Do you know that in Moscow there is a house where "our everything" - Pushkin, Gogol and Tolstoy - are depicted in an ambiguous and ... mmm ... frivolous environment? This house is known to many who walk around the Arbat lanes, but few peer into the collapsing bas-reliefs. I didn't even look until I found out some interesting details.
House 4/5 in Plotnikov Lane was built for the homeowner G.E. Broido according to the project of the architect N.I. Zherikhov, in 1907. The author of the sculptures is supposedly L. S. Sinaev-Bernshtein.
According to one of the versions, the frieze "Parnassus" was commissioned to the sculptor for the museum. fine arts on Volkhonka. Initially, it depicted a procession of 50 figures, among which were writers, artists and scientists from different countries. They were heading towards Apollo, who was handing out wreaths of glory. Among them were Russian writers, depicted in antique clothes, in the arms of muses (for example, in the top photo - apparently, Pushkin and Gogol condemning him). However sculptural composition was rejected by the customer, who considered it too frivolous, and somehow some of the figures got on tenement house in Plotnikov Lane.
According to another version, before the revolution, the building was a brothel, and writers were frequent guests of the institution.
A reliable fact is that today the bas-reliefs are in a terrible state, they are gradually being destroyed, and some figures are so sad to look at that I did not post a photo.
So let's see while there's more. And at the same time - another not quite ordinary building opposite the "house with bas-reliefs" and several atmospheric autumn photos from Gagarinsky Lane.

Ah, those Arbat lanes... On the way to the house in Plotnikovo

General view from Plotnikov lane

General view of the figures from Maly Mogiltsevsky Lane

An ordinary house, above Leo Tolstoy (by the way, it is believed that this is his first lifetime sculptural image) is an ordinary balcony.

Leo Tolstoy embracing Pushkin

The figures are repeated, here is another Gogol

Who is there to the right of Tolstoy??

A copy of the composition from the top photo - but already on the other wall of the building

And on the other side of Plotnikov Lane - here is such a charming mansion (this is its side facing Glazovsky Lane). I thought it was a well-restored Art Nouveau, but it turned out that the date of construction was the second decade of the 21st century. This is a five-apartment club house PlotnikoFF, the construction of which was recently completed. Well, I think the styling is pretty good...

And just a few autumn photos from Gagarinsky Lane. Captured the last good days...

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Today we are in line - Zoo museum Moscow State University. And the emphasis in the topic will not be in terms of the exposition of this magnificent museum, but as a remarkable architectural object Old Moscow. The Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University has a glorious history. And besides, it was in this museum that Vladimir Ipatievich Persikov worked - main character Fantastic story by Mikhail Bulgakov "Fatal Eggs". We will not leave history either - and we will also examine this architectural masterpiece both from Bolshaya Nikitskaya and from the courtyard of Moscow State University.

Research Zoological Museum of Moscow state university named after M.V. Lomonosov - one of major museums natural-historical direction in Russia. In terms of the volume of scientific funds, it is among the top ten largest museums in the world of this profile, and ranks second in Russia. Its scientific funds currently include more than 8 million items. The annual increase in scientific collections is about 25-30 thousand items. storage. The most extensive collections are entomological (about 3 million), a collection of mammals (more than 200 thousand) and birds (157 thousand). AT modern exposition about 7.5 thousand exhibits were exhibited: two halls are reserved for the systematic part, one for the evolutionary-morphological part. More than 150 thousand people visit the museum every year.
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The museum was founded in 1791 as a natural history cabinet at the Imperial Moscow University. Back in 1759, a natural science museum was formed at Moscow University, which was then called the Mineralogical Cabinet. After biological exhibits appeared among its exhibits, in 1759 a “natural history cabinet” was created from them.

