Interestingly, these “steps” were not created to attract tourists, they were formed by nature itself. Once upon a time, the Chertoroy stream with banks of different heights flowed right on the site of modern Gogolevsky Boulevard. When this place was developed by people and built up, they did not change the natural relief — so it became the highlight of one of the Moscow streets.

The boulevard received its modern name in 1924, when the capital celebrated the 115th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. Before that, it was called Prechistensky, as well as the neighboring street and square.

Almost every building on this boulevard is a landmark in the capital. These are apartment buildings, mansions and estates where Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Repin visited. Joseph Stalin's youngest son Vasily lived in house No. 7 since 1949. And opposite it, on the site of the current house No. 8, there was once an ancient church of the Rzhev Mother of God - scientists believe that it was built in the 16th century, but in 1929 the Soviet authorities gave an order destroy this temple, as well as many other religious sites.

Gogolevsky Boulevard often became a backdrop for domestic films. Thus, it is here that two scenes of the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” directed by Vladimir Menshov take place. Katya Tikhomirova meets Rudolf Rachkov on Gogolevsky, and here they meet again 20 years later.

Between houses No. 11 and 15 there is house No. 10 on Nashchokinsky Lane, which was included in the film “Pokrovsky Gate”. However, this building is being demolished in the film. Basargin walks along the autumn Gogolevsky Boulevard into the distance in the final scene of the film “The Cold Summer of the Fifty-Third...” after an unpleasant conversation with the relatives of his deceased comrade.