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Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street

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that stood on site of present-day Subway Substation (no.7/10). The street housed various working communities serving the court, however, as soon as the 17th century, it also gained popularity among nobility. In
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In the late 19th century, the central segment of Bolshaya Nikitskaya was built out with a tight pattern of 3-5 storey buildings, including
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destroyed only part of the street: the University burnt down (rebuilt in the 1810s by
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Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 75-78 (Sytin)
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mansions and competes with nearby Povarskaya Street for the title of Moscow's
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Western segment of Bolshaya Nikitskaya, looking east from Embassy of
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on Boulevard Ring was the site of urban war between
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Index


Spain
Russian
Mokhovaya Street
Garden Ring
Moscow
Vozdvizhenka Street
Tverskaya Street
Moscow State University
Moscow Conservatory
Boulevard Ring
Neoclassical
Embassy Row


Middle Ages
Volokolamsk
Novgorod
Ivan IV of Russia
Oprichnina
Nikitsky Convent
Peter I
Jacob Bruce
Fyodor Romodanovsky
Fyodor Apraksin
Alexander Suvorov
Moscow State University
Matvey Kazakov
Fire of Moscow (1812)
Domenico Gilardi

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