Sokol’niki
District of Moscow
Moscow - Russia

Yelokhovo Cathedral

The Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo, Moscow, is the vicarial church of the Moscow Patriarchs. The surviving building was designed and built by Yevgraph Tyurin in 1837–1845. The original church in the village of Yelokhovo near Moscow was built in 1722-31 for Tsarevna Praskovia Ivanovna. It was there that Alexander Pushkin was baptised in 1799. In 1790 a refectory with a four-tier belfry was built The present structure was erected in 1837-1845 to a Neoclassical design by Yevgraph Tyurin.

Located at 55.7725, 37.6744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Cathedrals in Moscow, Religious buildings completed in 1845, 19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Neoclassical architecture in Russia

Sokolniki (Moscow Metro)

Sokolniki is a Moscow Metro station in the Sokolniki District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Krasnoselskaya and Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad stations. It is located under Rusakovskaya street at the foot of Sokolnicheskaya Square and was part of the first Metro line. The station is named after the nearby Sokolniki Park.

Located at 55.7892, 37.6797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1935, Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1935, Sokolnicheskaya Line

Krasnoselskaya

Krasnoselskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Komsomolskaya and Sokolniki stations. Krasnoselskaya is located under Krasnoprudnaya street, east of the intersection with Krasnoselskaya street.

Located at 55.78, 37.666 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1935, Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1935, Sokolnicheskaya Line

Komsomolskaya (Sokolnicheskaya Line)

Komsomolskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Krasnye Vorota and Krasnoselskaya stations. It is located under Komsomolskaya Square, between the Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky railway terminals. The station was named for the workers of the Komsomol youth league who helped to construct the first Metro line. It has a transfer at the-same-called-station on the Koltsevaya Line.

Located at 55.775, 37.655 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1935, Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1935, Sokolnicheskaya Line

Baumanskaya (Moscow Metro)

Baumanskaya (Бауманская) is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman. It was designed by Boris Iofan and Yu.P. Zenkevich and opened in 1944. The Art Deco design features white marble pylons with rounded corners, projecting, fluted piers faced with red ceramic tile, and decorative ventilation grilles. In the bays between each set of piers are bronze sculptures by V.A.

Located at 55.7731, 37.6817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1944, Art Deco railway stations, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line)

Komsomolskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Koltsevaya Line, between Prospekt Mira and Kurskaya stations. The station is noted for its being located under the busiest Moscow transport hub, Komsomolskaya Square, which serves Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky railway terminals. Because of that the station is one of the busiest in the whole system and is the most loaded one on the line.

Located at 55.7765, 37.6562 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Stalinist architecture, Transport infrastructure completed in 1952, Railway stations opened in 1952, Koltsevaya Line

VDNKh (Moscow Metro)

VDNKh is a Moscow Metro station in Ostankinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Alekseyevskaya and Botanichesky Sad stations. VDNKh opened on 1 May 1958. It is named after the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy . The station features pylons faced with white marble and decorated with circular ventilation grilles. VDNKh was designed by Nadezhda Bykova, I. Gokhar-Kharmandaryan, Ivan Taranov, and Yu.

Located at 55.821, 37.6414 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1958, All-Russia Exhibition Centre, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Alekseyevskaya (Moscow Metro)

Alexeyevskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. It was designed by S.  Kravets, Yu.  Kolesnikova, and G.  Golubev and opened on 1 May 1958. The station was originally planned to be as heavily decorated as previous stations, but the design was modified due to Khrushchev's opposition to unnecessary decorative elements. As a result, Alexeyevskaya has surprisingly clean lines for a station built in the 1950s.

Located at 55.8089, 37.6386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1958, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Rizhskaya (Moscow Metro)

Rizhskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Meshchansky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Prospekt Mira and Alexeyevskaya stations. It is named after the nearby Rizhskiy Rail Terminal (which was named after and serves trains to and from the Latvian capital, Riga) and was designed by Latvian architects A. Reinfelds and V. Apsītis. The brightly colored Latvian ceramics employed throughout the station make it instantly recognizable.

Located at 55.7925, 37.6362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1958, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Leningradsky railway station

Leningradsky station (Russian: Ленингра́дский вокза́л, Leningradsky vokzal) is the oldest of Moscow's nine principal railway stations. Situated on Komsomolskaya Square, the station serves north-western directions, notably Saint Petersburg. International services from the station include Tallinn, Estonia, operated by GoRail, and Helsinki, Finland.

Located at 55.7761, 37.6553 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport infrastructure completed in 1851, Railway stations in Moscow, Italianate architecture, Railway stations opened in 1851, 1851 establishments in Russia

Komsomolskaya Square (Moscow)

Komsomolskaya Square, known as Kalanchyovskaya before 1932, is one of the busiest squares in Moscow, noted for its impressive blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist architecture. It is often referred to informally as Three Station Square (Пло́щадь трёх вокза́лов) or simply Three Stations (Три вокза́ла) thanks to three ornate rail termini situated there: Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky.

Located at 55.775, 37.6542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Squares in Moscow

Sokolniki Arena

Sokolniki Arena or Sokolniki Sports Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Sokolniki District of the city, a fifteen-minute walk from Sokolniki metro station, right by Sokolniki Park. Initially it was an outdoor skating rink, roofed in 1973 during the preparations for the 1973 Summer Universiade. The capacity of the arena is 5,000. The Sokolniki Sports Palace was a venue of handball tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics, including the final.

