Eurasia Square (,

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: ''ploshchad' Yevrazii'') is a square in

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 with ...

outside the

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, just off Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street. It borders on

Kievsky Rail Terminal Kiyevsky railway terminal (, ''Kievskiy vokzal,'' ) also known as Moscow Kiyevskaya railway station (, ''Moskva-Kievskaya'') is one of the nine railway terminals of Moscow, Russia. It is the only railway station in Moscow to have a frontage on the ...

, the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, and Berezhkovskaya Embankment overlooking the

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. The square used to be part of Kiyevsky Rail Terminal Square. In 2002 it was created and named Europe Square after the site had been redeveloped and enhanced with an animated

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, '' The Abduction of Europa'', designed by the Belgian sculptor,

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. A bridge links the southern corner of the square with Khamovniki District. On 18 March 2023, the flags of European countries that had flown over the square, were removed and, on 24 July 2024, the square was renamed Eurasia Square. This was due to worsening relations with Europe following the

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in February 2022.

References

Photo gallery

Image:Fountain_Europe_Square_Moscow.jpg, Animated fountain, lit at night

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