Yar (restaurant)

The second "Yar" opened 1913.

The Yar (Яр, from French "yard") was a restaurant and theatre in 19th Century Moscow frequented by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov and Maxim Gorky. It was famous for its Sokolovsky gypsy choir.[1] The Yar ran from 1826 to 1925 on the street known as Kuznetsky Most.[2]

Moscow Kuznetsky Most Street No.9 in 2008, no longer a restaurant

The second Yar was opened on the St. Petersburg chaussée built by Adolf Erichson 1909-1913.

The current Yar is in the Sovietsky Hotel on Leningradsky Prospect.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Moscow: A Cultural History - Page 192 Caroline Brooke - 2006
  2. ↑ My Life - Page 562 Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya, Andrew Donskov - 2011
  3. ↑ The Rough Guide to Moscow - Page 328 Dan Richardson - 2001

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