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The Hermitage Garden was born on the site of the former estate of merchant V.I. Olontsova. After several attempts to form a theater and garden here, undertaken by the Moscow Artistic Circle, merchant M.A. Lipsky, mechanical engineer K.V. Moshnin, the entire site came into the possession of the Moscow merchant Ya.V. Shchukin on July 16, 1894. This date is celebrated as the birthday of the Hermitage Garden.

In just a year, a boring wasteland turned into a blooming garden, flower beds and paths were laid out, trees and shrubs were planted, the theater building was reconstructed, and on June 18, 1895, the Hermitage officially opened. The Moscow public showed considerable interest in him - Shchukin’s tenacity and enthusiasm aroused involuntary respect even from those who reproached him for his lack of subtlety of taste.

In the same year, electric lighting appeared in the Hermitage, running water was installed, and a swimming pool was installed. A year later, one of the first film shows in Russia took place here.
F. I. Shalyapin, A. V. Sobinov, A. V. Nezhdanova, S. V. sang on the stage of the Hermitage. Rachmaninov made his debut as a conductor, Sarah Brenard, Maria Ermolova, Vera Komissarzhevskaya played. In 1898, the opening of the Moscow Art Theater took place in the building of the Hermitage Theater, the first performance was “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich”, it was here that the premieres took place Chekhov's plays. L.N. Tolstoy and V.I. Lenin visited the garden.
After the revolution, the garden was first nationalized, then, during the NEP period, it was transferred to private rental. In 1924, the building of the Hermitage Theater housed the MGSPS (Moscow City Council of Trade Unions) theater, then it was renamed the Mossovet Theater, Yu. A. Zavadsky was appointed chief director.
In the summer of 1945, the garden was reconstructed; in 1948, a summer garden was built concert hall, where A.I. Raikin later performed, performances took place Puppet theater, K.I. Shulzhenko and L.I. Ruslanova sang, the orchestra conducted by L.O. Utesov played.
In the 50-60s. in the Hermitage garden we played chess, walked, read, listened famous artists, watched a movie (in 1953 a screen for a summer cinema was installed), during the Festival of Youth and Students in 1957, one and a half million visitors visited the garden. V. S. Vysotsky, the duet R. Kartsev - V. Ilchenko, foreign musical and theater groups. The first play “What?” took place at the Mirror Theater. Where? When?".
On November 20, 1980, the building of the Hermitage cinema was transferred to the Miniature Theater, under the direction of A.I., who came to Moscow. Raikina.
In 1991 the theater was opened New Opera", today, one of three theaters operating on the territory of the garden (Hermitage, Sphere).
The diversity of today's life is fully embodied in the kaleidoscope of bright events taking place on the territory of the Hermitage Garden. The traditions of holding spring exhibitions and fairs “In the World of Flowers” ​​have been revived, festivals are held – jazz, ETNA, Latin American music, “Cup of Humor”, wine, beer, and others. The Tea Culture Club opened in 1997. There are three theaters, a stage, a fountain, a children's playground, squirrels, pheasants, pigeons, flowers, trees, flower beds, and gazebos.
In winter, the Hermitage turns into the most romantic skating rink in all of Moscow. The Hermitage Garden hosted seven jazz festivals and two festivals of ethnic, traditional, folk and authentic music. Bird cherry, cherry, chestnut, maple, hazel, rowan, pine and others grow in the garden - a total of 401 trees.
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Hermitage Garden in Moscow

In the central part of Moscow, in the area of ​​Karetny Ryad Street, there is a monument of landscape art - the Hermitage Garden.
A little history:

July 16, 1894 - foundation of the garden by Y.V. Shchukin, a famous Moscow theater entrepreneur and philanthropist

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The closest metro station to the Hermitage Garden is Chekhovskaya. Although it’s almost the same distance to walk from the Trubnaya metro station. The red fence of the garden is visible from the other side of Karetny Ryad Street.

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The Hermitage Garden (see photo below) is a monument of landscape gardening art. It is located in the very center of Moscow. Residents of the capital highly value this island of green nature, located among noisy courtyards and polluted streets. Here young mothers walk with strollers, lovers meet and married couples take a promenade.

Have you chosen Hermitage Park as your holiday destination? How to get there? It is worth keeping in mind that it is located near Karetny Ryad Street and the Chekhovskaya and Pushkinskaya metro stations.