In 1802, Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov, who had his own natural science museum, which included excellent collections compiled by the three kingdoms of nature (including minerals) and an excellent library, expressed a desire to transfer it to Moscow University and previously contributed 100 thousand rubles to the safe treasury in order to a percentage of the donated amount went to the maintenance of the museum and to the salary of that special professor of the formed department of natural history, who would become the custodian of the collections.
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Specially invited to Moscow in 1803, G.I. Fischer von Waldheim, in 1804, took up the organization and description of the university collections and the museum of P.G. Demidov. The first inventory of the collections was made by him in 1806-1807.
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In the Moscow fire of 1812, the priceless scientific wealth of the museum was almost completely destroyed. Fischer, who remained in Moscow, managed to save only part of the conchological collection (mollusks). Fisher, having transferred all his personal collections and the library to the museum, began to involve many naturalists and private collectors in the active acquisition of new funds and concerns for the restoration of the museum, and already in 1814 there were 6 thousand items in the revived museum. In the inventory of the restored museum collections published by G.I. Fisher in 1822, there were almost 10 thousand items. The zoological and mineralogical collections were finally separated - even territorially. The revived zoological museum is located in the wing of the new classroom building. By the beginning of the 1830s, G.I. Fisher managed to bring the volume of the collection to 25,000 items. Initially, the collection served primarily educational purposes. Since 1866 the museum became public. The building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street was specially built for the museum according to the project of K. M. Bykovsky (in 1892-1902) in the eclectic style. In the 1930s, the museum was incorporated into the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University.
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The Zoological Museum consists of two buildings set at right angles along Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street and Nikitsky Lane. At the junction at the corner, there is a semi-rotunda the height of the first tier with a portal framed by Tuscan semi-columns. Decorative elements use animal and plant motifs.
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Now, let's look into the courtyard of the Zoological Museum and, at the same time, Moscow State University ...
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Before us is the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics.
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On the right is the building of the Institute of Asian and African countries.
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To the left - Research Institute and Department of Normal Physiology.
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And this is the building of the Zoological Museum from the courtyard.
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The Zoological Institute became the setting for Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastic story "Fatal Eggs". It was here that Professor Persikov invented a certain red ray, which contributed to the rapid development of animal organisms. Reptiles then flooded the capital and nearby regions, a catastrophe set in ... The story was perceived by contemporaries as a libelous satire on the communist idea: Vladimir Ipatievich Persikov was seen as the figure of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, and the red ray was a symbol of the socialist revolution in Russia, which was carried out under the slogan of building a better future but brought terror and dictatorship.

The current building of the Moscow Zoological Museum on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, 2 was erected between 1896 and 1902 according to the project of a famous architect.

It was Konstantin Mikhailovich who completed the first building in Moscow, specially designed for the placement of a museum complex with indispensable exhibition halls and premises for accommodating funds.

Photo 1. The building of the Zoological Museum on Bolshaya Nikitskaya street, 2

The building of the Zoological Museum itself is designed as a conjugation of two buildings adjacent to each other at an angle. The main facade planes, therefore, face Nikitsky Lane and B. Nikitskaya Street.

The junction of the buildings is made in the form of a semi-rotunda with a portal surrounded by semi-columns of the so-called Tuscan order. The decor is represented by stucco on animal and plant themes.

From the history of the Zoological Museum on Bolshaya Nikitskaya

Himself, belonging to Moscow University, was founded in 1791. On the initial stage it was the Cabinet of Natural History. A huge contribution to its formation was made by scientists Grigory Ivanovich Fisher, Karl Frantsevich Rul'e, Anatoly Petrovich Bogdanov, Alexander Andreevich Tikhomirov, Grigory Alexandrovich Kozhevnikov and many others.

After October 1917, in the 20s of the same century, in this museum complex First, they placed the Research Institute of Zoology, and then, already in the 30s, they again assigned the status of a museum attached to the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University. The status of the Research Zoological Museum was approved only in the 90s of the XX century.

