Garden RingThe Garden Ring (Russian: Садовое кольцо, romanized: Sadovoye koltso), also known as the "B" Ring (Russian: кольцо "Б"), is a circular ring road and avenue around central Moscow, with its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century. The Ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and fifteen squares. It has a circumference of 16 kilometers (9.9 mi).
History of MoscowHistorical affiliationsVyatichi (until 1147)Kievan Rus' (1147–1238)∟ city and fortress destroyed during the Mongol siege (1238)Golden Horde (1238–1263)Grand Principality of Moscow (1263–1547)∟ tributary to the Golden Horde / Great Horde under the Tatar yoke until the Great Stand on the Ugra (1480)∟ suburbs burned and temporary tributary status signed during the Crimean raid (1521)Tsardom of Russia (1547–1610)∟ city completely destroyed by fire during the Crimean raid (1571)Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth occupation (1610–1612) Tsardom of Russia (1612–1721)Russian Empire (1721–1812)First French Empire occupation (1812) Russian Empire (1812–1917)Russian Republic (1917)Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1922)Soviet Union (1922–1991)Russia (since 1991) The city of Moscow gradually grew around the Moscow Kremlin, beginning in the 14th century.
Bely GorodBely Gorod (Russian: Бе́лый го́род, IPA:, lit.'white city') is the central core area of Moscow, Russia beyond the Kremlin and Kitay-gorod. The name comes from the color of its defensive wall, which was erected in 1585–1593 at the behest of tsar Feodor I and Boris Godunov by architect Fyodor Kon. The wall is 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) in length, and its width ranges up to 4.5 meters (15 ft) at its widest.Boulevard RingThe Boulevard Ring (Russian: Бульва́рное кольцо́; transliteration: Bulvarnoye Koltso) is Moscow's second innermost ring road (the first is formed by the Central Squares of Moscow running along the former walls of Kitai-gorod). Boulevards form a semicircular chain along the western, northern and eastern sides of the historical White City of Moscow; in the south the incomplete ring is terminated by the embankments of Moskva River.
Aloisio the NewAloisio the New (Russian: Алевиз Новый, romanized: Aleviz Novyy) or Aleviz Fryazin (Russian: Алевиз Фрязин) was an Italian Renaissance architect invited by Ivan III of Russia to work in Moscow. Some Italian scholars have attempted to identify him with the Venetian sculptor Alvise Lamberti da Montagnana, but this is still widely disputed.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.