History of appearance

Hermitage Park was the first pleasure garden in Moscow. It opened in 1830. In those ancient times, the garden was located not in its current location, but on Bozhedomka. Hermitage Park offered coffee shops and gazebos, pavilions and a theater to its visitors. It reached the peak of its popularity in those years when it was owned by the famous entrepreneur M.V. Lentovsky.

In the past he was an actor at the Maly Theater. Boat rides on the pond, water fireworks, processions of military bands and other entertainment events were held in the garden. Not only all Moscow residents came to the Hermitage Park to relax, but also foreigners visiting the capital.

After Lentovsky went bankrupt, this place gradually fell into disrepair. Somewhat later, the garden area was built up with houses.

The Hermitage Park received its rebirth in 1894, when the Moscow merchant Y.V. Shchukin bought the estate located in Karetny Ryad. In just a year, the neglected area turned into a blooming garden. Flowerbeds were laid out in the vacant lot, paths were laid and shrubs and trees were planted. A theater building also appeared in the garden.

Cultural events

In the Hermitage Park on May 26, 1896 there was significant event. On this day, a public cinema session took place here. Two years later, a theater was opened in the park, the directors of which were V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko and K.S. Stanislavsky. On October 26, 1898, the premiere of the play they staged called “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich” took place. On the same stage, the Moscow Public Art Theater performed such plays as “Uncle Vanya” and “The Seagull” by A.P. Chekhov.

Many celebrities have performed at the Hermitage Park Theater. Among them F.I. Shalyapin and S.V. Rachmaninov, Anna Pavlova and Ernesto Rossi and others.

“Hermitage” is the garden in which Shchukin built a summer structure, the Mirror Theater. In the future, it was planned to erect a new building. It was supposed to be a winter theater designed for a thousand spectators. However, the implementation of the plans was prevented by the First World War.

After the revolution of 1917, the Hermitage Park was nationalized. Somewhat later, during the NEP period, it was rented out privately.

In 1924, the building located in the Hermitage Park was given to the theater of the Moscow City Council of Trade Unions. Later it was renamed the Mossovet Theater.

War period

In the years Soviet power Hermitage Park was also one of the most popular places where residents of the capital could relax. In the fall of 1941 it was closed. The park resumed operations in April next year. In 1943, performances were staged here. For this purpose, the artists returned from evacuation to Moscow. The theater premises were not heated. However, this did not stop either the audience or the artists.

Post-war period

In the summer of 1945, the Hermitage Garden was reconstructed. In 1948, a summer concert hall was built on the territory of the park. Performances by K.I. took place on its stage. Shulzhenko, A.I. Raikina, L.I. Ruslanova. Here you could listen to the orchestra of L.O. Utesova.

In the fifties and sixties of the last century, Muscovites came to the Hermitage Garden to play chess, read, just take a walk and listen to performances by their favorite artists. A summer cinema was opened in the park in 1953. It immediately became popular place among Muscovites and guests of the capital. A large number of people came to see the paintings displayed in the open air.

The popularity of the Hermitage Park Garden is demonstrated by statistics. So, in 1957, 1.5 million people visited this green corner in the capital. R. Kartsev and V.S. performed on the park stage. Vysotsky, foreign theater and musical groups. The mirror theater of the Hermitage garden was chosen as the place where the shooting of the first game “What? Where? When?". In 1980, the cinema was transferred to the Miniature Theater, whose director was A.I. Raikin.

Modern garden life

In the 1980s - 1990s, the Hermitage Park experienced a time of desolation. Fortunately, it has already passed. In 1991, the New Opera Theater opened for park guests. The Hermitage and Sphere theaters operate here. K was reconstructed. Restoration work affected many historical buildings.

The Hermitage Garden is currently a wonderful place to relax. During the day, young mothers with their babies love to walk here. Schoolchildren sometimes come running from neighboring yards. In warm weather summer days non-professional dancers studying the art of classical dance perform directly on the garden paths or on the open stage.

As evening falls, Hermitage Park becomes the venue for various events. IN summer period these are presentations and exhibitions, concerts of stars from abroad, as well as jazz International festival. In winter, the park has a large ice skating rink.

Available in the garden night club and the Tea Culture Club, as well as several restaurants.

New Opera Theater

In the 21st century, Hermitage Park experienced a great shock. There was a fire on its territory. As a result, part of the historical building, which was rented out to the Diaghilev club, was destroyed by fire. Otherwise, prosperous life continues in the garden; it remains, as before, one of the most favorite places of Muscovites. You can happily spend your entire free day here. First, just take a walk, admire the flower exhibition or dance with non-professional dancers on the summer outdoor area, and a little later have lunch in a restaurant and go watch a performance.