Zoological Museum The Zoological Museum was founded on the basis of the collections of the Zoological Cabinet of the Kunstkamera in 1832 and until the end of the 19th century was housed in a building adjacent to the academic center. Then he moved to a new building provided to him on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island in 1901, where he is still located. In 1896 he was transferred to the premises southern warehouse Exchanges (built in the years under the guidance of architect I.F. Lukini), where the "exposition hall" was located - the first room in Russia specially equipped for exhibitions. The museum is located here to this day. In 1930 the museum was transformed into the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, which still exists today on the basis of the huge zoological collections of the museum. The museum itself is an exhibition department of the institute and at the same time it is one of the largest zoological museums in the world (animals, stuffed animals and skeletons of many rare and extinct animals, blue corals, etc.). Exhibition area sq.m., where about the exhibits are shown. Collections of Palearctic animals are unique, especially Central Asia and mammoth fauna (including the mammoths themselves). Skeletons and fragments of bodies preserved in permafrost are exhibited. The expositions contain many dioramas representing animals in their natural conditions of existence.

In particular, here you can see the skeleton of Steller's cow. The dimensions of the animal are amazing: 10 meters in length and about 2 meters in volume. The animal was first discovered in 1740 by the expedition of Vitus Bering off the coast of the Commander Islands. An amazing marine mammal was sketched and described by a member of the expedition, scientist Georg Steller, after whom the sea cow was named. Thirty years after the discovery of Steller's cow, it was completely destroyed and disappeared as a species. Also on display are mammoths. These extinct animals were very similar to modern elephants with a few exceptions: they lived in a cold climate and were covered with wool. In addition, mammoth tusks were more massive and heavier than those of elephants, and had a more complex shape and structure. Mammoths lived during ice age and not somewhere in Africa, but in Europe, including in Russia. In August 1900, the first corpse of a mammoth was discovered near the Berezovka River. And in 1977, the corpse of a mammoth was found near the Kirgilyakh stream, which was given the name Dima. It was found out that before death the mammoth ate well. In his stomach, scientists found grass and tree branches - the remains of the last meal. Dima was successfully transferred to the Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, where he is now kept. In particular, here you can see the skeleton of Steller's cow. The dimensions of the animal are amazing: 10 meters in length and about 2 meters in volume. The animal was first discovered in 1740 by the expedition of Vitus Bering off the coast of the Commander Islands. An amazing marine mammal was sketched and described by a member of the expedition, scientist Georg Steller, after whom the sea cow was named. Thirty years after the discovery of Steller's cow, it was completely destroyed and disappeared as a species. Also on display are mammoths. These extinct animals were very similar to modern elephants with a few exceptions: they lived in a cold climate and were covered with wool. In addition, mammoth tusks were more massive and heavier than those of elephants, and had a more complex shape and structure. Mammoths lived during the ice age and not somewhere in Africa, but in Europe, including in Russia. In August 1900, the first corpse of a mammoth was discovered near the Berezovka River. And in 1977, the corpse of a mammoth was found near the Kirgilyakh stream, which was given the name Dima. It was found out that before death the mammoth ate well. In his stomach, scientists found grass and tree branches - the remains of the last meal. Dima was successfully transferred to the Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg, where he is now kept.

History of the Zoological Museum Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy Science is one of oldest museums Russia. The history of the museum is connected with the Kunstkamera, the first museum in Russia founded by Peter the Great in 1714. The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the oldest museums in Russia. The history of the museum is connected with the Kunstkamera, the first museum in Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1714. In 1832, on the basis of the zoological collections of the Kunstkamera, an independent Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences was established. This year is considered the year of its foundation. Later, in 1930, the Museum was transformed into the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, now the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the largest zoological museums in the world and our country. At present, the museum exhibition occupies most of the second floor of the vast building of the Zoological Institute, as well as the choirs in the first hall. About 30 thousand specimens of animals from all regions of the globe are exhibited here, and the total exhibition area is 6 thousand square meters. m. The museum is an exhibition department of the Institute. The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is one of the largest zoological museums in the world and our country. At present, the museum exhibition occupies most of the second floor of the vast building of the Zoological Institute, as well as the choirs in the first hall. About 30 thousand specimens of animals from all regions of the globe are exhibited here, and the total exhibition area is 6 thousand square meters. m. The museum is an exhibition department of the Institute.

The modern Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and its museum are one of the world's largest animal repositories. The scientific funds of the institute include about 50 million items. storage. The division of the Museum's collections, and then the Institute's collections into exhibition and stock ones, was made more than a hundred years ago and is still preserved. The modern Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and its museum are one of the world's largest animal repositories. The scientific funds of the institute include about 50 million items. storage. The division of the Museum's collections, and then the Institute's collections into exhibition and stock ones, was made more than a hundred years ago and is still preserved.

