Monument to Russian-Georgian friendship. The monument is very unusual: a huge column ending in a wreath is made up of hardly distinguishable letters of the Georgian and Russian alphabets, which form the words "Peace", "Labor", "Unity", "Brotherhood". The column stands on a wide flat pedestal with scrolls, one of which is inscribed with words from the Treaty of St. George, according to which Georgia became part of Russian Empire, while the rest contain quotations from the works of many authors dedicated to friendship between Russia and Georgia.

This building of the sculptor Zurab Tsereteli and the architect Andrei Voznesensky, popularly nicknamed "skewers with barbecue", was opened in 1983, in the year of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of St. George.

A monument was erected on Tishinskaya Square, on the site of the historical settlement of Georgians in Moscow.The monument "Friendship Forever" or "Tree of Language" is the first building of Tsereteli installed in Moscow.

The monument was "paired": the second part, called "The Bonds of Friendship", was placed in Tbilisi, at the exit to the Georgian Military Highway leading to Russia. A huge gilded metal knot connected two rings that connected the destinies of the Georgian and Russian peoples. A metal scroll with the text of the Georgievsky treatise was hung inside. The shape of the Tsereteli monument was inspired by the love story of Alexander Griboyedov and Nina Chavchavadze. The image arose on its own - two golden rings tightly tied into a knot, symbolizing the connection of peoples. The "Ties of Friendship" monument was blown up in 1991 by order of Gamsakhurdia's 3rd viaad.

Interestingly, a spelling error crept into the text of one of the scrolls located on the pedestal. The word "succeed" in the quote of the Georgian writer and teacher Yakob Gogebashvili "This strengthens the hope of the Georgians that they will be able to defend their territory, their nationality, their self-government and their bright future in a peaceful way" is written with a soft sign.

Probably, in the 18th century, Tishinskaya Square was a calm and unfussy place, hence the name. Now you can’t breathe here from the exhaust of cars standing in traffic jams. A monument in honor of Russian-Georgian friendship rises in the center of Tishinskaya Square, and the famous flea market ceased to exist in the early 1990s, and the Tishinka shopping center was built in its place.

The monument "Friendship Forever" was erected in 1983 on the occasion of the bicentennial anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of St. George. It was the first (but far from the last) monument to Zurab Tsereteli in Moscow. The co-author of the project was the poet Andrei Voznesensky. The monument is made of bronze, its height is 35 meters. The townspeople called this monument "barbecue".

"Even just to quote the forbidden Pasternak in Soviet time- meant to risk the biography. But in my column - a monument of the so-called linguistic friendship (on Tishinskaya Square, not far from the Belorussky railway station) - with a script from the letters of the Aramaic, Georgian, Slavic alphabets - Pasternak's poetic lines are cast in metal. Then - in the heyday of stagnation! - this name was not mentioned, and Mikhail Suslov personally crossed out the lines of Boris Leonidovich. Remember this? Terrible person! He was responsible for ideology in the Central Committee of the CPSU, and it was dangerous to argue with him.
But I really wanted the people to read Pasternak's beautiful poems, and I showed my willfulness: I prepared a plate with poetic lines cast on it in advance and waited. When I was informed that the commission that was supposed to accept the monument had left the Kremlin, I gave the command to weld the plate," writes the author of the blog http://zurab-tsereteli.livejournal.com/

Monument "Friendship forever". 1983-1986:

Tishinskaya Square. 1935:

The ultimate bus. 1958-1959:

Tishinskaya Square. 1961:

They say that the Tishinsky market was formed before the revolution, fodder and hay for horses were sold here. During the years of Soviet power, the market became collective farm, but in parallel with the trade in fruits and vegetables, it served as the main Moscow flea market. On the territory of Tishinka, the films "Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik" (Zarechensky collective farm market) and "Station for two" were filmed. Along the perimeter of the market there were wooden one-story buildings with cooperative and commission stores, and in the center were rows of long stalls for trading agricultural products.

I first appeared on Tishka shortly before the demolition, then you could buy and sell not too worn clothes, collectible postage stamps, old books, toys, household appliances and anything in general. Prices varied, but were usually minimal. In an era of change, the townspeople did not live well and did not disdain second-hand things. In the early 1990s, a lot of people gathered here on weekends, the main contingent of merchants were the elderly, but there were many young people among the buyers. Then vintage things just came into fashion, former servicemen brought military uniform(dark blue winter pea coats of pilots were in special demand), and some enterprising guys started selling second-hand jeans brought from Europe.

This whole story ended in 1993, as blogger koroleni talks about: http://koroleni.livejournal.com/82195.html

"Operation Y and other adventures of Shurik." 1965:

Tishinsky market. 1985-1986:

Dashing 90s.

Acquired and rebuilt Tishinsky market businessman Shabtai Kalmanovich. Instead of a flea market, he opened a shopping center with a grocery supermarket and boutiques. This commercial building was built on hastily from metal structures. Rumor has it that Kalmanovich was connected with both crime and special services, which allowed him to effectively participate in various business projects - construction, pharmaceuticals, and production. He was allegedly killed during a showdown on the redistribution of spheres of influence for the capital's markets.

Although the "Accessible Environment" project has been operating in the capital for several years, not all objects are accessible to the disabled. On Tishinka there is not only a podium for wheelchair users, but also an embossed font for the blind.

The history of old Moscow comes back here only a few times a year, when the Tishinka shopping center (Tishinskaya Square, building 1) hosts the Flea Market exhibition-fair of antiques. This is a completely different format, in no way connected with the historical market, but it is also interesting to visit here. Unlike, for example, the "Antique Salon" in the Central House of Artists, the "Flea Market" presents not expensive works of art, but household items, consumer goods.

The shopping center "Tishinka" traditionally hosts puppet exhibitions of hand-made toys "Salon of author's dolls" and "Hello, Teddy". Here is rrrrrrrevolutionary Gennady Zyuganov.

Babies are puppets too. They are called reborns.

Tishinsky Square is bounded on three sides by Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street, Krasin Street, and Sredny Tishinsky Lane. Old buildings (profitable and residential buildings, dormitories) in recent decades have given way to modern high-rise buildings.