Today there are three theaters operating in the Hermitage Garden. One of them, the New Opera, is open in a rebuilt building. Previously, the Mirror Theater was located here. In 1997, a new building was built for the New Opera.

The theater gained popularity immediately after its opening. Thousands of spectators tried to get into it to listen classical works in innovative productions. The most famous of them are “Eugene Onegin”, “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, “La Traviata” and others. The productions, carried out by the first artistic director of the theater Evgeniy Kolobov, are still sold out.

The theater is known and loved far beyond the Russian capital. IN last years he was awarded several very prestigious awards. Their list includes the “Star of the Week” diploma, established by the German newspaper “Abendzeitung”, the Russian opera award “Casta Diva” and others. In addition, the theater became a member of the European opera community “Opera Europa”.

"Hermitage Museum"

This is another garden theater. It has been founded for decades. The Hermitage is valuable for theatergoers because plays created by writers of the 1920s are staged on its stage.

Among them are Nikolai Oleinikov and Yuri Olesha, Isaac Babel and Alexander Vvedensky.
IN Lately Performances by Latin American authors are shown on the stage of this theater.

"Sphere"

This is small, but at the same time unusual and very interesting theater in Hermitage Park is intended for mass audiences. It was created in 1981. Its openness is attractive to the public, because spectators in a small room, in the middle of which there is a stage, often become participants in ongoing performances.

Tea club

Moscow's Hermitage Park offers its visitors an unusual pastime. In the garden there is a unique club, which displays a whole collection of elite Chinese teas, as well as exquisite utensils for tea ceremonies.

You can also get acquainted with specialized literature in this club. Visitors to the establishment take off their shoes and outerwear, sitting directly on soft carpets in small cozy rooms. Only after this does the tea ceremony begin, which takes place under the guidance of specialists who provide new knowledge about the usual drink.

Walking in the garden

A green corner in the very center of Moscow - Hermitage Park - welcomes its visitors with a cozy and well-groomed area. In summer there are fountains here. Poplars and oaks, maples and lindens grow throughout the park. Between the trees there are paths with benches installed along them. The planted bushes of roses, lilacs and honeysuckle are pleasing to the eye.

In 2000, two sculptures appeared on the alleys of the park. One of them was donated by the Paris City Hall. This is a bust of Victor Hugo. Its author is L. Marquest. The second sculpture is a gift from the Italian government. This is a figure by Dante Alighieri. Author - R. Piras. In 2004, after restoration, the first electric one, which was manufactured in 1880 at the Ekaterininsky plant, was relit in the garden.

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In July 1894, Moscow entrepreneur and philanthropist Yakov Shchukin acquired a site of a former mechanical plant, a vacant lot and carriage shops in Karetny Ryad, establishing the Hermitage Garden on this site. Previously, a pleasure garden with this name was marked on maps of the city in the Bozhedomka area. But its owner, entrepreneur M. Lentovsky, went bankrupt and the park - although it was a popular vacation spot for Muscovites - had to be closed. The fate of the garden with the borrowed name turned out to be happier. The official opening of the new Hermitage took place on June 18, 1895.

Yakov Shchukin in the Hermitage Garden. 1910: https://pastvu.com/p/35648

Yakov Shchukin tried to surprise Muscovites with unusual spectacles and he succeeded. On May 26, 1896, the first film show in the city took place in the garden, showing a ten-minute film by the Lumière brothers, “The Arrival of a Train.” New entertainment appeared in Russia five months after the very first film screening in Paris.

Through the efforts of Shchukin, an unsightly corner of Moscow turned into a blooming garden with shady alleys, flower beds, sculptures, gazebos and electric lighting. The proletarian revolution, although it brought dissonance into the measured life of the townspeople, did not get rid of the habit of walking in the garden. Even during the years of the Great Patriotic War The Hermitage closed for only a short time.

IN Soviet period new lamps and small lamps were installed in the alleys architectural forms, some of them can still be seen, but the sculptures remain only in old photographs. However, some things have been preserved even from Shchukin times.

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Scheme from the website http://www.mosgorsad.ru/ (2016)

Electric lantern for a lamp with an incandescent lamp (manufactured in 1913 at the Ekaterininsky plant in the Polish city of Sosnowitz). This lantern was restored in 2004.

