Where are the Russian oligarchs (26 photos)

It is well known that London is like no other city attracts millionaires and Russian oligarchs are no exception to this thread stuffed wallet and bank accounts. In the British capital is home to hundreds of thousands of Russian. Of these, about a hundred - multimillionaires, owners of expensive cars, yachts, planes and football clubs. Berezovsky, Blavatnik, Abramovich, Deripaska ... All they own real estate in the most prestigious areas Londongrad as for the eyes called London. And it is not necessary to live in a mansion bought for millions of pounds permanently. Enough to fly on a personal "jet" on the weekend, a break from the business jungle, to see his wife and children (who may well live and learn in the UK on a regular basis).
One of the most fashionable addresses this Moscow-on-Thames area can be considered Eaton Square (Eaton Square) in Belgravia (Belgravia). There I decided to go with a camera to show you where to live Russian oligarchs.



Eaton Square can be considered one of the biggest areas of London. The photo shows the strength of one-sixth part of it. In fact, it is rather a garden than a square. It passes right through quite a lively way the King's Road (King's road). On the north side of Eaton Square can see the bell tower of the church of St. Peter.



Address Eaton Square, London SW1 on the envelope immediately makes it clear on the social situation of its addressee.



The whole area is framed by whitewashed houses in four or five floors, with an attic and basement.





Facades and balconies decorated with artificial marble, but in the winter look a little bare. Maybe in the summer to replace the dry branches will come flowers and greenery.



To enter the gardens by residents is the key that opens the gate.



After the Second World War, many houses in London were turned into offices and shops. Eaton Square escaped this fate, so the popularity of this earlier rather prestigious area crept up.



Walk and shoot here can be freely although sometimes "men in black" is a bit confusing with their gazes.



Number of almost every home is connected with any celebrity, sometimes a world scale, and sometimes - LAN. The house number 1 once lived Baron Boothby (Boothby), a politician from the Conservative Party, spent some time secretary to Winston Churchill.



At number 37 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Churchill's predecessor, who signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler's Germany. It also stopped the German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop.



Eaton Square also lived Sean Connery and Roger Moore, actress Vivien Leigh and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. House, Abramovich bought for 28 million pounds, has been kept secret.



And "aluminum king" Oleg Deripaska bought an apartment for 25 million pounds to Belgrave Square (Belgrave square) near here. More about this area of ​​embassies and consulates in the next series.



On the area of ​​a lot of expensive cars parked, although I suspect that most decent items found anywhere in underground garages. And what can be seen on the street, so - to drive to the bakery.



Dominated by dark colors, mostly black and blue. Models of popular Porsche, Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls Royce. I gathered a small collection of cars. Ferrari:





Bentley.



Pay attention to exactly the same color on all models.





Daimler:



Rolls-Royce



There are also options frankly comical.



Even London cab here somehow got.



It remains to mention the Church of St. Peter, which I showed at the beginning of the story. It was built in the 1820s - at the same time as the Eaton Square.





At the service also taken to come to good cars - for example, Maserati.



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