At first, the Museum occupied premises in the Museum Wing of the Academy. The rapid growth of the Museum's collections required a new spacious building. It was granted in 1893. The Museum, and later the Institute, is still located in this building near the Palace Bridge.

The history of the building has many interesting pages that preceded the appearance of the Museum here. It took a lot of money and effort to remake it for the needs of the Museum, move the collections and create a new exposition. Only 7 years later, on February 6/19, 1901, in the presence of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, numerous members of the royal family and government officials, the Museum was reopened to visitors.

New collections entered the Museum constantly. Replenishment came from three main sources - expeditions of Russian scientists, gifts from individuals from all over Russia and from abroad, and through purchases and exchanges. When placing the exposition in the new building, much attention was paid to the creation of so-called biological groups - showcases, where animals were shown in their natural environment. This museum innovation significantly increased the educational value of the expositions.

From the very first days of the existence of the Museum and up to the present time, a significant part of the incoming materials was made in the form of stuffed animals with the aim of exhibiting them in the Museum. Remarkable masters of their craft worked on this, who created the St. Petersburg school of taxidermy, leading in Russia. Currently, the museum has its own taxidermy workshop.

The Zoological Museum is the largest center of zoological and environmental education in the Northwestern region of Russia. Guided tours by the Museum's staff of guides cover all contemporary issues zoology and are designed for visitors of almost any age and training from children kindergarten to students of specialized biological and medical institutes. The museum is visited by about 500 thousand people a year.

Museum exhibition At present, the museum exhibition occupies most of the second floor of the vast building of the Zoological Institute, as well as the choirs in the first hall. The number of exhibits on display exceeds, and the total area of ​​the exposition is sq. m. Currently, the museum exposition occupies most of the second floor of the vast building of the Zoological Institute, as well as the choirs in the first hall. The number of exhibits on display exceeds, and the total area of ​​the exposition is sq. m. The main principle of building the exposition is the demonstration of animals in accordance with the modern scientifically based system. An addition to it is the display of animals in a natural setting. The main principle of building the exposition is the demonstration of animals in accordance with the modern scientifically substantiated system. An addition to it is the display of animals in a natural setting. Biological groups and dioramas in the birds and mammals section show the inhabitants of the main biogeographic zones of Eurasia, while the invertebrate section reflects the diversity of the natural zones of the World Ocean from tropical to subpolar regions. Biological groups and dioramas in the birds and mammals section show the inhabitants of the main biogeographic zones of Eurasia, while the invertebrate section reflects the diversity of the natural zones of the World Ocean from tropical to subpolar regions. One of the expositions of the museum is devoted to the recent geological past of the Earth and demonstrates fossil animals - mammoths and mammoth fauna. One of the expositions of the museum is devoted to the recent geological past of the Earth and demonstrates fossil animals - mammoths and mammoth fauna.

The systematic collection of invertebrates contains many rare exhibits. One of these curiosities is the longest giant "Sea pen" at 2.6 m long, mined by the drifting station "North Pole-6". The museum has a collection of tridacna, among which is the shell of the unique Rosewater tridacna (Fig.), described by the staff of our institute in 1991 and known only from one single place - the bank of Sail de Malla in the western part of the Indian Ocean.

Insects This most numerous class of the animal world is represented by more than exhibits located in the choirs of the first hall of the Museum and representing all orders of insects. Special attention visitors are attracted by their bright colors and large sizes collections of tropical butterflies, beetles and grasshoppers.

Fish The collection of fish and fish is located in the first half of the second hall on the left side and in its center. Here are 720 species of fish from the globe. The collection of fish and fish is located in the first half of the second hall on the left side and in its center. Here are 720 species of fish from the globe. The collections of sharks, stingrays, sturgeons and salmon are especially well represented.

