Central Squares of Moscow

The Central Squares of Moscow consists of a chain of squares around the historical Moscow Kremlin and Kitai-gorod areas of central Moscow, Russia, following the historical and now mostly razed down . These squares and avenues connecting them form the innermost ring road in Moscow open to regular traffic. The names of central squares changed frequently for political reasons and as a result of urban redevelopment; some of these squares are actually city streets (Staraya Square, ); other locations are shaped like squares, but have no names of their own.

List[]

This is a list of the Central Squares and their connecting avenues, clockwise from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge:

- (inner ring, closed to traffic) and Mokhovaya Street (outer ring)
Manezhnaya Square, Moscow
Revolution Square, Moscow (inner ring) and Theatre Square (outer ring)
Lubyanka Square
- (inner ring) and (outer ring)
- Staraya Square (inner ring, closed to traffic), (inner ring) and (outer ring)
Slavyanskaya Square
Varvarka Gates Square

References[]

History of renaming squares prior to 1947: Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, pp. 35–67
Present-day naming convention: City of Moscow decree N.958, 25.10.1994 text in Russian
Architectural landmarks on Central Squares: Bilingual: "Monuments of architecture of Moscow. Kremlin, Kitai-gorod and Central Squares", Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1977

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