{"id":500,"date":"2014-06-07T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/legends-and-mysteries-of-moscow\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T01:08:00","slug":"fun-facts-moscow-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/fun-facts-moscow-ghosts","title":{"rendered":"5 Famous Moscow Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The legendary Moscow ghosts: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cat Behemoth from Bulgakov&#8217;s Master and Margarita, a\u00a0charming lady, a luxurious limousine&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/21-facts-about-moscow-you-never-heard-before\">Moscow <\/a>is not only history, Kremlin, vodka and\u00a0cute\u00a0matryoshka dolls. There&#8217;s a lot of intrigue and mystery on every corner. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watch out for ghosts in Moscow!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_84707\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"803\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wIuVCgNg5XA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">5 most famous Moscow ghosts to be aware of<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. Luxury limousine <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes <strong>a luxury limousine<\/strong> comes\u00a0to Nikitskaya street, 28, where lived a <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/soviet-places-and-things-to-do-in-moscow\">Soviet <\/a>political leader Beriya, the present Embassy of Tunisia, and a respectable man comes out of it. It is said that if a girl finds herself around that area at that time, by no means should she accept the invitation of this charming middle-aged men &#8220;to see the night capital&#8221;. Ghost appears at moonless nights, and most often seen from October to April.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watch out girls!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1401\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/beriya.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow Ghosts tour\" width=\"499\" height=\"271\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts: Ghosts of Moscow. Limousine<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>2. Hunched old man wailing &#8220;Oh, money, my\u00a0money!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 19th century one rich family lived near the famous throughout all Moscow shop &#8220;Tea. Coffee&#8221; on\u00a0Myasnitskaya\u00a0Street, 17. They were so mean that they never had any guests. They even were riding with their treasures around Moscow every night, as they believed this way\u00a0thieves\u00a0will not get to their\u00a0treasures. Once the family still decided to leave their valuables at home, hiding them in the\u00a0fireplace\u00a0&#8230; This very night a street cleaner, looking after the house, made a fire to warm himself up. When the couple returned, they found only ashes of burnt banknotes. The old woman died of heart failure on the spot and a mean hubby suffered a lot for his loss.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Ghost appears sometimes on that place as <strong>a hunched old man <\/strong>wailing, &#8220;Oh, money, my\u00a0money!&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meeting him promises unforeseen expenses or loss of money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>3.\u00a0<strong>Charming lady\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Juju\u00a0worked in one of the fashion houses in the\u00a0Kuznetsky\u00a0Bridge street. She was the lover of the famous Moscow art patron and prosperous entrepreneur\u00a0Savva\u00a0Morozov.One morning, the girl was riding in a carriage at the Kuznetsky bridge and heard a newsboy shouting that Savva Morozov committed suicide. Frightened, Juju jumped out of the carriage and rushed for the paper, but fell under the wheels of a passing carriage &#8230; The girl died. However, it is interesting that that very night was found the body of a newsboy &#8211; he was strangled with a\u00a0stocking\u00a0&#8230; Juju&#8217;s stocking! Perhaps it is not surprising that newspapermen now fear to sell their goods here, and cabbies never drove here after the dark.Her ghost can be seen on summer nights, which would\u00a0mean a quick loss of a\u00a0lover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1402\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1402\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/\u0436\u0438\u0436\u0443.jpeg\" alt=\"Ghosts tour in Moscow\" width=\"366\" height=\"190\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts: Ghosts of Moscow. Charming lady<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>4. Ghostly carriage<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rumors have it that when a loser left a casino\u00a0after midnight, in front of him arose a grey\u00a0carriage\u00a0and the driver offered a gentleman &#8220;to take him anywhere at the lowest fee &#8211; just 10 cents&#8221;. (Tariff for a cab within the Garden Ring was 30-40 cents at that time). Those who took such a good offer, were never found again &#8230;Nowadays you can also find a <strong>ghostly carriage<\/strong> on your way, especially at night, offering you very low fee.<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Under no circumstances speak with the driver!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1403\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1403\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/carriage.jpg\" alt=\"Ghosts of Moscow Tour\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts: Moscow Ghosts. Carriage<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>5. Cat\u00a0Behemoth\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is believed that on Tverskaya\u00a0street Mikhail\u00a0Bulgakov\u00a0wrote off the image of his <strong>cat\u00a0Behemoth<\/strong>. A huge fat black cat appears twice a month on\u00a0the odd numbers on the odd side of Tverskaya Street. The cat\u00a0comes out from the wall of a building and goes\u00a0into the wall of another building.This cat was officially registered in an international directory of ghosts.Meeting with the cat will bring you\u00a0luck\u00a0and\u00a0success!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1404\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1404\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/behemoth.jpg\" alt=\"Bulgakov Cat Behemoth \" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts: Moscow Ghosts. Cat Behemoth<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There are way more ghosts even we are\u00a0not aware of. Beware&#8230; ; )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Moscow ghosts: Cat Behemoth from Bulgakov&#8217;s Master and Margarita, a\u00a0charming lady, a luxurious limousine&#8230;\u00a0 Moscow is not only history, Kremlin, vodka and\u00a0cute\u00a0matryoshka dolls. 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