From Samotyochnaya Street to Dostoevsky Street

This tramline was constructed in 1938 as a replacement for a closed line in Commune Square (now Suvorov Square). As for the name of Dostoevsky Street... Indeed, Fyodor Dostoevsky was born here in this street, in a room where his parents lived. The family lived by the hospital where his father worked, and the hospital with its nice building is ready to celebrate its second centennial (it was established in 1806 and managed to survive Napoleon's invasion in 1812 when most of Moscow was burnt).

	Tram stop Samotyochnaya Ulitsa in 3rd Samotyochniy Pereulok. This aged brickstone building was demolished in 1980's in order to free some space for a parking lot, but the view in general has not changed much since; this lane does not heavily suffer for traffic, and trams continue their running (only the route has changed - 7 instead of 50). © Gordon Stewart October 10, 1985.
	3rd Samotyochniy Pereulok is a old and silent lane with many trees and even a pond. The school I used to go until 1980 (when our family moved to a new large flat but located in a distant district of Moscow) is behind trees in the right. June 2000.
	3rd Samotyochniy Pereulok winds between modern dwelling blocks erected in 1970's in place of old single- or double-storey wooden and brickstone mansions. © Gordon Stewart October 10, 1985.
	The tramline crosses Seleznyovskaya Street and climbs along Dostoevsky Pereulok to Dostoevsky Street. June 1997.
	Dostoevsky Pereulok links Seleznyovskaya St with Dostoevsky St. This place has drastically changed since this shot was taken and you will hardly recognize it (if it were not for the façade of an old hospital in the distance, remaining the same since 1806). © Gordon Stewart October 10, 1985.

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