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  Moscow Metro
The system is almost entirely built underground, although some lines (1, 2, 4) cross the Moskva river[?] and line 1 also the Yauza river on a bridge.
The first line opened on 15 May 1935 between Sokol'niki and Park Kul'tury with a branch to Smolenskaya which reached Kievskaya in April 1937 (crossing Moskva river[?] on a bridge).
The projects of the third stage of the Moscow metro were delayed during the World War II.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Moscow_Metro.html   (622 words)

  
  Moscow,Russia
The Moskva River is connected to the Volga to the north by a canal built in 1937.
It was sheltered to a considerable extent by the surrounding forests and by the swamps of the Oka River to the east.
Such rivers as the Volga, Oka, Don, Dnepr, and Western Dvina were major means of trade and communication in early Russia, and Moscow was close to the headwaters of all these rivers.
itc3.tripod.com /moscow.htm   (2359 words)

  
 Yauza Boulevard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yauza Boulevard, (russian: Яузский Бульвар, Yauzky Boulevard), is a major boulevard in central Moscow.
The boulevard runs from Vorontsovo Pole Street and Pokrovsky Boulevard, and runs down to Moskvoretskaya Embankment the Yauza River, here comes the name of the boulevard.
It's the end of the important Boulevard Ring, an orbital ring filled with many boulevards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yauza_Boulevard   (88 words)

  
 Golden Keys | Moscow | Heading for Moskva River Expanses
The river bus is one more pleasure of this kind that is not less tempting and not depending on whims of weather.
River buses are spacious double-deck motorboats cruising on the Moskva River, the capital's main water artery.
The river forms several picturesque meanders because of which its bed length within the city confines reaches 80 km.
www.goldenkeys.narod.ru /moskvariver.html   (1922 words)

  
 Yauza_river info here at en.21-of-100.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cleaning is Yauza River done using a damp cloth and mild soap, then Yauza River with a soft cloth to Yauza River Yauza River and shine.
Yauza River cleaning products also work well, and for crevices, an old toothbrush can be a handy tool.
Yauza Boulevard The boulevard runs from Vorontsovo Pole Street and Pokrovsky Boulevard, and runs down to Moskvoretskaya Embankment the Yauza River, here comes the name of the boulevard.
en.21-of-100.info /hotel-in-columbus/Yauza_River   (232 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
All regional Funno-Ugric toponymy and hydronym names go back to those languages, for example Yauza River which is a confluent of the Moskva River, and probably the Moskva River itself too.
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the constant incursions of nomadic Turkish tribes, such as the Kipchaks and the Pechenegs, led to the massive migration of Slavic populations from the fertile south to the heavily forested regions of the north, known as Zalesye.
In the middle of the seventeenth century there were Russian settlements in Eastern Siberia, on Chukchi Peninsula, along the Amur River, on the Pacific coast, and the strait between North America and Asia was first sighted by a Russian explorer in 1648.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Russia   (5341 words)

  
 Chapter3 - Water - Moscow
The city of Moscow is situated on the watershed of the Volga and Oka rivers (the main river of the city is the Moskva, the tributary of the Oka).
In the city of Moscow, control is exercised at three sites at the point of entry in the city, in the estuary of the Yauza river, and at the point where the river leaves the city.
The operational unit conducts monitoring on the Moskva river tributaries and on the city's water bodies prompted by the local communities and municipal entities.
www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de /archiv_sensut/umwelt/uisonline/envibase/handbook/water4.htm   (935 words)

  
 Moscow Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The system is almost entirely built underground, although some lines (1, 2, 4) cross the Moskva river and line 1 also the Yauza river on a bridge.
The first line opened on 15 May 1935 between Sokol'niki and Park Kul'tury with a branch to Smolenskaya which reached Kievskaya in April 1937 (crossing Moskva river on a bridge).
After the war construction started on the fourth stage of the metro, which included the Kol'tsevaya line and a deep part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line from Pl.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/m/mo/moscow_metro.html   (700 words)

  
 Moscow City Environmental Profile
Because of a significant total area, a combination of the most various habitats, and a long restriction of forestry activities within its territory, the park continues to be one of the most interesting forests near Moscow in terms of fauna even now when build-up areas surround it from three sides.
Wetlands of the upper Yauza River are also the main habitat of anseriformes.
As for fishes inhabiting the water bodies, small rivers and the water supply canal - the river perch, pike, roach, gudgeon, and other species, characteristic for the Moscow region, are common.
www.cis.lead.org /mep/english/chapter3-2.htm   (2576 words)

