Bely Gorod

Coordinates: 55°45′04″N 37°37′42″E / 55.75111°N 37.62833°E / 55.75111; 37.62833
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Bely Gorod (

Kremlin and Kitay-gorod
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The name comes from the color of its defensive wall, which was erected in 1585–1593 at the behest of tsar

. The wall is 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) in length, and its width ranges up to 4.5 meters (15 ft) at its widest.

Bely Gorod had 28 towers and 11 gates, the names of some of which are still preserved in the names of squares, namely: Trehsvyatsky, Chertolsky (Prechistensky), Arbatsky, Nikitsky, Tversky, Petrovsky, Sretensky, Myasnitsky, Pokrovsky, Yauzskiy, Vasilievsky. The walls were cogged, like the Kremlin walls, with loopholes that allowed keeping a continuous fire.

During the reign of Catherine the Great and her grandson Alexander I the wall was demolished and replaced by a chain of boulevards, known as the Boulevard Ring.

  • Semiverhaja tower, Vsehsvjatsky and Chertolsky (Prechistensky) gate on the plan of 1610
    Semiverhaja tower, Vsehsvjatsky and Chertolsky (Prechistensky) gate on the plan of 1610
  • Semiverhaya (Seven-tops) angular tower. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
    Semiverhaya (Seven-tops) angular tower. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
  • Myasnitsky Gate. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
    Myasnitsky Gate. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
  • "Truba" ("Tube") at the river Neglinnaya. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
    "Truba" ("Tube") at the river
    Neglinnaya. By Apollinary Vasnetsov
  • The remaining foundation of the wall at the Khokhlovskaya square
    The remaining foundation of the wall at the Khokhlovskaya square

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55°45′04″N 37°37′42″E / 55.75111°N 37.62833°E / 55.75111; 37.62833