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1. Why was the tower called Sukharev?
2. What do people remember about the Sukharev Tower today?
3. What kind of books did James Bruce write?
4. Why was the Sukharev Tower destroyed?
5. Who was the architect that designed the Sukharev Tower?
6. When was the first Russian astronomical observatory created?
7. What was the shape of the Sukharev Tower?
A. If you ask random Muscovites who are familiar with Moscow history to name the most mysterious building in Moscow that has ever been built and then destroyed, they would probably say – the Sukharev Tower. Indeed, the Sukharev Tower has always been known to hold secrets, even now – when it hasn’t been around for almost a century.
B. It was built in 1695 by the order of Peter the Great, and being 64 meters tall was one of the tallest buildings in Moscow. To compare it to other old “skyscrapers”, Ivan the Great’s Belfry was at first 60 meters tall and then rebuilt to become 81 meters tall, while St Basil’s Cathedral is 65 meters tall. The Sukharev Tower wasn’t just tall, it was also 40 meters wide and was supposed to look like a big ship, which it certainly did.
C. Peter the Great built the Sukharev Tower to thank his loyal Strelets and colonel Lavrenty Sukharev who helped the young Czar when Peter’s sister Sophia tried to take his place on the Russian throne. Much of the second floor of the tower was given to the Streltsy of Sukharev’s regiment. But there was much more space in the tower, so the third floor was given to the School of Mathematical and Navigation Sciences with Peter the Great’s famous friend James Bruce at its head.
D. Born in Russia but in a Scottish family, James Bruce was a man of many talents. A reformer of the Russian artillery, he also loved mathematics and natural sciences, including geography and astronomy. In 1702 he opened the first observatory in Russia which was located in the Sukharev Tower. It was his extraordinary talents and knowledge that made simple people believe that he practiced dark magic and create legends about him. According to one of the legends, a real fiery dragon visited James Bruce at night in his home.
E. James Bruce spent many a night in his observatory in the Sukharev Tower watching the stars, drawing maps of Russia and writing dictionaries and geometry textbooks. Back then Moscow didn’t have any lighting system in the streets and was pitch black at night. This made the lonely lit window in the third floor of the Sukharev Tower even more mysterious and scary for the simple people.
F. Legends and myths around the Sukharev Tower didn’t save it from destruction. In 1931 the General Plan of Reconstruction of Moscow was adopted by the government. It was planned to make the central streets wider. The Sukharev Tower was standing too close to the Garden Ring. It was pulled down in 1934.
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