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Pokrovsky Boulevard
Pokrovsky Boulevard () is a major boulevard in the central part of Moscow running from Clean Ponds to Vorontsovo Pole Street, including Yauzsky Boulevard. With other boulevards like; Tverskoy Boulevard and Chistoprudny Boulevard, this is a part of the Boulevard Ring, running as a circle through the central Moscow. Boulevards in Moscow Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow {{Moscow-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ΠΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π±ΡΠ»ΡΠ²Π°Ρ (Pokrovsky Boulevard), ΠΠΎΡΠΊΠ²Π° 02
Pokrovsky, also spelled Pokrovski and Pokrovskii (), or Pokrovskaya (feminine; ΠΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ) is a Russian clerical surname derived from ''Pokrov'',Boris Unbegaun, ''Π ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΈ'p. 172/ref> either from the feast of (Intercession of the Theotokos) or from any of Porkov churches or monasteries. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Pokrovsky (1898β1979), Soviet military leader *Anatoly Pokrovsky (1930β2022), Russian vascular surgeon * Boris Pokrovsky (1912β2009), former chief director of the Bolshoi Theater and founder of the Moscow Chamber Opera Theater * Dmitri Pokrovsky (1944β1996), Russian musician * Georgy Pokrovsky (1901β1979), Soviet physicist * Igor Pokrovsky (1926β2002), Soviet architect * Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942β2013), Russian-American icon painter * Konstantin Pokrovsky (1868β1944), Russian and Ukrainian astronomer * Maksim Pokrovsky (born 1968), Russian musician * Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (1868β1932), Soviet h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard
A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district. In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls. In North American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane thoroughfares divided with only a central median. Etymology The word ''boulevard'' is borrowed from French. In France, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart, and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification. It is a borrowing from the Dutch word ' ' bulwark'. Notable examples Asia Azerbaijan *Baku Boulevard Bangladesh *Manik Mia Avenue Cambodia *Norodom Boulevard *Monivong Boulevard *Sihanouk Boulevard India * M G Road * Anna Salai * Indira Gandhi Sarani * Marine Drive * Krishnaraja Boulevard * Rajpath * Necklace Road * Mahatma Gandhi Road * Foreshore Road Indonesia * Jalan Jenderal Sudirman *Jalan M.H. Thamrin * Jalan Jen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clean Ponds
The Clean Ponds () is a large pond in Moscow, Russia, located in Basmanny District, on the Boulevard Ring. The pond gives its name to Chistoprudny Boulevard, which runs from Turgenevskaya Square and Sretensky Boulevard towards Pokrovka Street, where it adjoins Pokrovsky Boulevard, and to Chistyye Prudy station on the Moscow Metro. According to retired KGB colonel Victor Cherkashin, author of ''Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer: The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames'', the adjoining 'Chistyi Prudy (Clean Ponds)' is also part of "an old, prestigious neighborhood." On page 177 of his book, Victor Cherkashin spells the area as 'Chistyi' as opposed to 'Chistye.' The ponds were formed by a dam on the Rachka River which used to flow underneath the walls of the White City in the 17th century. Nowadays the river is underground, as are all the ponds but one. The Clean Ponds are fed by a system of water pipes. During the 17th century, people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorontsovo Pole Street
Vorontsovo () is the name of several rural localities in Russia. Arkhangelsk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Arkhangelsk Oblast bears this name: * Vorontsovo, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a village in Ilyinsky Selsoviet of Vilegodsky District Ivanovo Oblast As of 2010, five rural localities in Ivanovo Oblast bear this name: * Vorontsovo, Ilyinsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Ilyinsky District * Vorontsovo, Komsomolsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Komsomolsky District * Vorontsovo, Puchezhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a '' selo'' in Puchezhsky District * Vorontsovo, Rodnikovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a ''selo'' in Rodnikovsky District * Vorontsovo, Zavolzhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Zavolzhsky District Kaluga Oblast As of 2010, two rural localities in Kaluga Oblast bear this name: * Vorontsovo, Kuybyshevsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Kuybyshevsky District * Vorontsovo, Meshchovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Meshchov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yauzsky Boulevard
The Yauzsky Boulevard () is a major boulevard in central Moscow. The boulevard runs from Vorontsovo Pole Street and Pokrovsky Boulevard down to Moskvoretskaya Embankment at the Yauza River, whence comes the name of the boulevard. It's the end of the important Boulevard Ring, an orbital ring filled with many boulevards. {{coord, 55, 45, 09, N, 37, 38, 48, E, region:RU_type:landmark_source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title Boulevards in Moscow Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tverskoy Boulevard
Tverskoy Boulevard () is one of the main thoroughfares in central Moscow. It is a part of the Boulevard Ring and begins at the end of the Nikitsky Boulevard, at the crossing with Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street. The boulevard ends at the Pushkin Square and Tverskaya Street, one of the busiest places in Moscow. East of Tverskaya Street becomes Strastnoy Boulevard. First Tverskoy Boulevard was the first boulevard in the historical neighbourhood of Bely Gorod, "White Town" in Russian. The name comes from the fact that Bely Gorod was surrounded by white stone fortification wall which was built at the end of the 15th century and demolished at the end of the 17th century. It was replaced by several boulevards, together forming the Boulevard Ring. 1796 This oldest of Moscow's boulevards was laid out in 1796 under the direction of the architect Karin (architect), Karin. Silver birches were the first trees to be planted here, but they did not take root, and so for almost 200 years the wind h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chistoprudny Boulevard
Chistoprudny Boulevard () is a major boulevard in the central part of Moscow running from Turgenevskaya Square and Sretensky Boulevard towards Pokrovka Street, where it adjoins Pokrovsky Boulevard. Chistoprudny Boulevard includes Clean Ponds. With other boulevards, like Tverskoy Boulevard and Yauzsky Boulevard, this is a part of the Boulevard Ring, running as a circle through the central Moscow. References Boulevards in Moscow Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow {{Moscow-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard Ring
The Boulevard Ring (; transliteration: ''Bulvarnoye Koltso'') is Moscow's second innermost ring road (the first is formed by the Central Squares of Moscow running along the former walls of Kitai-gorod). Boulevards form a semicircular chain along the western, northern and eastern sides of the historical Bely Gorod, White City of Moscow; in the south the incomplete ring is terminated by the embankments of Moskva River. The first of the boulevards, Tverskoy Boulevard, emerged in 1796, but the ring was completely developed in 1820s, after the disastrous Fire of Moscow (1812), 1812 fire. The Ring replaced the medieval walls of the Bely Gorod, White City in the 1820s. The wall itself was razed in 1760, and despite the royal decrees to keep the site clear, the area was soon built over with private and state property. The Fire of Moscow (1812), Fire of Moscow destroyed many of those buildings, allowing the city planners to replace them with wide green boulevards. In the 20th century, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevards In Moscow
A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district. In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls. In North American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane thoroughfares divided with only a central median. Etymology The word ''boulevard'' is borrowed from French. In France, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart, and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification. It is a borrowing from the Dutch word ' ' bulwark'. Notable examples Asia Azerbaijan *Baku Boulevard Bangladesh *Manik Mia Avenue Cambodia *Norodom Boulevard *Monivong Boulevard *Sihanouk Boulevard India * M G Road *Anna Salai * Indira Gandhi Sarani * Marine Drive * Krishnaraja Boulevard *Rajpath * Necklace Road * Mahatma Gandhi Road * Foreshore Road Indonesia *Jalan Jenderal Sudirman *Jalan M.H. Thamrin *Jalan Jenderal Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
