolished almost an entire city block the expansion of Tverskaya Street. House just blew up, and the basement filled fight.

Now, it opened again and pull through this garbage communication.

The well-preserved fragments of just a few. But again, all of the 19th century and does not represent a special value for archaeologists.

And sometimes it's just ruined brick layer.

Pit for this well dug at the site of the old excavation that has already been filled with sand.

The closer the Kremlin - the thicker asphalt. Previously, it was not removed, but simply placed on top of a new layer.

The thickness of the asphalt at the beginning of Tverskaya Street. Frankly, I was amazed.

By the end of the summer will be completed and Moscow will receive an updated Tverskaya Street. Either dead city museum or alive. I like the second option, of course.