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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 million ...

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Western Administrative Okrug Western Administrative Okrug (russian: За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Mo ...

Ramenki District Ramenki District (russian: район Раменки) is a district in Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . Population: 126,000 (2017 est.) History The modern district was formed in ...

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romanised Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

: ''Mosfílmovskaya úlitsa''), formerly also Potylikha Street (russian: Улица Поты́лиха), is a street in

, West Administrative District,

, where the Mosfilm Studios and many foreign embassies are located. The name ''Mosfilmovskaya'' was officially adopted in 1939. Being outside the

Garden Ring The Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring (russian: Садо́вое кольцо́, кольцо́ "Б"; transliteration: ''Sadovoye Koltso''), is a circular ring road Avenue (landscape), avenue around central Moscow, its course correspondin ...

(''Садовое Кольцо''), which encircles central Moscow, the street runs south-west across a residential area between the

Moskva River The Moskva (russian: река Москва, Москва-река, ''Moskva-reka'') is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through centra ...

and its tributary

Setun River The Setun () is a river in the west of Moscow and the largest tributary of the Moskva in Moscow. The length of the river is , of which is in Moscow itself. Its basin has an area of .Sparrow Hills Sparrow Hills (russian: Воробьёвы го́ры, ), formerly known as Lenin Hills (, ) between 1935 and 1999, is a hill on the right bank of the Moskva River and one of the highest points in Moscow, reaching a height of above the river ...

'' (known as ''Lenin Hills'' during the Soviet era) are quite close here. Around the 17th century the area was known as the estate of ''Troitskoye-Golenishchevo'' (another name being ''Golenishchevo-Kutuzovo''), a country seat of the

Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...

family, whose prominent descendant, Russian field marshal

Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...

(1745-1813) fought

Napoleon I of France Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

during

Patriotic War of 1812 The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...

. A major landmark surviving from that time is the Trinity Church (1644–45).

Notable buildings

* 1 -

Mosfilm Studios Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...

* 18а — Holy Trinity Church * 38 - People's Bureau of Libya * 44 - Embassy of Kuwait * 46 - Embassy of Serbia * 50 - Embassy of Malaysia * 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina * 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Nicaragua * 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Panama * 56 - Embassy of Germany * 60 - Embassy of Sweden * 62 - Embassy of Hungary * 64 - Embassy of Romania * 66 - Embassy of Bulgaria * 72 - Embassy of North Korea The embassies of

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and

the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

are located nearby, in Ulofa Palme Street. The embassy of

the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

is located at 6 Druzhby Street, within a ten-minute walk from Mosfilmovskaya Street.

Image gallery

Открытие движения по участку проспекта Генерала Дорохова от Аминьевского шоссе до Минской улицы (4).jpg, An interchange with Generala Dorokhova Avenue. Image:Церковь в Троицком-Голенищеве.jpg, Holy Trinity Church. Image:Mosfilm Studios Entrance Sign Moscow.jpg, Entrance sign to

. Image:Entrance to Mosfilm Studios.jpg, Entrance to

with a large clapperboard sign at left.

Images of embassies

Image:Bosnia-and-Herzegovina Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina Image:Bulgarian Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Bulgaria Image:German Embassy Mosfilmovskaya Street.jpg, Embassy of Germany Image:Hungarian Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Hungary Image:Embassy_of_Kuwait_in_Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Kuwait Image:Libyan_Embassy3_Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Libya Image:Malaysian Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Malaysia Image:Nicaraguan Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Nicaragua Image:North Korean Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of North Korea Image:Former Embassy of Panama Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Panama Image:Romanian Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Romania Image:Moscow, Mosfilmovskaya street, 46.JPG, Embassy of Serbia Image:Swedish Embassy Moscow.jpg, Embassy of Sweden

External links

Satellite picture by Google Maps
Streets in Moscow Mosfilm