The old village Bogorodskoye to the north-east of Moscow is known since the XIV century. In XIX century this was a cottage village, and here lived famous Russian artist Shyshkin and composers Chaikovsky, Borodin, Balakirev. The first horse-drawn tram came here in 1886 - it was one of the first Moscow tramlines.

In the beginning of the XX century, this district became a part of Moscow; here lived workers of many factories built along Yauza river. Now, a century later, the trend is opposite, and modern apartment houses have replaced the original wooden country ones. The disrict once again becomes a silent, green and cosy place.

	A beautiful church of Transfiguration (built in 1876-1880) meets you at Bogorodskoye. This left turn from Krasnobogatyrskaya Street to Millionnaya Street is a part of the first line constructed in 1886. The line that branches to the right runs along Krasnobogatyrskaya Street and further to Preobrazhenskaya Square. July 29, 2000.
	A loop in Millionnaya Street once was a terminus of the horse-drawn tram line. The loop is still here, while the line has been extended long ago. July 2000.
	Currently the loop is not used regularly: when a Metro station Ulitsa Podbelskogo was opened, all routes which had ended here were extended to that station along the existing line in Pogonniy Proyezd. July 2000.
	The line continues in Pogonniy Proyezd. This is a rather lazy and narrow lane, used mainly by tramcars. The surrounding district is considered valuable because of clean air; there is a national park Losiniy Ostrov not far from here. July 2000.
	A tram station beside the Metro station Ulitsa Podbelskogo. The terminus is among the largest ones of Moscow, there are five tracks in this station. The line, although, does not end here; tracks continue to join the line in Otkrytoye Shosse which leads to Detskiy Sanatoriy loop. July 2000.

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