The Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (abbr. KZCh, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall) is the building and concert hall of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic, opened in 1940. The hall hosts music festivals, concerts of academic music, poetry evenings and performances.…

The monument to the great Russian poet of the era of Russian futurism Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893 – 1930), was erected in 1958 in Moscow on Mayakovsky Square (now Triumfalnaya Square). The authors of the monument are sculptor Alexander Kibalnikov and architect…

Triumfalnaya Square (in 1935-1992 – Mayakovsky Square) – a square in the Tverskoy district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow on the Garden Ring between Bolshaya Sadovaya, 1st and 2nd Brestskaya, 1st Tverskaya Yamskaya Street, Armory Lane, Sadovaya…

Pushkinskaya Square is located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow between Tverskoy and Strastnoy Boulevards (Boulevard ring), separated by Tverskaya Street, one km northwest of the Kremlin and Red square. The historical name is Strastnaya Square…

The building of the Moscow City Hall (House of Golitsin, Chernyshev’s estate) is located in Moscow at Tverskaya Street, 13. It was built in 1782 according to the project of architect Matvey Kazakov and, until 1917, served as the residence of the Moscow governor…

The National Hotel is a Moscow hotel located on Mokhovaya Street, 15/1, at the intersection with Tverskaya street. It was built between 1900 and 1902, according to the project of the architect Alexander Ivanov. It was considered one of the most prestigious…

2B1 Oka (420 mm) An experimental model was ready in 1957. Its chassis (Object 273), was designed and built by the Kirov Plant. Its 20-meter barrel allowed it to fire 750 kg rounds up to 45 km. Due to its complexity of loading it had a relatively low rate…

Veliky Novgorod (until 1999, the official name was Novgorod) is a city located in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. The administrative center of the Novgorod region, as well as the Novgorod district, which it is not part of, has the status of a…

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Ilyinka Street (in the XIV-XV centuries – Dmitrovka Street, in 1935-1990 – Kuibyshev Street) – a street in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, on the territory of Kitay-Gorod. One of the oldest streets in Moscow. It runs from Red Square to Ilyinsky…

Old Gostiny Dvor is the oldest Gostiny Dvor in Moscow. It occupies the Kitay-gorod quarter between Varvarka and Ilyinka streets and Khrustalny and Rybny lanes. In the 1990s, it was rebuilt as a trade and exhibition complex. The stone Gostiny Dvor was built…

Yakimanskaya embankment is a 500-meter-long embankment on the banks of the Vodootvodny Canal in Moscow. It is located between Krymskaya and Kadashevskaya embankments in the Yakimanka district of Moscow. The name of the embankment comes from Bolshaya Yakimanka…

Bolotnaya Embankment (until 1922, it included the former Kokorevsky Boulevard) is an embankment along the left (northern) bank of the Vodootvodny Canal in the Yakimanka district of Moscow. It starts from the western arrow of the island between the Vodootvodny…