Olof Palme Street (russian: улица Улофа Пальме,

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: ''úlitsa Úlofa Pál'me'') is a street in

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 ...

, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. The street was named after

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

, the

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Prime Minister of Sweden.

Layout

Effectively, Ulofa Pal'me Street is an extension of Universitetsky Prospekt, the latter ending at a crossroads with Mosfilmovskaya Street. Ulofa Pal'me Street runs further north-west downhill towards Setun River and turns to the right after crossing

Dovzhenko Street Dovzhenko ( uk, Довженко) is a Ukrainian surname derived from the adjective довгий ("long"). The surname is used by the following people: * Alexander Dovzhenko (1918–1995), Soviet-Ukrainian psychiatrist * Grigoriy Dovzhenko (1899� ...

Notable buildings

* 4 - Embassy of the United Arab Emirates * 6 -

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The embassy of Sweden is located at the crossing of Mosfilmovskaya Street and Ulofa Pal'me Street, the actual address being 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street.

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