Tsvetnoy Boulevard (russian: Цветной бульвар), called ''Trubny Boulevard'' before 1851, is a

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in the Meschansky District, central

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. Not a part of the

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, the street runs north/south from Petrovsky Boulevard and

Rozhdestvensky Boulevard Rozhdestvensky Boulevard (Russian: Рождественский Бульвар, ''Roschdestvensky Boulevard'') is a major boulevard in Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia. It begins at Trubnaya Square (west) and ends at Sretenka Gates in the ...

in the south, to the

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in the north. The boulevard was laid out in the 1830s to replace the river-bed of the Neglinnaya after this rivulet and the adjacent large pond had been earthed up. Its name is derived from the Russian word for "

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", alluding to the nearby flower market. The street gives its name to a

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station ''

Tsvetnoy Bulvar Tsvetnoy Bulvar (russian: Цветно́й бульва́р) is a Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in ...

''. The most notable landmarks are the Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the new Tsvetnoy Central Market department store and a lofty column supporting the statue of Saint George slaying the dragon (i.e., coat of arms of Moscow).

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