Located at 55.7928, 37.6714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union, Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia, Indoor arenas in Russia, Handball venues, HC Spartak Moscow, 1980 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic handball venues

Rusakov Workers' Club

The Rusakov Workers' Club (Russian: Дом культуры имени И. В. Русакова) in Moscow is a notable example of constructivist architecture. Designed by Konstantin Melnikov, it was constructed in 1927-28. The club is built on a fan-shaped plan, with three cantilevered concrete seating areas rising above the base. Each of these volumes can be used as a separate auditorium, and combined they result in a capacity of over 1,000 people. At the rear of the building are more conventional offices.

Located at 55.7914, 37.6872 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow, Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union, Russian avant-garde, Constructivist architecture, Buildings and structures completed in 1928

Kazansky railway station

Kazansky station (Russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, Kazansky vokzal) is one of nine main railway stations in Moscow, situated on the Komsomolskaya Square, across the square from the Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky stations. Kazansky station primarily serves two major railway lines radiating from Moscow: the eastbound one, to Kazan, Yekaterinburg, and points beyond (one of the routes of the Trans-Siberian Railway), and the south-east-bound one, to Ryazan.

Located at 55.7747, 37.6569 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport infrastructure completed in 1940, Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union, Railway stations in Moscow, Railway stations of Moscow Railway

Yaroslavsky railway station

Yaroslavsky station (Russian: Яросла́вский вокза́л, Yaroslavsky vokzal) is one of the nine main railway stations in Moscow, situated on Komsomolskaya Square. It has the highest passenger throughput of all the nine Moscow stations, serving eastern destinations, including the Russian Far East. It is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway in the world.

Located at 55.7764, 37.6575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1862, Railway stations in Moscow, Railway stations of Moscow Railway

Rostokino Aqueduct

Rostokino Aqueduct, also known as Millionny Bridge, is a stone aqueduct over Yauza river in Rostokino District of Moscow, Russia, built in 1780-1804. It is the only remaining aqueduct in Moscow, once a part of Mytishchi Water Supply, Moscow's first centralized water utility.

Located at 55.829, 37.656 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Aqueducts in Russia, Bridges in Moscow, Bridges completed in 1804, Deck arch bridges, Stone bridges

Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage

Novoryazanskaya Street Garage, also spelled Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage, and known as "Horseshoe garage", was designed by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov (structural engineering) in 1926 and completed in 1929 at 27, Novoryazanskaya Street in Krasnoselsky District, Moscow, Russia, near Kazansky Rail Terminal. The main building of this truck garage has a semi-circular form, with service workshops and office in a standalone building between the tips of a "horseshoe".

Located at 55.7722, 37.6658 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Russian avant-garde, Roof structures by Vladimir Shukhov, Constructivist architecture, Visitor attractions in Moscow, Buildings and structures in Moscow, Transport infrastructure completed in 1929

Krasnoselsky District, Moscow

Krasnoselsky District (Russian: Красносе́льский райо́н is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: 47,501; 45,229 . Most of the district's territory is occupied by railroads, rail yards, and the three rail terminals around Komsomolskaya Square. It also contains a narrow sector of central Moscow, extending north-east from Lubyanka Square within the boundaries of Myasnitskaya Square and Bolshaya Lubyanka Street.

Located at 55.7786, 37.6564 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Central Administrative Okrug, History of Moscow, Districts of Moscow

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia. The contest was won by Norway's Alexander Rybak and his own composition "Fairytale", which received a record-breaking 387 points out of 492, the highest total score in Eurovision history, at that time by a margin of 95 points.

Located at 55.7667, 37.6667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009 in Russia

Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science

Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science (MSUIECS) is one of the leading technical universities of Moscow and Russia.

Located at 55.7939, 37.7014 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1936, Education in the Soviet Union, Universities in Moscow

Matrosskaya Tishina

Matrosskaya Tishina (Russian: Матросская тишина, literally "Seaman's Silence") is a detention facility located in northern Moscow, known by the name of the street on which it is located. It has operated as a prison since 1945, famously holding Mikhail Khodorkovsky and some plotters of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.

Located at 55.7919, 37.6969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow, Prisons in Russia, Prisons in the Soviet Union

Preobrazhensky Metro Bridge

Preobrazhenskiy Metro Bridge is the shortest (330 metres) of four rail bridges in Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the city. It spans over Yauza River and is a part of the Sokolnicheskaya Line of Moscow Metro. It connects the stations Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad and Sokolniki. Metro Bridge was opened on 31 December 1965 together with the Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad metro station.

Located at 55.7967, 37.7019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Moscow Metro bridges, Sokolnicheskaya Line

Museum of Calligraphy

The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, dedicated to the art of calligraphy, is situated in Sokolniki Park, Moscow. The museum collection features calligraphy masterpieces from 43 countries. The concept was elaborated by Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre and the National Union of Calligraphers. The Museum was officially opened on August 14, 2008.

Located at 55.8006, 37.6758 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Calligraphy, Museums in Moscow, Art museums and galleries in Russia, Literary museums in Russia

Moskva-3

Moskva-3 is a train station of the Yaroslavl direction of the Moscow Railway. It is located in the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, 3 kilometres from Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal. It consists of two insular platforms while the western one is broader and more heavily used. There are 4 tracks available. The platforms are connected to each other with the pedestrian bridge. In the middle of the platforms semi-transparent roofs are installed. The south end of the platforms is curved.

Located at 55.8022, 37.6519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in Moscow, Railway stations of Moscow Railway

Alexeyevsky District, Moscow

Alexeyevsky District, Moscow is an administrative district of North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

Located at 55.8131, 37.6478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Districts of Moscow, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug