The Central Squares of Moscow consists of a chain of squares around the historical

Moscow Kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (R ...

and

Kitai-gorod Kitay-gorod ( rus, Китай-город, p=kʲɪˈtaj ˈɡorət), also referred to as the Great Possad () in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants ...

areas of central

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, following the historical and now mostly razed down

Kitai-gorod wall Kitay-gorod ( rus, Китай-город, p=kʲɪˈtaj ˈɡorət), also referred to as the Great Possad () in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants ...

. These squares and avenues connecting them form the innermost

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in Moscow open to regular traffic. The names of central squares changed frequently for political reasons and as a result of urban redevelopment; some of these squares are actually city streets (

Staraya Square Staraya Square (russian: Старая площадь ''Staraya Ploshchad’''), literally "Old Square", connects Ilyinka Street with Varvarka Gates Square in central Kitai-gorod area of Moscow, Russia. It is not a square in a true sense, but a stre ...

Novaya Square Novy (masculine), Novaya (feminine), or Novoye (neuter) may refer to: ;People * Frederick George Novy (1864–1957), American pioneer bacteriologist * Jeremy Novy, American street artist * Lili Novy (1885–1958), Slovene poet * Tom Novy (born 1970 ...

); other locations are shaped like squares, but have no names of their own.

List

This is a list of the Central Squares and their connecting avenues, clockwise from

Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge (russian: Большой Каменный мост, ''Greater Stone Bridge'') is a steel arch bridge spanning Moskva River at the western end of the Moscow Kremlin. Its predecessor was the first permanent stone bridge in ...

: * Borovitskaya Square ** Manege Street (inner ring, closed to traffic) and

Mokhovaya Street Mokhovaya Street (russian: Моховая улица) is a one-way street in central Moscow, Russia, a part of Moscow's innermost ring road - Central Squares of Moscow. Between 1961 and 1990 it formed part of Karl Marx Avenue (Проспект ...

(outer ring) *

Manezhnaya Square, Moscow Manezhnaya ( rus, Манежная площадь, p=mɐˈnʲeʐnəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ, '' Manege Square'') is a pedestrian open space in the Tverskoy District, at the heart of Moscow. It is bound by the Hotel Moskva to the east, the State Histo ...

** Okhotny Ryad Street *

Revolution Square, Moscow Revolution Square (russian: Площадь Революции, ''Ploshchad Revolyutsii'', ''Revolyutsii Square'') is a square located in the center of Moscow, in Tverskoy District, northwest of Red Square. The square has the shape of an arc runn ...

(inner ring) and Theatre Square (outer ring) ** Teatralny Lane *

Lubyanka Square Lubyanskaya Square (, Lubyanskaya ploshchad'), or simply Lubyanka in Moscow lies about north-east of Red Square. History first records its name in 1480, when Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, who had conquered Novgorod in 1471, settled many Novgo ...

(inner ring) and Lubyansky Lane (outer ring) * Ilyinka Gates Square **

(inner ring, closed to traffic), Kitaisky Lane (inner ring) and Lubyansky Lane (outer ring) *

Slavyanskaya Square Slavyanskaya Square () is a square in central Moscow, also known in 1924-1991 as northern side of Nogina Square (Площадь Ногина); the southern side of former Nogina Square is now called Varvarka Gates Square (Площадь Варв ...

* Varvarka Gates Square ** Kitaigorodsky Lane

References

* History of renaming squares prior to 1947: Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, pp. 35–67 * Present-day naming convention: City of Moscow decree N.958, 25.10.199
text in Russian
* Architectural landmarks on Central Squares: Bilingual: "Monuments of architecture of Moscow. Kremlin, Kitai-gorod and Central Squares", Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1977 Ring roads in Moscow * {{Russia-road-stub