The Seven hills of Moscow (russian: Семь холмо́в Москвы́) is a historic name of several elevated sections of terrain, on top of which

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 ...

was built. The legend of Seven Hills (as an analogy between Moscow and

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) 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 Kremlin Hill (Russian language, Russian: Кремлёвский холм 'Kremlyovskiy kholm'' former name Borovitsky Hill - Боровицкий холм 'Borovitskiy kholm'' also known as Borovitskiy Cape - Боровицкий мыс ' ...

(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 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 and f ...

), Vvedenskiye Mountains a.k.a. Lefortovo Hill (in Lefortovo), and Vorobyovy Hills. Besides the aforementioned hills, they sometimes include

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, Krasniy Hill (over the Yauza River), and Naprudniy Hill a.k.a. Sushchevsky (between the rivers Neglinnaya and Naprudnaya).

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