Ifumaneka kwiziko lembali laseMoscow, arbat Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo yenye yezona zitrato zidumileyo nezithandwayo esixekweni.
I-Arbat yaqala ukukhankanywa kwiincwadi zemihla ngemihla zaseMoscow ngo-1493. Lowo yayingunyaka apho iMoscow yatshiswa ngumlilo omkhulu, ekukholelwa ukuba wabangelwa likhandlela kwenye yeecawe zaseArbat.
Igama leArbat kukholelwa ukuba livela kwigama elidala laseRussia elithetha "umhlaba weentaba", okanye igama lesiArabhu "arbad" elithetha "Ihlomela ledolophu«. Ngapha koko, iArbat yayiqhele ukuba yindawo yokuhlala apho abarhwebi kunye namagcisa eza.
Ngapha koko, amagama ezitalato ezisecaleni kweArbat ngumnqophiso walonto, njenge "Plotnikov," okuthetha "umchweli," kunye no "Denezhny," okanye "umzila wemali."
Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha lolawulo lukaIvan the Terrible, iArbat yafanekisela uloyiko kubantu abaninzi baseRussia.
Kwaye umsebenzi yayikukukhangela abangcatshi, kwaye kwakusuka kwisitalato i-Arbat apho ii-odolo zakhutshelwa ukungcungcuthekiswa kunye nokwenza izityholo zeentshaba zeTsar.
Ngenkulungwane ye-18, isitalato iArbat saba yeyona ndawo iphambili kwezobugcisa kunye noncwadi eMoscow. Umlobi odumileyo waseRussia u-Aleksandr Pushkin wayehlala apho kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uNatalia Goncharova. Isakhiwo apho ahlala khona ngoku ngumyuziyam. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wesibini esingaphandle ukhumbuza abadlulayo ngembali yabo.
Amacwecwe aqaqambileyo axhaphakileyo kwindawo yeArbat. Enye indlu yangaphambi koqhushululu ejikeleze ikona yemyuziyam ihonjiswe ngomfanekiso oqingqiweyo obonisa uPushkin, kunye nabanye ababhali ababini abadumileyo - uNikolay Gogol noTolstoy, bejikelezwe ziimfundiso zentsomi.
Abanye bathi lo msantsa wawugunyazisiwe ukuba uhombise iMoscow Museum yoBugcisa, kodwa iindawo ezazidlalwa zaliwa ziiPuritans umseki wemyuziyam ze lafumana ikhaya lakhe kwisitalato iArbat.
Ngexesha lamaSoviet, iArbat Street yayihamba kuhola wendlela oxakekileyo, kodwa ngo-1980 ukugcwala kwendlela yayivaliwe, isenza ukuba abantu abahamba ngeenyawo eArbat babeyindawo eyaziwayo neya kuba yindawo yokuhlangana yeemvumi kunye nabadlali basesitratweni.
Kunye nesitalato iArbat ikwalilitye lesikhumbuzo kwimbongi u-Okudzhava Bulat, owanikezela uthotho lweengoma ngothando esitratweni. Kufuphi nodonga olume njengesikhumbuzo semvumi uViktor Tsoy, omnye woovulindlela belitye laseRussia, owasweleka kwingozi yemoto ngo-1990.
Kule mihla, iArbat isenomoya odlamkileyo nobugcisa kuyo, kunye nevenkile ezininzi zezikhumbuzo, amagcisa esitalato, kunye nabapeyinti abafumanekayo. Nokuba ufuna umnqwazi wendabuko waseRussia, unodoli waseRussia, okanye uhambe nje.
icacisiwe kakuhle! IArbat yenye yezona zitrato zintle eMoscow, inomdla, inomdla kwaye inenkcubeko. Akufuneki ukuba, kukho iindawo zokutyela ezibiza ixabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kunye nomgangatho waseRussia apho ungangcamla khona izinto ezizodwa zaseRussia: i-blinis (i-crepes) eTeremok, kunye nezinye izinto ezinje nge-shashlik (skewers), i-pelmeni (amadombolo), i-cotlet (ebethiweyo) kunye Ewe kunjalo, kwi-Mu mu.