The cache is in the roots of a big tree hidden under a brick. The
location is just off of the path. You are looking for a
Tupperware-like container.
This text is a contribution from Vold, a geocacher from the
Moscow region, "A good idea for visitors would be to add one more
point to the trip: the first and only Moscow monorail can be used
to reach "Ostankinskaya Bashnia" surroundings. It's convenient to
take monorail at it's terminal near "Timiryazevskaya" metro station
and alight at "Telecentr" station. Monorail runs from 8a.m. to
8p.m., time interval between trains is about 20-25 min. See
http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Moscow.html for details."
Ostankinskaya TV tower is the highest building in Europe. The
tower is about 560 m high. Its weight is 51,400 tons. The tower can
be seen from any corner of the city, it is an architectural center
of the TV and Radio complex.
The foundation of the tower was laid on April 22, 1964. It took
a little more then three years to build the tower; 35 scientific
research design institutions developed metal and concrete
components for it. In spring 1967 the tower became higher than
Empire State Building in New York.
At different times Moscow had different observation platforms.
Since 1967 the best observation point in Moscow has been the
Ostankino TV tower (the observation platform placed at the height
of 337 m). Unfortunately, now you cannot enjoy the view of Moscow
by going up to the observation platform due to the fire happened in
August of 2000. The tower is still under reconstruction and closed
for visitors.
Update - Spring 2010. I have been informed that the tower is now
OPEN for visitors.
The best view of Ostankino TV tower you can enjoy from the small
pond. The main Russian television center is situated nearby. On the
opposite side of the pond there is Ostakino palace-estate. The
estate belonged to Counts Sheremetev.
The village of this name has been known since the middle of the
16th century; in the 17th century Ostankino village was owned by
Princes Cherkassky, and from the mid-18th century by Counts
Sheremetev. The ensemble of the estate was planned by Count
Sheremetev as a recreation palace and theatre.
The wooden palace designed by Francesco Camporessi was built by
serf architect P. Argunov in the style of late classicism from 1791
to 1798; in addition to its columned portico, it is decorated with
moulded sculptural relieves. The main building of the palace with a
theatre and a suite of ceremonial rooms, richly decorated with
ceiling frescoes, moulding, inlaid parquet floors, carved gilded
and wooden lamps and crystal chandeliers, works of art and
sculptures by Russian and European masters, is connected by low
galleries with side pavilions. The Egyptian Pavilion was intended
for music concerts and dances and the Italian Pavilion with a
graceful rotunda facing the park for receptions. Ostankino had the
best serf theatre in Moscow. Italian and Russian operas and ballets
were staged there; they impressed the visitors with high
professionalism of actors, by splendor and wealth of stage
settings. The best serf opera actress of the theatre was Praskovya
Zhemchugova who became the legitimate wife of Count Sheremetev,
which met with misunderstanding and shocked high society. In memory
of Zhemchugova, who died soon after child birth, Count Sheremetev
founded an almshouse in Moscow. Next to the Ostankino palace there
is a brick building of the St. Trinity Church, built in the Moscow
Baroque style at the end of the 17th century.
Next to the estate palace a formal garden and a landscaped park
have been partially preserved (became a city recreation park in
1932). It was created to a design by serf architect A. Mironov in
1793. A large park and a 200-year-old oak grove from the center of
the landscaped park. There are old Slaves’ burial mounds of
the 11th-13th centuries on the territory of the park.
Now the palace houses the Ostankino Museum-Estate formed in 1918
as a palace-museum of serf art.
Small note on cache maintenance: A local member
of our team will maintain the cache. Contact info of file with
geocaching.com