Central Squares of Moscow
- Central Squares of Moscow
Central Squares of Moscow is a chain of squares around the historical Moscow Kremlin and Kitai-gorod areas of central Moscow, Russia. These squares and avenues connecting them form the innermost ring road in Moscow open to regular traffic. The names of central squares changed frequently for political reasons and as a result of urban redevelopment; some of these squares are actually city streets (Staraya Square, Novaya Square); other locations are shaped like squares, but have no names of their own.
List of central squares
and connecting avenues, clockwise from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge:
* Borovitskaya Square
** Manege Street (inner ring, closed to traffic) and Mokhovaya Street (outer ring)
* Manege Square
** Okhotny Ryad Street
* Revolution Square (inner ring) and Theatre Square (outer ring)
** Teatralny Lane
* Lubyanka Square
** Novaya Square (inner ring) and Lubyansky Lane (outer ring)
* Ilyinka Gates Square
** Staraya Square (inner ring, closed to traffic), Kitaisky Lane (inner ring) and Lubyansky Lane (outer ring)
* Slavyanskaya Square
* Varvarka Gates Square
** Kitaigorosky Lane
References
* History of renaming squares prior to 1947: Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, pp.35-67
* 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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