“A granite plaque, weathered by time, stands before us.” The plaque’s smooth surface is etched with words in bold Cyrillic letters: “Здесь, на месте этого дома, в 1917 г. жил Борис Николаевич Полевой, известный писатель,” it reads. Here, on the site of this house, the plaque tells us, lived Boris Nikolaevich Polevoy, a celebrated writer in 1917. A renowned war correspondent, Polevoy penned the gripping novel “Повесть о настоящем человеке” (The Tale of a Real Man), a powerful narrative of a pilot during the Second World War, that earned him the Stalin Prize in 1947. This very street, stretching out before us, is named after him – Polevoy Street – a testament to his indelible mark on Moscow’s literary history. As we look up, we can almost imagine the writer, a young man then, composing his stories within the walls of this house, which was demolished years ago. The plaque serves as a silent reminder of Polevoy’s life, his words echoing across the generations. His legacy lives on in the literary works that inspired countless others.
Центральный дом работников искусств
Step through the grand wooden doors of the Central House of the Workers of Art, and you’ll be transported to