  
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In 2005 the company began to work on an investment project for the construction of a Class A+ business center “Na Nikoloyamskoy” with a total floor space of about 15,000 square meters, which was then sold to a construction company for additional work to be done on it.
The Class A+ business center with apartments is located at ulitsa Nikoloyamskaya, 11 in the district of a historic architectural heritage zone of Moscow on the shore of the Yauza river in the immediate vicinity of Taganskaya Square and the high-rise building on the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment and Kitai Gorod.
The top floors of the Buildings have apartments with wonderful views of the Yauza River and the historical center of Moscow, represented by structures of ancient Russian architecture of the 17th-18th centuries, architectural ensembles, churches and chapels.
www.dial.ru /maineng/estate/complete/business   (151 words)

  
 The vanished past: Russia's search for identity. (Cover Story) - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
For nearly seven months in 1942 German and Soviet troops were locked in one of the bloodiest and most momentous battles of the 20th century, a battle many historians believe was the turning point of World War II.
It took place in southern Russia on the banks of the Volga River.
The memories of the Battle of Stalingrad and the images of pain and heroism still linger in the city, renamed Volgograd in 1961.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-13563798.html   (2532 words)

  
 Speeding ahead, September-December 99
A new bridge across Moskva river was opened thus offering a new entrance to famous Gorky Park from the other bank.
To be precise, the bridge was not altogether new, on the contrary, it was actually an old railroad bridge relocated in summer and completely remodeled afterwards.
Crisp and frosty mornings on small Yauza river winding across the city, or a special silence of a familiar yard of your childhood where all sounds are muffled by the snow blanket.
www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/asebrant/life/1999/dec_99.html   (1725 words)

  
 Russia Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Watershed: river Unzha, tributary to the Volga (Manturovo and Makariev districts, Kostroma region);
Watershed: river Yauza, tributary to the Moscow river (city of Moscow and Mytischi district of Moscow Region);
Watershed: river Istra, tributary to the Moscow river at Kholcsheviki (Istra district, Moscow Region).
www.nrri.umn.edu /cwe/gis/pastproj/russia/map.html   (180 words)

  
 Moscow Hotels, Accommodation in Russia
Moscow, the Russian capital, is located on the Moskva River, which bends its way through the southern and western parts of the city.
The other major waterway is the Yauza River, which flows into the Moskva east of the Kremlin.
With Red Square and the Kremlin forming the very center, the innermost ring road is the Boulevard Ring, which which runs from the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in south-west central Moscow, to the mouth of the Yauza in south-east central Moscow.
www.magicaljourneys.com /Russia/russia-hotels-moscow.html   (1860 words)

  
 Moscow - History
The river had actually been originally channeled into pipes to enable the University to be rebuilt.
The Kriegskommissariat was built on the South side of the Moscow River and the Drainage Channel was built to remove the threat of flooding, leaving the building on an island, which still has no name.
By 1795, an embankment between the Kremlin and the river had been built, and the Chanceries (long buildings of the prikazy) had removed, allowing a clear view of the churches from the south bank of the river.
bdaugherty.tripod.com /moscow.html   (19077 words)

  
 December 1999 Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The river itself, rebuilt during the Stalinist period, had river landings, an attempt by the Soviet engineers at one time to make the river accessible to pedestrian river traffic.
The Yauza River Ship Lock would largely be left alone, but a few small restaurants would be sited there to take advantage of the views that the lock provided.
The plan analyzed the character of the river landscape and related it to strategic issues, proposing more than 180 policies, projects and management practices, which are being incorporated into local plans of various authorities and guiding the work of various national agencies.
www.mnapa.com /previousnews/dec99.html   (2929 words)

  
 Moscow Tramways || Medvedkovo
Tram remains the basic public transport of this district, and the Metro line that came here in 1977 did not affect the tram's major role.
Huge blocks of flats in the background are located just across Yauza river, near Babushkinskaya Metro station.
The two-car tram train goes down to the valley of Yauza river.
www.tram.rusign.com /medvedkovo_e.php   (284 words)

  
 Moscow virtual tour: Zamoskvorechye to Preobrazhenka
Among the points of interest of this area are the Illusion Movie Theatre in the left wing of the Stalin skyscraper where the French embassy shows old French movies, and the library of foreign literature that is a good place to start looking for a job if you are in Moscow to teach English.
This next few shots are from the Ustinksi bridge, where the Yauza flows in to the Moskva.
Yauza Gates Square, looking north, with the back to the Ustinsky Bridge.
www.unclepasha.com /moscow_tour/preobrazhensky.htm   (1402 words)

  
 Moscow Sights
The Kremlin is Moscow's heart, symbolically, historically and strategically: Red Square lies along its eastern side and the Moscow River is to the south.
Andronicus Monastery is beautifully located on the high bank of Yauza River.
It is known that Andrei Rublev, the famous Russian painter, was a monk at the St. Andronicus Monastery.
www.world66.com /europe/russia/moscow/sights?subsection=Monasteries   (816 words)

