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Pushkin Square, Moscow

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Mar 232009
 


Pushkin Square in Moscow, historically known as Strastnaya Square and renamed for Alexander Pushkin in 1937, is located at the junction of the Boulevard Ring and the Tverskaya Street, 2km northwest of the . It is not only one of the busiest city squares in Moscow, but also one of the busiest in the world. At the center of the square is a famous statue of Pushkin, funded by public conscription and opened by Ivan Turgenev and Feodor Dostoevsky in 1880. In 1950 Stalin had the statue moved to the other side of the Tverskaya Street, where the Monastery of Christ’s Passions had formerly stood. review.
GPS travel help: 55° 45′ 56″ N, 37° 36′ 21″ E

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Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow

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Mar 232009
 

Saint Basils Cathedral, Moscow

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The Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat is a multi-tented church on the in Moscow that also features distinctive onion domes. It is very often mistaken by Westerners for the , whose buildings are in fact situated across the square from the cathedral. Arguably the most recognized building in Russia, it is an international symbol for the nation and for the city of Moscow. Saint Basil’s is located at the southeast end of Red Square, just across from the of the . Not particularly large, it consists of nine chapels built on a single foundation. The cathedral’s design follows that of contemporary tented churches, notably those of Ascension in Kolomenskoye (1530) and of ’s Decapitation in Dyakovo (1547). blog.
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Kremlin Arsenal, Moscow

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Nov 212008
 

Kremlin Arsenal, Moscow

The Arsenal is a large trapezoid two-storey building in the northern corner of the Moscow which currently accommodates the Regiment. In the Middle Ages, the spot was occupied by granaries. After they burnt down in the last years of the 17th century, Peter the Great engaged a team of Russian and German architects to construct the Arsenal building on the spot. Construction started in 1702 and lasted until 1736, when it was completed under supervision of Field-Marshal Munnich. During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the retreating French soldiers had the central part of the building blown up. It was restored between 1816 and 1828 to a Neoclassical design in order to house a museum dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleon. Accordingly, some 875 cannons captured from the retreating Grand Army were put on display along the walls of the Arsenal. Of these, 365 are French, 189 are Austrian, 123 are Prussian, 70 are Italian, 40 are Neapolitan, 34 are Bavarian, and 22 are Dutch. Since 1960, Russian cannons of the 16th and 17th centuries have been displayed along the south wall of the building. guides.
GPS travel destinations: 55° 45′ 13″ N, 37° 36′ 59″ E

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