Amphibians and reptiles Exhibits representing more than 500 species of these classes of vertebrates occupy the central part of the left side and the middle of the second hall. Exhibits representing more than 500 species of these classes of vertebrates occupy the central part of the left side and the middle of the second hall. Class amphibians (amphibians) Representatives of this class are four-legged animals from the anamnia group, body temperature is unstable, skin is bare, with a large number of glands. There are internal nostrils of the choana. The middle ear has one auditory ossicle. The cervical and sacral spine are formed by one vertebra. Amphibians have a three-chambered heart with two circulations. Fertilization occurs in water, larvae also develop in water. The class accommodates about views. Orders of amphibians: Tailless (frog) Tailed (newt, salamander) Legless (worm) The habitat of amphibians is located on the border between water and land. Their skin is bare and moist, with glands that secrete mucus. Mucus has bactericidal properties, and also contains irritating substances, which, due to their properties, repel predators from amphibians. Constant hydration of the skin is necessary for breathing, as amphibians suffocate the entire surface. For example, the ratio of the lengths of the capillaries of the skin and lungs in a newt is 4:1, and in a toad 1:3.

Reptiles Reptiles are terrestrial animals with a variable body temperature. Reptiles have a well-defined neck, dry skin with keratinized epidermis, and no glands. In the thoracic spine there are ribs that form the chest. The cortex appears in the cerebral hemispheres. The heart is 3-chambered with an incomplete septum in the ventricle. The excretory organs are the pelvic kidneys. Fertilization is internal. The class contains about species. Subclasses of reptiles: Lizards (beakheads) Scaled turtles Crocodiles Common skeleton (crocodile) Komodo monitor lizard

Birds The exposition dedicated to birds is located in the last third of the second hall, and its entire right side and central part are occupied by biogroups showing the life of birds in a variety of conditions - in the European, Siberian and Far Eastern taiga, in the semi-desert and on the sea coast, in the tundra, in mountains and lakes. The exposition dedicated to birds is located in the last third of the second hall, and its entire right side and central part are occupied by biogroups showing the life of birds in a variety of conditions - in the European, Siberian and Far Eastern taiga, in the semi-desert and on the sea coast, in the tundra, in mountains and lakes.

The systematic collection (left side of the room) contains all existing orders of birds. Of particular interest here are the collections of birds of prey, waders, hummingbirds, parrots, woodpeckers, pigeons and passerines. Bird class Birds are warm-blooded animals adapted for flight. The forelimbs are modified into wings, the body is covered with feathers. The cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres are well developed, there is a bark. The heart is 4-chambered, with a right aortic arch. The lungs are connected to the air sac system. Birds reproduce by laying eggs. The class contains about species. Superorders of birds: Keel-breasted Riteless Penguins The shape of the body of birds is streamlined, adapted for flight. Almost all systems are adapted for flight. The size of the birds fluctuate slightly. The largest flying birds are the condor (wingspan reaches 2.5 m), the smallest are hummingbirds (body length 5 cm). In our fauna, the smallest bird is the kinglet. Integuments of the body and their modifications: feathers are a modification of the epidermis. The feather is a horny hollow rod, which has a fan (horny beards). Such a feather system provides air impermeability of the bird's body cover, which allows it to rely on air. Feathers change regularly, molting occurs between feeding periods.

Mammals The collections of mammals occupy part I and the entire III halls of the museum. Skeletons and stuffed animals of cetaceans and pinnipeds are exhibited in the 1st hall, the exposition of the 3rd hall presents the rest of the detachments of this class. It also hosts more than 90 biological groups showing animals in their natural habitat.

