Marshala Koneva Street (russian: у́лица Ма́ршала Ко́нева) is a street in
Shchukino District
Shchukino District (russian: райо́н Щу́кино) is an administrative district (raion) of North-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 administrative districts of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. It borders with Pokrovs ...
of
North-Western Administrative Okrug
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of the
federal city
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Germany
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of
Moscow
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,
Russia
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.
Raspletina Street is located to the east of it and
1-y Volokolamsky Driveway is to the west.
History
Naming
In May 28, 1973, 2-y Volokolamsky Driveway and the 3-y Oktyabrskogo Polya Street were merged to create Marshala Koneva Street, named after
Ivan Konev
Ivan Stepanovich Konev ( rus, link=no, Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, p=ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf; – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the E ...
, the Marshal of the
Soviet Union
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.
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Streets in Moscow