莫斯科年鉴中关于阿尔巴特大街的记录最早始于1493年7月28日。根据记载，从派斯卡教堂的尼科拉起了一场院大火灾。后来，在1547年5月21日，阿尔巴特大街一场大火使得莫斯科25000间房屋夷为平地。
阿尔巴特一词应该来源于阿拉伯语。
阿尔巴特目睹过商人的驼队和侵略者：蒙古人，波兰军队，拿破仑。在第二次世界大战中几座建筑物（包括瓦可堂果夫戏剧院）毁于纳粹炮弹。
在19世纪，居住此街曾风靡一时。直到今天，我们还能在人行街道发现房主的名字：托尔斯泰，加加林等——著名的俄罗斯姓氏。他们修建了装饰有凉台，女像柱和灰泥模制的华丽房屋。
但是普通人和中产阶级也居住在阿尔巴特大街。
许多象托尔斯泰 加卜林这样的著名俄罗斯作家也在阿尔巴特大街写了他们的名著。
在1917年革命以前，在阿尔巴特大街有203家商店和食品店，那时阿尔巴特大街也是莫斯科的文化中心，拥有50000人口的阿尔巴特大街有四家电影院，华丽的瓦可堂果夫戏剧院及其戏剧学校和音乐学校，但同时也别忘了在阿尔巴特大街有许多书店，如今阿尔巴特地区有两条主街构成，阿尔巴特街和新阿尔巴特街，拆掉了许多老式的小房屋，取而代之的是大型的超市、娱乐中心、饭馆以及为消费者服务的游乐市场。而书店、古玩店、珠宝店集中在老阿尔巴特街。
现在的莫斯科市正在进行经济改革，由于投资者的竞争，建筑、重建和公共设施的成本费用在减少，莫斯科政府特别重视“我的家园”这一计划，这一计划让居民和公司主动积极参与街道建设，阿尔巴特地区代表会和十七个委员会正努力地解决自治政府的发展问题。根据这一计划，居民将有权拥有和管理他们自己的住所。阿尔巴特大街管委会也非常重视当地私人企业的发展，为了响应重建计划，50万平方米的居住在兴建，在莫斯科城政府的计划下，新的房屋和重要性建筑不断涌现。
Arbat-street
The first record of Arbat in Moscow chronicle was in 1493 on the 28-th of July. There was a devastating conflagration begun from Nikola na Peskakh church. Later, in 1547 on the 21-st of May after the great Arbat conflagration 25,000 houses were burnt down in Moscow.
The name of Arbat is supposed an Arabian version(robat, rabat)of the suburb.
Arbat saw merchant caravans and invaders: the Mongols, polish gentry, Napoleon.During WWII several buildings (Vakhtangov Theatre including)were maimed by Nazi bombs.
In the 19-th century it was popular to live in Arbat. To this day we can found houseowner’s names in the names of the Arbat sidestreets: Tolstoy, Kropotkin Dolgoruky, Gagarin-famous Russian family names. They built magnificent houses with balconies, caryatids, stucco mouldings……
But the common people and the middle class lived in Arbat too.
Many great Russian writers mentioned Arbat in their works: Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Kuprin
In Arbat there were 203 shops and food stores before the revolution of 1917.But Arbat was a cultural center of Moscow too.50,000 inhabitants of Arbat had 4 cinemas, the brilliant Vakhtangov Theatre with its’ drama school, Gnessins’ music-school. And don’t foget about many bookshops in Arbat.
Today the Arbat region is formed by two main streets-Arbat Street itself and New Arbat Street. The construction of New Arbat Prospekt in the 60th years of the 20 th century was a really was a really tragedy for Moscovites because of tearing down popular old small houses of Arbat .A lot of large supermarkets, entertainment centers and casinos work for consumer and entertainment market of Moscow in New Arbat Street. Book, antique and jewelry shops are concentrated in old Arbat Street.
Now the reform of the municipal economy is proceeding As a result of the competition between the investors the costs of building and reconstruction and public utilities have been reducing.
The government of Moscow gives particular attention to the program “My yard”, The program provides for an active participation of the inhabitants and companies-leaseholders.
The Assembley and 17committees of the Board of the Arbat District work on that problem and on the subsequent of the local self-government. In accordance to the program inhabitants will own and manage their house.
The Board of the Arbat District also pays great attention to the development of local private business.
In accordance to the plan of reconstruction 50,000sq.m.of dwellings and buildings have been built during the recent years.
The construction of new houses and administrative buildings is being proceeded under the program of the Moscow City Government.