Summer terrace. 1965: https://pastvu.com/p/35657 V post-war years visitors to the garden were attracted by the summer stage, where artists Arkady Raikin, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Lidiya Ruslanova performed, and Leonid Utyosov’s jazz orchestra played. The stage is still located in the same place; busts of composers Tchaikovsky and Glinka are installed here.

In 2000, busts of Dante Alighieri and Victor Hugo, donated to Moscow by the Italian government and the mayor's office of Paris, were installed in the alleys.

The composition “Monument to All Lovers”, made of metal pipes bent in the shape of a heart, appeared in 2006. Inside this monument there are bells that ring in the wind.

You can have a snack in several cafes and restaurants

The garden has always been famous for its theaters, on the stages of which Fyodor Chaliapin, Leonid Sobinov, Antonina Nezhdanova, Maria Ermolova, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, ballerina Anna Pavlova, European stars Sarah Bernhardt, Ernesto Rossi appeared. And now there are three theaters in the garden: “Hermitage”, “New Opera” and “Sphere”.

Theater "Hermitage". 1901-1903: https://pastvu.com/p/335361 Oldest building garden

On October 26, 1898, the Moscow Public Art Theater under the direction of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko (MKhAT) was opened at the Hermitage Theater with the premiere of the play “Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich.” The premieres of Anton Chekhov's plays “The Seagull” and “Uncle Vanya” took place on this stage.

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Scenes of the cult TV movie “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” were filmed in the garden. 1978: https://pastvu.com/p/467080 It’s a pity that Vladimir Vysotsky, for whom these places were native, was not included in the frame along with Vladimir Konkin. The poet and artist spent his youth here. Where are my seventeen years? - On Bolshoi Karetny...

In the first years of Soviet power, the building of the Hermitage Theater housed the MGSPS (Moscow City Council of Trade Unions) theater, which was later renamed the Mossovet Theater. In 1959, the Moscow Theater of Miniatures, founded by playwright and satirist Viktor Polyakov, moved into the building, and in 1987 artistic director Mikhail Levitin found a new name that was more consistent with its essence - “Hermitage”.

The theater’s credo is amusingly formulated on the official website http://ermitazh.theatre.ru/history/: “Today the garden - with its restaurants, attractions and other public events - is the center of the “culture and recreation” industry.” Unscrupulous people also include theaters among it. We don't like this approach; art, put on stream, dulls and corrupts. That is why the theater-house, formed by Levitin, does not forget the original meaning of the word “ermitage”: a hermit’s corner, a place of solitude. The inhabitants of our house (corner) are still closer to hermits than to mass entertainers. We do not “serve” idle spies, but we collect our viewers in order to retire with them in another reality.”

Alas, it is impossible to get into the Hermitage Theater in the Hermitage Garden due to prolonged reconstruction historical building. But theatrical life continues and performances are staged on other Moscow stages, in the 2016 season this is Novy Arbat, 11.

“King Lear” directed by Mikhail Levitin on the stage of the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop (2014). IN leading role Mikhail Filippov.

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In 1909, according to the design of the architect A. Novikov, the building of the summer theater was built, which later received the name “Mirror”. Opera performances of the Russian Private Opera by Savva Mamontov were staged here, where Sergei Rachmaninov made his debut as a conductor.

Mirror theater. 1981: https://pastvu.com/p/44234

The first game of intellectuals of the club “What? Where? When?". Well, then there was a period when nightclubs appeared in the Hermitage garden (there was a Penthouse in Mirror), but over time they began to sound here again opera parts. On the site of the pre-revolutionary Mirror, a building was built for Yevgeny Kolobov’s New Opera, a theater founded in 1991. Among his productions noted theater awards, “Eugene Onegin”, “Rigoletto”, “Gianni Schicchi”, “Cat’s House”. In total, the New Opera repertoire includes more than seventy works of opera and concert genres.

How the housewarming party was prepared is described by the New Opera website http://www.novayaopera.ru/?page=history: “In 1991, by order of the Moscow Government, the building of the Mirror Theater came under the jurisdiction of the NEW OPERA, and from that time the second life famous theater in the Hermitage Garden. The general contractor of the construction is the Austrian company Lennex and Moscow builders in short time erected a modern building on the site of a dilapidated building Opera theatre. Main architector project, V. Kotelnikov found an opportunity to preserve the style of the original building and use individual elements of the Mirror Theater decoration in the design of the facade of the new building. Chandeliers and curtain made according to sketches folk artist Russia E. Kochergina. The project organizers did not limit themselves to the reconstruction of the architectural monument. The new theater building is a hall with 660 seats, equipped with modern lighting equipment and stage mechanics, which make it possible to stage performances with complex stage effects. It also has a cozy foyer and hall, rooms for artists, a modern recording studio, rehearsal rooms, a library, and administrative services.” The opening took place in 1997.

