Staraya Square

Staraya Square

Staraya Square ( _ru. Старая Площадь), literally Old Square, connects Ilyinka Street with Varvarka Gates Square in central Kitai-gorod area of Moscow, Russia. It is not a square in a true sense, but a street, normally closed to regular city traffic. Historical building at 4, Staraya Square, has been the headquarters of Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, thus "Staraya Square" has become a symbol for the Party apparatus. Now this building is the headquarters of Presidential Administration of Russia, so it saves its symbolic value. It is one of the Central Squares of Moscow forming an arc around Moscow Kremlin and Kitai-gorod.

History

Staraya Square emerged as the city street inside Kitai-gorod fortress wall; a parallel street outside the wall is named Kitaisky Lane (as there are no buildings in this lane, the name by now fell out of usage). The wall was built in 1530s, and demolished in 1934.

Throughout 19th century, Staraya Square and northbound Novaya Square frequently interchanged their names, confusing Muscovites and visitors; modern usage settled down in early 20th century. In 1899, the city closed down the flea markets around the fortress wall; before the outbreak of World War I, Moscow Merchant Society has rebuilt Staraya Square with a chain of grand office buildings like Art Nouveau Boyarsky Dvor (by Fyodor Schechtel) and neoclassical 4, Staraya Square (by Vladimir Sherwood Jr.). Since 1918, they are occupied by Soviet and presently Russian federal institutions.

Public transportation access

* Moscow Metro: Kitai-gorod

References

* History prior to 1947: Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, pp.35-41
* Present-day naming convention: Сity of Moscow decree N.958, 25.10.1994 [http://moscow.gramota.ru/znan04.shtml text in Russian]
* Architectural landmarks on Central Squares: Bilingual: "Monuments of architecture of Moscow. Kremlin, Kitai-gorod and Central Squares", Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1977


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