In the 1960’s, the settlement of Povedniki situated in Moscow area’s Mytishchi, received a leisure complex that was unique by the standards of those days: a team of five architects (Leonid Karlik, Ashot Mndoyants, Andrey Meerson, and Igor Vinogradsky) designed the recreation centers “Podmoskovye”, “Dubrava”, “Berezki”, and “Klyazma”. The resorts were situated not far away from Moscow, surrounded by forestland, on the shore of the Klyazminskoe Lake, but, most importantly, you could book rooms in them at any time – without having to wait for your official “putyevka” (state-sponsored vacation tour) – in order to spend a weekend or even an entire vacation. 

All the four resort homes are open today, remaining quite popular due to their advantageous location, the forestland, which remained almost intact, and the sandy beaches. In addition, there are a lot of points of interest around; as well as a highly developed infrastructure for yachting and river cruises. Possibly, some of the guests are attracted by the Soviet aesthetic – photographs of the circular swimming pool on the Berezka grounds popped up in many architectural and lifestyle magazines, and even in books. 

The Klyazma resort is the largest of the four; it also has a surrounding green area of 35 hectares, a beach of its own, a marina, and a range of recreational facilities, some of which are already obsolete. In the 1990’s a covered swimming pool was inserted into the management block between two guest buildings, which doubtlessly helped attract more visitors but destroyed the architectural composition: the sea-green gable roof between the canonical rectangular health resort buildings does look like a patch. Later on, major repairs followed, which, it must be said, did not make much of a positive difference. Now the pool is planned to be dismantled, and a new building with a modern wellness center will be built in its place.