Lefortovo Park
Lefortovo may refer to: *Lefortovo District, a district in South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia * Lefortovo Prison, a prison in Moscow, Russia *Lefortovo Tunnel, a road tunnel in Moscow, Russia *Lefortovo Hill, one of the seven hills of Moscow, Russia *Lefortovo (Moscow Metro) Lefortovo (russian: Лефортово) is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on 27 March 2020 as part of Nekrasovskaya line extension. Name The Station is named for the Lefortovo District of M ...

Lefortovo District
Lefortovo District ( rus, райо́н Лефо́ртово, a=Ru-Lefortovo.ogg, p=lʲɪˈfortəvə) is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Its area is . Population: History The Lefortovo District commemorates the name of a close associate of Tsar Peter the Great (), Franz Lefort (1656-1699), whose troops were stationed nearby at the German Quarter. Lefortovo is considered to have been founded in 1699. In the 18th century it was home to Annenhof, , Sloboda Palace, and the Catherine Palace. In later centuries, the district hosted troops and military organizations, and also became heavily industrialized. The present-day Lefortovo has a reputation for the Lefortovo Prison, Lefortovo Park and the Lefortovo Tunnel on the Third Ring. Several higher-educational institutions are located in Lefortovo, such as the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. See also *German Quarter *Vvedenskoye Cemetery Vvedenskoye Cemetery ( rus, Вве ...
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Lefortovo Tunnel
Lefortovo Tunnel (russian: Лефо́ртовский тоннель) is a road tunnel in the Lefortovo District in Moscow, Russia, opened in 2003. It carries seven lanes of the Third Ring Road. At long, it is the fifth longest urban tunnel of Europe (after the M30 RingRoad tunnels in Madrid at , Blanka tunnel complex in Prague at , Södra länken in Stockholm at , and the Dublin Port Tunnel at ). The Third Ring Road was originally planned for a surface alignment across the historic district of Lefortovo; however, public outcry from local residents blocked these plans, and the tunnel was built instead. The tunnel runs under the Yauza River, and water leaks in at some points. The temperature has reached as low as (as during the winter of 2005), causing the water on the road's surface to freeze. It has been nicknamed "The Tunnel of Death" ()
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Seven Hills Of Moscow
The Seven hills of Moscow (russian: Семь холмо́в Москвы́) is a historic name of several elevated sections of terrain, on top of which Moscow was built. The legend of Seven Hills (as an analogy between Moscow and Rome) has been known since the 16th century, when they began to actively develop the hilly terrain dissected by numerous rivers and ravines. Usually, the term ''Seven Hills'' refers to the Borovitsky Hill_(a.k.a._Kremlin_Hill),_the_so-called_Three_Mountains.html" ;"title="' ... (a.k.a. Kremlin Hill), the so-called Three Mountains">' ... (a.k.a. Kremlin Hill), the so-called Three Mountains (the districts of Presnya and Vagankovo), Tver Hill a.k.a. Strastnaya Gorka (today's Pushkin Square), Sretensky Hill a.k.a. Sukharevsky Hill (today's Sukharevskaya Square), Tagansky Hill a.k.a. Shvivaya Gorka (over the Yauza River), Vvedenskiye Mountains a.k.a. Lefortovo Hill (in Lefortovo), and Vorobyovy Hills. Besides the aforementioned hills, they sometimes includ ...
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