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3 unusual facts about Mokhovaya Street


Mokhovaya Street

The name of a street, literally Moss Street, emerged in 18th century after the Moss Market that stood on site of Moscow Manege and traded in moss for caulking log houses.

The street is much older, dating back to the court of Sophia of Lithuania, wife of Vasili I of Russia (1490s).

Moscow Manege, across the University, has an official address at 1, Manege Street


Pashkov House

The Pashkov House is the famous Neoclassical mansion that stands on a hill overlooking the western wall of the Moscow Kremlin, near the crossing of the Mokhovaya and Vozdvizhenka streets.


see also

Nikitskaya Street

Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, radial street that runs west from Mokhovaya Street to Garden Ring in Moscow