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Dorogomilovo: Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Borodino Panorama and Ukraina
A west-central district along Kutuzovsky Prospekt, with the Borodino Panorama, the Ukraina hotel skyscraper, the Kiyevsky Station and the road to Victory…
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Lefortovo: Catherine Palace, Lefortovo Park and Old Foreign Quarter
A south-eastern district on the Yauza River named after Franz Lefort, with Lefortovo Park, the exterior of the Catherine Palace, an old…
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Zayauzye: Moscow Beyond the Yauza, from Taganka to Rogozhskaya
The old area beyond the Yauza River, centered on Taganskaya Square, with the Kotelnicheskaya skyscraper at the river mouth, Rogozhskaya Sloboda and…
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Khitrovka: Moscow’s Former Slum Quarter, Lanes and Old Mansions
A quiet quarter of lanes and old mansions off Solyanka Street, once Moscow's notorious market and slum, now with 17th and 18th-century…
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Pokrovka: Pokrovsky Gates, Art Nouveau Houses and Old Churches
An old street east of Kitay-Gorod, named after a lost church and the Pokrovsky Gates, with Art Nouveau tenement houses, the Church…
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Novodevichy: Convent, Cemetery and UNESCO Walk in Khamovniki
A UNESCO-listed walled convent from 1524 on a bend of the Moskva River in Khamovniki, with the Smolensk Cathedral, a pond and…
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Tsvetnoy Boulevard: Nikulin Circus, Clowns Fountain and Market
A short green boulevard north of the center, known for the Nikulin Circus, the Clowns fountain, the Tsvetnoy Central Market and a…
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Lubyanka: Square, Children’s Store, Solovetsky Stone and Metro
A large square north-east of Red Square with the Central Children's Store and its giant clock, the Solovetsky Stone memorial, the Lubyanka…
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Sretenka: Moscow’s Old Pilgrim Road, Monastery and Boulevards
An old street north of the Boulevard Ring, named after the Sretensky Monastery, with Sretensky and Rozhdestvensky boulevards, the Nativity Convent and…
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Bolshaya Nikitskaya: Conservatory, Pushkin’s Church and Mansions
A radial street from Mokhovaya Street to the Garden Ring with the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the church where Pushkin married, the Zoological Museum…
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