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Opposite
the
Church
of
the
Great
Ascension,
where
the
Russian
poet
Alexander
Pushkin
and
the
first
beauty
of
Moscow
Natalya
Goncharova
were
married,
a
fountain
was
installed
in
1999,
on
the
200th
anniversary
of
the
poet’s
birth.
This
fountain
is
made
in
the
form
of
a
rotunda,
inside
which
are
the
figures
of
Pushkin
and
Goncharova.
Architect
Dronov.
This
fountain
immediately
began
to
be
criticized
due
to
its
disproportionate
size.
The
gilded
dome
alone
weighs
a
ton,
which
is
a
lot
for
a
fountain.
And
because
of
its
composition,
this
fountain
was
popularly
nicknamed
“cockroaches
in
a
jar.”
But
this
fountain
also
has
its
advantages.
The
water
in
it
is
from
a
well,
natural,
so
it
is
one
of
the
few
Moscow
fountains
with
drinking
water.
It’s
nice
in
the
summer,
when
walking
along
Nikitskaya
Street
in
the
heat,
to
go
to
the
fountain
and
drink
water,
under
the
watchful
gaze
of
the
poet
and
his
beautiful
wife
