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ALL SECRETS of the TSAR'S (Royal) ROAD
Zvenigorod Way -
Russian Via Sacra - Rublyevo-Uspenskoe
highway - Rublevka (Rublyovka)
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 Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky
Another Rublevka
Secrets of the Tsar's Road
Virtual travel - stories, essays and
investigations
Moscow, Gryphon - Russian
Cultural Foundation, 2009.
- 448 p.: ill.
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Content and text of the book
"Another Rublevka" (rus)
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Summary
Rublevka
(Rublyovka, Rublyevka)
- one of the unofficial names
of a prestigious residental area west of Moscow,
capital of Russia. The residences of many Government officials,
Heads of the state and successful businesspeople
or oligarch are located along Rublevka highway
(the official name - Rublyevo-Uspenskoe highway).
The famous Rublevka is also a
part of Russian history. This most prestigious
and expensive place in the vicinity of Moscow, indeed of all of Russia,
is the original «island of millionaires» where from the XIX
century (more precisely - since 14 centuries)
nouveau riche and celebrities have settled. The beauty of nature and the
fresh air typical for these upper reaches of the Moscow River have
attracted the super rich seeking solitude, comfort, glamour and pathos.
The famous Rublevka, formely called Zvenigorod Road or Tsar’s Road
(Royal Road), ends
right at the ancient walls of Zvenigorod, well-known for its unique
monuments of medieval Russian architecture.
Residences of
the President of Russia "Gorki-9". Since 2000 the current home
President's residence is Novo-Ogarjovo (Rus: Íîâî-Îãàð¸âî). It is
planned that it will have remained at the disposal of Putin after the
term ending, as Gorki-9 (Rus: Ãîðêè-9; sometimes called Residence
Barvikha - Rus: Áàðâèõà), but actually near it had remained at the
disposal of Boris Yeltsin after his retirement.
Rublevka Road
has long been a site for "dachas"
(Russian country houses of the townspeople). During the Soviet
period, prominent officials and intellectuals often used state-owned
dachas in the vicinity of this region.
Now real estate prices there are some of
the highest in the Russia and in the world.
Someone
says: Rublevka - Road to Bliss.
Kovalev-Sluchevsky,
Konstantin
Drugaja Rublevka
Tainy Tsarskogo Puti:
Virtual'noe Puteshestvie vo Vremeni i prostranstve
[
The
Other Rublevka.
Secrets of Royal Road: Virtual journey
through time and space ]
Moscow: Grifon - Russian Culture Foundation, 2009.
448 p. [ill.]
Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm. ISBN: 978-5-98862-059-4
Language: Russian
This book is about the history
of the two main northwest roads (Rublevskoe and Rublevo-Uspenskoe
highway) to
Moscow that were used for several centuries by Russian tsars.
Rublevka - one of the unofficial names of a prestigious
residental area west of Moscow, capital of Russia. The residences of many
Government officials, Heads of the state and successful businesspeople or
oligarch are located along Rublevka highway. It is a
collection of interesting stories about settlements, events and
personalities related to these roads.
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Rublevka
The stenogram of the TV-program
"RUSSIAN SIGHT" about Rublevka
with participation of
Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky
(in Russian)
HERE ›››
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Rublevka - opened
boutiques:
Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Dolce&Gabbana,
Bottega Veneta, Brioni, KiTon, Yves Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Sergio
Rossi, Boucheron, Ermenegildo Zegna, Giorgio Armani, Prada, YSL, Tod’s, Tom
Ford, Loro Piana, Frette, Chopard, Tiffani&Co, Graff, Bvlgari, de Grisogono,
Baccarat, Barvikha Hotel & Spa, Jewellery boutique Mercury, Bentley,
Lamborghini, Ferarri, Maserati and Harley-Davidson…
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Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky
The writer said in an
interview he gave to the news agency Interfax
A historian suggests returning Rublyovka (Rublevka) its "spiritual" name -
the Zvenigorodskoye Shosse. Moscow, Interfax
The historian and
writer Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky believes that renaming Rublyovka to the
Zvenigorodskoye Shosse thus returning it its historical name would become an
important event for believers who care for material and spiritual history of
their region.
"Returning ancient and close to many people name
Zvenigorodskoye Shosse would not only "rehabilitate" Rublyovka as a unique
region, but also contribute in spiritual self-identification of Muscovites,
residents of the Moscow Region and the whole Russia. I'd like it to happen
in the nearest future," Kovalev-Sluchevsky told an Interfax-Religion on
Wednesday.
The historian reminds that today's Rublyovka led to the
walls of St. Sava of Storozhi Monastery in Zvenigorod and "parishioners and
processions with cross to the relics of the holy monk, who was the first
disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh" followed this road and "for all Russian
rulers - great princes, tsars and emperors such pilgrimages were
compulsory."
