The legendary Moscow district of Maryina Roshcha, which sprawls on both sides of the Suschevsky Val, was indeed part of a vast forest expanse until the 18th century. There is no longer a grove in Maryina Roshcha, but the concentration of imagination-stirring legends, fatal romances, and robber tales, as well as literary, architectural, musical, and other cultural stories in these places, is high. Today, the easiest way to get to the area is by metro. But this luxury appeared quite recently – the "Maryina Roshcha" and "Dostoevskaya" stations are typical long-term Moscow constructions. The line was conceived back in the 1980s, but the stations only opened in 2010. And they became the last "greeting" from Luzhkov. How Maryina Roshcha looked in the post-war years was captured by the outstanding animator Yuri Norstein. His native old Moscow courtyard is depicted in the finest details in "the best film of all time" – "Tale of Tales". "Maryina Roshcha is my homeland, and without it, I would be nobody!" – says Yuri Borisovich. The wooden plastered house of the 19th century, where there was a room in a communal apartment and where the Norstein family lived, was located on the current 6th passage of Maryina Roshcha. The director recalled that his mother was very afraid that he would associate with hooligans. In the Soviet consciousness, Maryina Roshcha firmly acquired the image of a bandit "den" after the film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed". In the 30-40s of the 20th century, Maryina Roshcha became an industrial appendage of the city – large enterprises operated here: the "Borets" factory, "Stankolit", "Kalibr", MKTS (hard alloy plant), and so on. Now, the huge factory and warehouse territories have been built up with residential complexes and mega-malls. There are many stories about Maryina Roshcha: One legend says that the place was named because of Maria and her lover, a serf valet named Ilya. Ilya ran away from his masters and became the leader of a band of robbers, inviting his beloved to live in a forest hut. Maria became a healer and witch known throughout the area, although the locals were afraid of her; after all, it was a family of robbers. There is another version that Maria was a robber chieftain, called Manka Rostokinskaya. Manka and her daring friends robbed unfortunate guests of the grove, and thus the grove was named after her. The third version: In the 15th century, there was a man named Fyodor Koshka, and he had a son – Fyodor Goltyai, who owned the lands under consideration. So Goltyai had a wife – the noblewoman Maria. It is said that the girl was so beautiful that her memory carried through the centuries in the form of this toponym. Maryina Roshcha, with its rich history and charisma, has become an attractive area for active young people, with extraordinary architectural ideas. Now it is a premium-class district.