What historical legends are there in Moscow?

The legend of the rose. It is said that after the Russian Emperor Nicholas I succeeded to the throne in 1825, he sent a general to escort his mother Maria Feodorovna back to the royal palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin) . After the incident, the general took a walk nearby and saw a sentry with a gun standing by the roadside, but there was nothing in the place he was guarding. The general was very surprised. He asked all the officials, but no one could tell clearly. He just said that it was the rule of court etiquette. Later he learned in St. Petersburg that the outpost in the Royal Garden had been established for 50 years. The basis for setting up the sentry was an order "Set a sentry 500 steps away from the east wing." Since the general had to visit this mysterious sentry every time he came to Tsarskoe Selo, the courtiers and even the queen mother herself became interested. The secret of setting up sentries finally came to light. It turned out that the first person to order the setting up of sentries was Empress Catherine II. The Queen often walked in the garden. One day, she found a blooming rose. It was so beautiful that she wanted to leave it to one of her grandsons. Therefore, she issued an order to set up a guard next to the flower to prevent it from being picked by others. She went there, but the next day she forgot all about it, and the sentry post remained in place year after year from then on. After the Queen's death, the rose bushes had long since withered away, but the sentinels were constantly rotating in place.