"Radimovka"

[Пелагея Ларина]

The name of Paul Radimov, sure, there is known to many.
Poet, painter, the first chairman of the Moscow Union of Artists, the legend "Maslivka - Borough of Artists ...
Do you know what "Radimovka?

«On the contrary workshops first house artists on Maslovka stood a small house with a sign" Beer ". This was the famous pub "Radimovka", so named because Paul Radimov somehow gave it his personal exhibition for the "drunks" in our area. They are, he assures us, were in need of spiritual nourishment. When part of his work was lost, he even rejoiced: since his pictures so quickly pulled, that means they like people.
... In "Radimovku" went almost all the artists. Behind the counter were busy two portly aunt, who knew all the inhabitants Maslivka and their material possibilities: those who had sold the picture, who had a day of pay. In this beer, apparently, the only of its kind, is often sold on credit. There every day go and see George Nyssa, Arkady Lobanov, Nikolai Romadin, Shurpin Fedor, Fyodor Reshetnikov, Paul Radimov, Nicholas Sysoev, Victor Vasin.
George Nyssa usually comes with two dogs, which are dragged around in a backpack. In the pub, he released them, and the little dog immediately took a seat at the table, even if Nyssa for a long time left, they sat quietly, waiting for his return.
Arkady Lobanov demonstrated his favorite number: boots, with pants lap, he climbed into a beer keg and a loud rhythmic clapping companions tap dance ... ..
... Newbie "Radimovki" Fradkin, who lived in the fifteenth house in pretty drunk directed his steps to the basement of his home as the widow of his uncle's caretaker Mitya. He walked across the yard in one underwear, issuing a clarion night of love. Elevator woman in horror ran after him, exclaiming: "Father, holy! What is wrong with our artist, forgive him, O Lord! "
Radimov, happened, too, went through, and barely went home. Along the way he stopped near a telegraph pole and, clasping his hands, read his poetry interspersed with verses of Horace.
Pub reigned relaxed atmosphere, all floating in sizom tobacco smoke. Each artist had his favorite table and his own, as it were allotted to him the place. Ate crabs, roach, chocolate, drinking champagne, beer - that someone like that.
In "Radimovku" came as a savings bank to borrow, and nobody was out. Saleswomen keep records of debts, which are sometimes stretched to a year, but the artists they trusted, though himself not offended.
Beer lasted about thirty years. When it was torn down, the artists seemed suddenly divided, began to drink in the shops ... ...
.... Now, when on-site beer garden is a large new house, hardly anyone remembers that here in the famous "Radimovke, tackle creative challenges, appointed by Arts Council, reduced personal account - held most of the lives of many famous Russian artists. »
(From the book Tatiana Khvostenko Evenings on Maslovka, near the Dinamo 2003).

Here at the exhibition "Moscow Stories" in the center of the photo the name of the Lumiere brothers pics of this institution.
http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=124531

9 Evgeny Shcheglov. Old Maslivka (Gadyushnik). 1950