The exposition of animals of the mammoth fauna, the collections of Przhevalsky, Langsdorf, Voznesensky, as well as superbly executed biological groups of Amur tigers, saigas, giraffes and lions enjoy constant attention. Mammals are warm-blooded animals covered with hair. Mammals have a well-defined head with an external ear, neck, trunk, and tail. The skin has sebaceous and sweat glands, the muscles are well differentiated. There is a diaphragm - a flat muscular partition between the lungs and other internal organs. The teeth are differentiated into incisors, canines and molars. Lungs of alveolar structure. The heart is 4-chambered with a left aortic arch. Mammals give birth to live young, females feed their offspring with their milk. Mammals are the highest vertebrates. Signs of a complex organization: high development central nervous system and sense organs, due to which they differ in complex behavior. The heart is divided into left and right parts, which allows the arterial system to carry pure arterial blood. Females have a hollow organ of the uterus, which allows them to bear a cub for a long time and give birth to it alive. The presence of mammary glands allows you to feed the cubs after birth. Mammals are the pinnacle of the evolution of animal development, they are ubiquitous, the organ system works perfectly as a whole. The class has about species. Subclasses: Oviparous (cloacal, monotreme) Marsupials Placental Sizes of mammals vary considerably. The smallest animal is the baby shrew, the body is about 2 cm, weight 2.5 g. The largest mammal is the blue whale, whose body reaches 33 m and weighs 150 tons. The skin of mammals consists of the epidermis and dermis, as well as subcutaneous adipose tissue.

Rare and endangered animals this moment is under threat. In all sections of the exposition, the so-called "Red Book" species are presented, that is, those animals whose existence is currently under threat. Some of them are included in the Red Book of the World, some - in the national or regional Red Books.

Here are rare species of fish (Amu Darya and Syrdarya shovelnose), and a giant Japanese salamander, and the famous tuatara, the last representative of a vast order of beak-headed reptiles that has survived to this day, the Japanese ibis and Californian condor, Amur tigers, okapi and many others.

Extinct Animals Exhibits representing extinct animals are unique in that they will never be recovered again. Undoubtedly, the first place among them is occupied by the world-famous collection of our Museum, which includes the remains of mammoths and other animals of the mammoth fauna, preserved in the permafrost of the Eurasian North. Here you can see the world's only stuffed adult mammoth (Berezovsky mammoth), mummies of two mammoth cubs, heads of woolly rhinos, limbs and skulls of ancient bison, horses, the skeleton of a cave bear...

Key Dates and Events in the History of the Zoological Museum of Moscow University

Second half of the 1750s Foundation of Moscow University with the Department of Natural History (1755); donation to the University by the Demidov family of their family collection of natural history objects - the “Henkel Cabinet” (1757–1759), the establishment on its basis of the Mineral (Natural) Cabinet at the said Department (1759) - the predecessor of the modern Zoological and Mineralogical Museums.

1770 The mineral cabinet is brought into the system, its first inventory is compiled.

1791 Relocation of the Mineralogical (Natural) Cabinet from the former Aptekarsky House to the new university building on Mokhovaya; from this year it begins to be titled "Cabinet of Natural History"; This year marks the beginning of the existence of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University.

1805–1807 Based on donated by P.G. Demidov of the natural history collection at the University, the Demidov Department of Natural History is established with the transfer of the Cabinet of Natural History to the jurisdiction of its ordinary professor (head); bringing the two main sections of the university collection - the "Imperial Museum" and the "Demidov Museum" - into an order corresponding to the Natural System adopted in Europe; a complete catalog is compiled and published.

1810s The destruction of almost the entire university collection of natural history objects in the Moscow fire (1812); the restoration of this collection anew at the expense of numerous donations (1813 onwards); its accommodation in the restored university building on Mokhovaya on the right corner of Nikitskaya st. (1818); the new collection is ordered not according to the former “departmental”, but according to the “natural” principle - like the Zoological and Mineralogical cabinets.

Mid-second half of the 1830s According to the new university charter, the unified Demidov Department and the Museum natural history abolished and divided according to the above "natural" principle into the departments of zoology and mineralogy with the same-named offices with them (1835), they are assigned to different professors; nevertheless, subsequent (until the 1860s) university annual reports indicate that these rooms are subdivisions of the Museum of Natural History; relocation of collections to the new building of the University on the left side of Nikitskaya st. (1837).

Late 1840s The zoological and mineralogical collections are separated geographically: this has become an important prerequisite for the transformation of the Zoological Cabinet into a full-fledged Zoological Museum.

