Povsednevnaya zhizn' srednevekovoy Moskvy

Stolica Svyatoy Rusi, gorod Dmitriya Donskogo i Andreya Rubleva, mitropolita Makariya i Ivana Groznogo, patriarha Nikona i protopopa Avvakuma, Simeona Polockogo i Simona Ushakova; mesto prebyvaniya knyazey i boyar, carey i arhiereev, bogatyh kupcov i umelyh remeslennikov, svyatyh i podvizhnikov, nochnyh tatey i "nepotrebnyh zhenok"... Srednevekovaya Moskva, opoyasannaya chetyr'mya ryadami sten, sverkala zolotom glav kremlevskih soborov i krestami soroka sorokov cerkvey, gordilas' velikolepiem uzorchatyh palat - i pogloschalas' ognennoy stihiey, tonula v potokah gryazi, byla ohvachena uzhasom "morovogo povetriya". Istinnoe blagochestie gorozhan sochetalos' s grubost'yu, molitva - s bran'yu, dobrye dela - s povsednevnym rukoprikladstvom. Iz knigi kandidata istoricheskih nauk Sergeya Shokareva zemlyaki drevnih moskvichey smogut uznat', kak vyglyadeli znakomye s detstva mesta - Krasnaya ploschad', Nikol'skaya, Il'inka, Varvarka, Pokrovka, kak zhili, rabotali, lyubili ih dalekie predki, a zhiteli drugih regionov Rossii naydut v ney otvet na vopros o kornyah delovitogo, predpriimchivogo, zhiznestoykogo moskovskogo haraktera.