Larisa Dolina, Ekaterina Guseva, Lika Rulla and other artists at the “Musical Heart of the Theatre” award ceremony at the Novaya Opera

1905-1910: https://pastvu.com/p/369897 Construction of a “winter” theater with 4,000 seats will begin at this site, but it will remain unfinished. Either the authorities forbade Shchukin to erect such a cumbersome structure, or the outbreak of the First World War prevented him from World War.

There are brick buildings left around the Shchukinsky stage, one of which is occupied by the Moscow Theatre of Drama“Sphere”, created in 1981 by the decision of the USSR Ministry of Culture on the initiative of Ekaterina Elanskaya, who formulated the idea of ​​the theater: “We reject the principle of a cube theater with a removed wall and peeking - we affirm the principle of the sphere of communication.” At first, the theater was located in the recreation center of the Kauchuk plant on Plyushchikha, but already in 1984 the reconstruction was completed auditorium theater building in the Hermitage garden.

The theater hall is a circular amphitheater with a central stage and movable platforms inside it. The architect of the project was Natalya Golas, the main artist was Vladimir Soldatov.

Ekaterina Elanskaya created performances by bringing together actors different theaters- Alexandra Kalyagin, Georgy Taratorkin, Evgenia Simonova, Tatyana Doronina, Evgeny Kindinov, Mikhail Kozakov. Among her productions “ A little prince"Saint-Exupery, " Theatrical novel"Bulgakov, "There, Far Away" by Shukshin, "Comedies" by Zoshchenko, "The Seagull" by Chekhov and others.

According to the official website of the theater http://www.spheratheatre.ru/, “Sphere’s performances left no one indifferent, causing heated debate among spectators and professional critics - they always seemed so extraordinary and unusual. After the passing of Ekaterina Elanskaya, the theater continues its work under the creative direction people's artist Russia Alexander Korshunov, who set a course to continue the work of “Sphere”, preserving the aesthetics and principles of this theater. The viewer does not lose interest in the Sphere theater - a theater of expressive, lively compositions, frantic dynamics, strong and vivid feelings."

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Creation of a theater and garden

TO in the summer of 1894, a famous Moscow entrepreneur Yakov Vasilievich Shchukin, implements his idea of ​​​​creating a theatrical garden with first-class theater program at the level of the best European samples.

The year before, he organizes large-scale works to clear an abandoned area that served as a city dump.

The property in Karetny Ryad at that time was in a very deplorable state: most of it had previously served as a landfill, everything was littered with the skeletons of carriages, carriages and other most unimaginable rubbish. IN winter period Snow was brought here from all nearby streets and squares of Moscow.

In order to make this territory blooming garden I'M IN. Shchukin decides to remove the top layer of soil to a depth of about 1 meter and replace it with black soil. Only in the implementation of this plan, according to the memoirs of contemporaries, more than 50,000 carts were involved!

Eyewitnesses of these events were amazed by the energy and business qualities of Yakov Vasilyevich, who managed to create a beautiful garden on this site, a magnificent place for relaxation of the most discerning public.

Everything in this garden was created under the direct leadership of Yakov Vasilyevich. He personally planted many of the exotic flowers he specially selected to decorate his garden.

Also in 1894 I'M IN. Shchukin opens summer season of your theater. The building of the winter theater, opened on his initiative back in 1892, his
not satisfied, and he invests in updating it. This required significant sums, but the project was worth it.
And Shchukin’s theater troupe, after a fairly short time, is already working on the stage of the rebuilt theater.

Opening summer garden theater "Hermitage"

In 1895, the anniversary of the official opening of the garden was celebrated.

Before the opening of the garden, Orthodox clergy performed a solemn prayer service and the rite of consecration.

Traditionally, the garden opened to the public at six o'clock in the evening. The program included famous string orchestras, famous vocal performers, scenes from operettas, and many others. interesting artists a wide variety of genres performed until late in the evening.
There was an excellent restaurant in the garden, which also had its own high-quality artistic program.

December 16, 1894. entitled « New Hermitage» The Shchukin Winter Theater opens. And already on January 2 of the same year, Shchukin organized a charity matinee performance for pupils educational institutions Moscow. During intermission, children were offered free food and gifts.
Winter seasons 1896 and 1897 opened with performances by an outstanding Italian performer invited to Moscow for the first time Gustavo Salvini.