First half of the 1860s By order of the trustee of the Moscow educational district, almost the entire collection of naturalia, which makes up the university Museum of Natural History, was transferred to the newly created public museum(1861); in 1864–1865 collections returned. The Zoological Cabinet is fully integrated with the Department of Zoology, a special “staff division” is established between them: this strengthened the delimitation of the two sections of the named Museum of Natural History (which had actually ceased its “single” existence) and was the last step towards turning the Zoological Cabinet into an independent Zoological Museum (1870 -s gg.).

1900s Moving of the Zoom Museum to the newly rebuilt building of the Zoological building on right side Nikitskaya street, which it shares with the Institute and the Museum comparative anatomy(1901–1902). The exposition halls on the second floor are equipped with specially ordered metal showcases from the Kunscherf company (1907–1909). In the Lower Hall, the floor is completely re-laid (1910). The upper hall of the Zoom Museum opens to visitors (1911).

First half of the 1930s In connection with the reorganization of the entire scientific and educational system of the country, the Zoom Museum is mainly assigned an educational (exposition) function. Its scientific part (including the disposal of fund collections) is briefly transferred to the Scientific Research Institute of Zoology (NIIZ), whose leadership proposes to distribute museum collections to other universities, museums and schools (1930). The Museum of Comparative Anatomy was attached to the Zoom Museum (1931); The Zoo Museum (in its new composition) is transferred from university subordination to the direct subordination of the Glavnauka Narkompros, it receives the name "Moscow Zoological Museum" (1931). From now on, the director of the Zoom Museum is appointed, regardless of official position, to any of the faculty departments; the administrative-staff system is changing in it (1932), accounting, storage and exposition work is being established (1933–1935); the exposition of the Lower Hall is reorganized and it is opened to the public (1932–1933).

First half of the 1940s In connection with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War some of the Zoom Museum collections are taken to Ashgabat, some are conserved (1941); some time later they return to Moscow and are placed in their original places, the exposition halls on the second floor are opened to the public (1942-1943)

Early 1950s Due to the introduction of a new remuneration system in the scientific and teaching system, almost all of its leading employees leave the Zoom Museum. In preparation for the move of most of the faculties of Moscow University to a new complex of buildings on the Lenin Hills, many of the premises of the Zoom Museum are assigned to various kinds of services and materials, the exhibition halls are closed to the public, and a significant part of the collections is conserved (1951–1952). After the move and the vacating of the premises, storage and exhibition work returned to normal (1955–1955). The relocation of the Faculty of Biology greatly reduced the possibility of including museum collections in pedagogical process; for the same reason, the Zoo Museum was deprived of almost all scientific library.

Mid 1960s To correct the abnormal situation with official salaries of the researchers of the Zoom Museum, they are officially “assigned” to the specialized departments of the Faculty of Biology. The situation with salaries is improving, employees continue to work within the walls of the Zoom Museum, providing the entire system for replenishing, storing and using collection funds - but “legally” it loses its scientific and storage staff.

1970s and 1980s The museum is entering a difficult and lengthy period of overhaul, the beginning of which was the failure of the floor of the lower hall (1971). During the repair, the area occupied by the Museum was significantly expanded (due to the addition of premises previously given over to residential apartments), the Lower Hall was equipped with new metal showcases, the Zoological Auditorium was reconstructed, many depositories were equipped with metal shelves and cabinets. During the second half of the 1980s. collections are housed in the old and new premises, exhibition halls are open to the public.

1991 The Zoological Museum was given the status of a research institution, it received the name "Research Zoological Museum of Moscow State University named after M.V. M.V. Lomonosov"; researchers working at the Zoom Museum are again officially included in its staff.

Early-mid 2010s Scientific and educational activities are significantly activated in the Zoom Museum. The zoological audience is reorganized into the Biolecture Hall (2006), the Zoo Museum begins to actively participate in city educational events. New subdivisions are being established: a terrarium with scientific and educational functions (2010), a sector of scientific and public projects (2010), the White Sea branch of the Zoom Museum on the basis of the White Sea Biological Station of Moscow State University (2011). Digital technologies are beginning to be actively used in scientific and educational work: electronic databases are organized on scientific (including typical) collections.