Streets of Moscow

There are more than 3,500 streets, lanes and highways in Moscow. But where is the shortest street? Which is the oldest? What is the length of the longest? Let's have a look. 

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Secrets of Moscow lies in its mysterious streets in the center. Kuznetsky Most (Bridge) is one of them. This is the street of chic boutiques, bars, hotels. The best known foreign-language bookshop in Moscow is also here.

Nikolskaya street starts straight from the Red Square. Each building on this street is some famous historical place. It recently became a pedestrian street.

Arbat street in Moscow this year celebrated its 520 anniversary. While walking here you can meet all kinds of people: local artists who can draw your portrait, musicians, actors, street dancers, singers clowns and even poets citing their poems to public. 

Varvarka street, although very short, boasts the most churches of any street in the city

The widest street in Moscow today is Leninsky Prospekt, in some places it reaches 120 metres wide. Once upon a time grandmother of Tsar Ivan III bought the place and since then the street has been the road filled with nobility, factories and hospitals. It was also a wintess of numerous wars. After defeating the Crimeans here was erected Donskoy Monastery, Neskuchnyi garden and the Sparrow Hills. After a fire in 1812 in Moscow, 75% of homes were destroyed. Pyatnitskaya street saved just 5 houses, Leninsky Prospekt was luckier, it preserved 300 houses of that time. 

Profsouznaya street is closely connected to the Soviet past of Moscow. The street has 7 (!) metro stations on it. Most buildings on this street were built in the second half of the twentieth century, and can't be called masterpieces of architecture. Though there are also historical sites, like Church of the Trinity built in the late seventeenth century as a home church. 

Up until the end of the XIX century the buildings on this street had names of homeowners on them instead of numbers. Kamergersky lane is quite small, only two hundred and fifty meters long. But this is one of the oldest places in Moscow. Every house here has a story to tell. This street has seen all famous writers, poets and composers starting from Golden Age of Russian culture.

Explore the most historical and original streets of Moscow on our Going Out in Moscow Tour

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