  
 ELIAN TRAVEL / Spaso-Andronikov Monastery
The metropolitan Alexei founded this monastery overlooking crossings of the Yauza River.
It covered the area between the Yauza and Moscow.
Its name combines that of the Savior (Spaso) with that of its first abbot (Andronik), who took over when Alexei was called away to heal the favorite wife of a Tartar prince.
www.loverussianwife.com /travel/moscow/sights/churches/spaso-andronikov.htm   (241 words)

  
 The Eisenhower Institute, Washington, D.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is no accident that the “crown” looks suspiciously like a birthday cake – Kudryashov often employs such visual double meanings as a form of social commentary.
This mark makes specific reference to the river Yauza in Moscow, and as a symbolic device suggests that his works are not merely pictures, but literally maps of his homeland.
Produced five years before the fall of the Soviet Union, Coronation eerily foreshadows the coming of a new regime manifested in the election of Boris Yeltsin as president.
www.eisenhowerinstitute.org /about/coronationpage.htm   (534 words)

  
 "Moscow Travellers Yellow Pages, Handbook & Travel Guide,: BRIDGES AND TUNNELS"
There are more than 150 bridges in Moscow including 14 automobile bridges across the Moskva and River, a bicycle bridge and 4 metro bridges.
The Moskva River flows south and is 502km long, of which 80km winds its way through Moscow.
The first stone bridge mentioned in the chronicales was built over river Neglinnaya near Troitskie Gates of the Kremlin in 1367.
www.infoservices.com /moscow/113.htm   (276 words)

  
 Moscow - Article about Moscow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Moscow is situated on the banks of the Moskva River, which flows for just over five hundred kilometers through western Russia, in the center of the East-European plane.
The Bulvarnoye Koltso is technically not a ring; it does not form a complete circle, but instead a horseshoe-like arc that goes from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour to the Yauza River.
North river terminal, built in 1937 is also the main hub for long-lange river routes.
yawiki.org /proc/Moscow   (7418 words)

  
 "Moscow Travellers Yellow Pages, Handbook & Travel Guide,: BRIDGES AND TUNNELS IN MOSCOW"
There are more than 150 bridges in Moscow including 14 automobile bridges across the Moskva and River, a bicycle bridge and 4 metro bridges.
The Moskva River flows south and is 502km long, of which 80km winds its way through Moscow.
The first stone bridge mentioned in the chronicales was built over river Neglinnaya near Troitskie Gates of the Kremlin in 1367.
www.typmoscow.com /113.htm   (286 words)

  
 Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow, Russia
The metropolitan Alexei founded this monastery overlooking crossings of the Yauza River.
The Andronikov monastery was built on the high, left bank of the Yauza as part of the outer defense ring, and covered the approaches from the south and south-east.
The Trapezni Palace (16th century) was built on the model of the Granoviti (Faceted) Palace in the Kremlin.
www.xenophon-mil.org /ruscity/moscow/andron.htm   (648 words)

  
 DiscoverMoscow.Com - Moscow Churches & Cathedrals.
Situated on the banks of the Moskva River, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior's original building was destroyed during Stalin's rule, however it was rebuilt in the 1990's to commemorate the 850 th birthday of Moscow.
Also known as St. Andronik Monastery, it is located on the banks of the Yauza River and served as a residence of the male monks in the olden times.
The Danilov Monastery is situated on the banks of the River Moskva, and was a male monastery.
www.discovermoscow.com /moscow_churches.asp   (1136 words)

  
 Moscow Life: June-July of 2001
A weird Ship of Fools was built by clowns from all over the world on Moskva river, and on the last day of the Festival it departed and took some of the joy away...
Spaso-Andronnikov Monastery sitting on a high bank of Yauza river (largest tributary of Moskva that runs through the city) is a small territory combining museum expositions (one the best in Russia collection of genuine icons) and actual churvhes.
A few benches in the shadows of old trees offer some rest - one can feel like inside a time machine - the pace, the looks and the smells are the same as centuries ago.
www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/asebrant/life/2001/july_2001.html   (1173 words)

  
 Moscow Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
North of the Kremlin is Bely Gorod, or the White City, named after the white-stone ramparts that encircled the area in the 16th century.
This neighborhood runs in a semicircle between Kitai Gorod and the Boulevard Ring north of the Moskva River (approximately between the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art and the Yauza River to the east).
South of the Moskva River, the main area of interest is the Zamoskvorechye neighborhood.
www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=moscow@107&cur_section=sig&showover=yes   (315 words)

  
 Moscow - World Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Moscow is located on the Moskva River, which bends its way through the southern and western parts of the city.
The other major waterway is the Yauza River, which flows into the Moskva east of the Kremlin.
With Red Square and the Kremlin forming the very center, the innermost ring road is the Boulevard Ring, which which runs from the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in south-west central Moscow, to the mouth of the Yauza in south-east central Moscow.
www.morecityhotels.com /travel_guide/index.php?title=Moscow   (2830 words)

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