Shchukin's Hermitage Garden quickly gained popularity among the discerning Moscow public. During the summer season of 1895. A total of more than 70 thousand visitors visited the garden.

Working tirelessly to improve his brainchild, Shchukin regularly travels abroad to study world experience in the field of pleasure gardens. Much attention Yakov Vasilyevich pays attention to the technical equipment of his theater garden. In Europe, he enters into a contract for the installation of an autonomous diesel power plant (for the first time in Moscow) for lighting theater buildings and creating illumination in the garden. They also ordered them abroad newest model automated irrigation system. After installation, watering of plants anywhere in the garden was carried out exactly at the specified time.

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Yakov Vasilyevich was personally involved in attracting the best groups to work in the theater and opera singers, orchestra members, circus masters: toured the theater Sarah Bernhardt, Ernesto Rossi, Gustavo Salvini, Italian opera with Jules Devail, famous string and brass bands.

Here, for the first time in Moscow, a screening of the invention of the Lumiere brothers - cinematography - took place. The prince's opera troupe enjoyed enormous success Tsereteli with E. Tsvetkova And I. Tartakova, romances performed M.I. Vavicha, A.D. Vyaltseva, opera productions of the troupe S.I. Mamontova, benefit performances F.I. Chaliapin.

On stage areas"Hermitage" in Karetny Ryad great success the audience enjoyed the operettas of recognized classics of this genre, such famous composers How, Jacques Offenbach, Florimond Herve, Franz Lehar.

The famous Anna Pavlova.
The last tour of the legendary ballerina in Russia took place at the Mirror Theater of the Hermitage Garden in 1914 year.

A bunch of the most talented artists of that time was attracted to work in the theater - Vrubel, Roerich, Levitan, Vasnetsov, Balmont, Serov, Korovin, Bauer and others.

Built in 1909 year in the Art Nouveau style summer "Mirror Theater" (architect A.N. Novikov), intended exclusively for summer performances, takes on its final form by 1910.

Realizing the owner's plan, the park space with a regular layout was combined by the architect with the space open theater, turning into a surprisingly cozy foyer of living foliage.

Yakov Vasilyevich’s plans included the construction of a grandiose theater building for that time, designed for 4,000 seats. In a short time, the building now known as the “Shchukin Stage” was erected.

IN 1912 year to the date of the 100th anniversary of the Napoleonic invasion by the composer V.N. Harteveld was prepared special program
“1812 in Songs”, which featured brass and symphony orchestras, choir and soloists.

IN 1914 This year the 20th anniversary of the garden is solemnly celebrated.
The Hermitage winter theater, the Mirror Theater, and open stage, as well as two restaurants with a variety show program.

During the summer season 1915 year in the Mirror Theater there is a cycle symphony concerts(conductor S.A. Koussevitzky) .
According to eyewitnesses, there is always a lot of public in the garden.

Before the events 1917 of the year theater garden successfully worked under the leadership of Ya.V. Shchukin.

At the beginning of 1917 I'M IN. Shchukin, leaves with his family for Crimea.
And soon after the Bolshevik coup of 1917,
The Hermitage Garden was nationalized.
But the story of the Shchukin garden does not end there.

In the summer of 1918, as well as in 1919 and 1920. performed at the Mirror Theater F.I. Chaliapin, however, in 1922 he leaves Russia with his family.

Despite the historical vicissitudes, during the revolution and subsequently Soviet time, the Hermitage garden has generally been preserved and has retained its theatrical function, defined by its creator as the main one.

27th of June 1987 year on the stage of the Mirror Theater took place last performance on the Moscow stage of a wonderful actor Andrey Mironov(1941-1987) in the play “The Marriage of Figaro”.

IN 1979 year, the Moscow Hermitage Garden receives the status of a monument of landscape art.

A real positive contribution to modern history Hermitage Garden was the activity of an outstanding Russian conductor Evgenia Kolobova (1946-2003) , on whose initiative the reconstruction of the building of the Mirror Theater was carried out, preserving the original style of the building, using motifs of its decor, and caring attitude to history. The opening, in the year of the 850th anniversary of Moscow, of Kolobov’s “New Opera” in the reconstructed “Mirror Theater” actually revived the historical theatrical significance of the garden in cultural space cities.

In 2004, the 110th anniversary of the Hermitage Garden was celebrated.