Kotelnicheskaya Embankment
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Kotelnicheskaya Embankment (russian: Котельническая набережная) is a street on the northern bank of Moskva River in central
Tagansky District Tagansky District (russian: Тага́нский райо́н) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located between the Moskva and Yauza Rivers near the mouth of the latter. Population: The di ...
of
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
,
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. It spans from the mouth of
Yauza River The Yauza (russian: Я́уза) is a river in Moscow and Mytishchi, Russia, a tributary of the Moskva. It originates in the Losiny Ostrov National Park northeast of Moscow, flows through Mytishchi, enters Moscow in the Medvedkovo District an ...
(west) to the point one block west from
Bolshoy Krashokholmsky Bridge Bolshoy Krasnokholmsky Bridge (russian: Большо́й Краснохо́лмский мост) is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in downtown Moscow, Russia, carrying Garden Ring between Tagansky District and Zamoskvorechye Distric ...
(east),Russian: Носарев В.А., Скрябина, Т.А., "Мосты Москвы", М, "Вече", 2004, стр. 77-79 (''Bridges of Moscow'', 2004, p.77-79) . Some sources state span width as 160 meters; ''Brodges of Moscow'' figure of 168 meters is used as a most reliable reference where it changes name to Goncharnaya Embankment. Kotelnicheskaya Embankment is also famous for its high rise building, one of the Seven Sisters of Moscow built during the
Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
era.


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Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September 1947 and completed in 1952, designed by Dmitry Chechulin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and Andrei Rostkovsky. The main tower has 32 levels (inclu ...


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