Etholakala enkabeni yomlando waseMoscow, I-Arbat Akungabazeki ukuthi ungomunye wemigwaqo edume kakhulu futhi ethandekayo edolobheni.
I-Arbat yaqala ukubalulwa emiBhalweni YaseMoscow ngo-1493. Lowo kwaba unyaka uMoscow waqothulwa umlilo omkhulu, okukholakala ukuthi wabangelwa ikhandlela kwelinye lamasonto e-Arbat.
Igama le-Arbat kukholakala ukuthi laqhamuka egameni lakudala lesi-Russian elisho "umhlaba onentaba", noma igama lesi-Arabhu "arbad" elisho "idolobha«. Eqinisweni, i-Arbat yayijwayele ukuba yindawo lapho abathengisi nabenzi bezandla beza khona.
Eqinisweni, amagama emigwaqo eseceleni kweArbat ayisivumelwano salokho, njenge "Plotnikov," okusho ukuthi "umbazi," no "Denezhny," noma "umzila wemali."
Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi sokubusa kuka-Ivan the Terrible, i-Arbat yafanekisela ukwesaba kubantu abaningi baseRussia.
Futhi lo msebenzi kwakungukufuna amambuka, futhi kwakusuka e-Arbat Street lapho imiyalo yakhishwa yokuhlukunyezwa nokubulawa kwezinsolo zezitha ze-tsar.
Ngekhulu le-18, u-Arbat Street waba yindawo yezicukuthwane nemibhalo eMoscow. Imbongi edumile yaseRussia u-Aleksandr Pushkin wayehlala lapho nomkakhe, uNatalia Goncharova. Isakhiwo lapho ahlala khona manje siyigugu lomnyuziyamu. Isifanekiso sabashadikazi ngaphandle kwaso sikhumbuza abadlulayo ngomlando wabo.
Ama-facade ahlotshisiwe agcwele endaweni yase-Arbat. Enye indlu yangaphambi kokulungiswa kwezinguquko ekhoneni lomnyuziyamu ihlotshiswe ngomfanekiso oqoshiwe obonisa uPushkin, kanye nabanye ababhali ababili abadumile - uNikolay Gogol noTolstoy, bezungezwe yimiculo yezinganekwane.
Abanye bathi lo msindo wathunywa ukuhlobisa iMoscow Museum of Fine Arts, kepha izigcawu ezidlalwayo zenqatshwa amaPuritan umsunguli wale mnyuziyamu futhi athola ikhaya lakhe ku-Arbat Street.
Ngezikhathi zeSoviet, u-Arbat Street kwakuwumgwaqo omkhulu ophithizelayo, kepha ngeminyaka yama-1980 ukuhamba kwezimoto kwavalwa, okwenza abahamba ngezinyawo e-Arbat bahamba phambili baba yindawo ethandwayo neyomhlangano yabaculi nabadlali basemgwaqweni.
Ku-Arbat Street kubuye kube nesikhumbuzo sombongi u-Okudzhava Bulat, onikele ngochungechunge lwezingoma ngothando emgwaqweni. Eduze nodonga olume njengesikhumbuzo somculi uViktor Tsoy, omunye wamaphayona edwala laseRussia, owashona engozini yemoto ngo-1990.
Kulezi zinsuku, i-Arbat isenomoya ovuthayo nobuciko kuyo, inezitolo eziningi zezikhumbuzo, abaculi basemgwaqweni, nabadwebi abazotholakala. Noma ngabe ufuna isigqoko sendabuko saseRussia, unodoli waseRussia, noma ukuhamba nje.
kuchazwe kahle! I-Arbat ngomunye wemigwaqo emihle kakhulu eMoscow, iyathakazelisa, inempilo futhi inamasiko. Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, kunezindawo zokudlela ezimbili ezingabizi kakhulu futhi ezisezingeni eliphakeme lapho unganambitha khona amakhono amaningi aseRussia: i-blinis (i-crepes) eTeremok, nezinye izinto eziningi ezifana ne-shashlik (skewers), i-pelmeni (amadombolo), i-cotlet (eshayiwe) kanye yebo borsch, eMu mu.