About the book: 2006 / From this guide the reader will learn a brief history of religious buildings and places of Orthodox Taganka. We will go to the courtyard of the Athos Monastery, climb Shvivaya Hill, visit the Simonov, Novospassky, Andronikov monasteries and the Krutitsa Patriarchal courtyard. Let's walk through the streets, squares and alleys of Tagannoy Hill, which is the highest of the group of seven hills on which modern Moscow is located, and find out their former names. A short guide prepared based on archival research materials.