According to the historian, the name "Rublyovskoye" and
"Rublyovo-Uspenskoye" was given to the highway as late as Soviet times and
originated from the Rublyovo village where log houses were built (Russian
for log is rublyony - IF) and has nothing to do with "Ruble and money."
Today after dramatic increase in prices for land in the
district, "this name turned into denominative that sounds ironically and
refers to "Russian glamour and pathos," the interviewee of the agency
stressed.
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=7072
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Rublevka: "The Beverly Hills" of rich Russians
Anyone who has less than $10 million in the bank becomes pretty much
an outsider in Rublevka, that road, not far from Moscow, along which lie
delightful villas next to other imposing constructions.
Razdory, Barvikha,
Zhukovka, Usovo, Barki are names associated with the charming Russian
backwoods, with little huts and vegetable patches. This did in fact exist
here once upon a time. The elite, the class which emerged during the Soviet
era, noticed this little spot on the upper reaches of the Moskva River long
ago and lay there its roots.
Now the 30km long
Rublevskoe Shosse, which stretches west from Kutuzovsky Prospect, has become
a sanctuary for the super rich. Those who have less than $10 million in
their bank accounts are seen in the eyes of Rublevka residents as despicable
middle class.
One of the huge
billboards, which line the road, advertises a "Jaguar”, while another
advertises Philippine housemaids and designer houses. Castles and vineyards
in France are also on offer. Dolce&Gabbana, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati,
Gucci, Prada, Armani and Harley Davidson have all opened boutiques in the
Luxury Valley in Barvikha.
For over 45 years now
Galina Shostakovich, daughter of the famous Soviet composer Dmitri
Shostakovich, has been spending a few months a year in Zhukovka. "My father
got his house in 1960. Back then it was a quiet area, and we used to have a
beautiful huge forest here," she reminisces. "We used to pick mushrooms
there and go skiing. Now they’ve cut down the forest and built houses which
are hidden behind huge fences. There are security cameras everywhere".
Your prestige here in
this ghetto for millionaires depends on how many bodyguards you’ve got,
which cars you drive, and how beautiful your wife or mistresses are. Galina
Shostakovich’s gate still doesn’t have a lock.
Your prestige here in
this ghetto for millionaires depends on how many bodyguards you’ve got,
which cars you drive, and how beautiful your wife or mistresses are. Galina
Shostakovich’s gate still doesn’t have a lock.
She doesn't like the
sparkling Zhukovka business centre, where even the most demanding clients
are never disappointed. The Doucet H.O. confectioner’s offers a huge choice
of all kinds of cakes, bread, wines and whiskeys. Heels clicking on the
floor, a pretty blonde in an open fur coat and expensive jeans walks into
the shop. With a bored look on her face, she orders a latte. On the flat TV
screen, a fashion show is being held.
Manfred Kviring, Die
Welt.
From
Inopressa
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 "Rublyovka
Road is the traffic artery connecting the powerhouse Moscow with the Russian
outback. At all times, the region bordering on Rublyovka has had a magnetic
attraction for the ruling elite classes: Tsars, dictators, presidents. Of
course, also present-day head of state Putin [Medvedev - also! - KK-S]
resides here.
In Putin's Russia, Rublyovka has become synonymous with
wealth, social ascent and decadent lifestyles. Tell-tale signs of the past
and gross excesses of Russian cutthroat capitalism have created a bizarre
microcosm that does not have a parallel elsewhere in this giant empire.
Nouveau riche upstarts have caused prices of properties on the Rublyovka to
rocket sky-high. Now the fight for the last remaining pieces of land has
broken out. The last remaining huts of the poor are swept aside to make way
for the palaces of the wealthy by means that could not be any more unfair or
brutal. The Russian State, celebrating an imperial comeback bolstered by
petro-billions, has declared open season on the weak and poor. Like "Indians
in their reservations", they feel. And hardly anyone dares to protest. No
wonder. Rublyovka is a strictly guarded maximum security area, where many
things are hushed up and kept under wraps.
In spite of grudgingly granted filming permits, the
film team was constantly harassed and threatened by the Russian security
service FSB, traffic police and each and every security company. Many parts
were filmed with a hidden camera. Nevertheless, the film was completed.
The camera follows losers and profiteers, rich and
poor, the powerful and their string puppets through their daily lives, in
which the social divide has become increasingly wide. The film draws a
social portrait of present-day Russia, in which Putin's "steered democracy"
increasingly assumes dictatorial features.
About
the Movie RUBLYOVKA - ROAD TO BLISS by Irene Langeman
http://www.rubljovka.de
The same can be said
about the book Konstantin Kovalev-Sluchevsky
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