Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street
Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street (Russian: Большая Никитская улица, Nikitskaya Ulitsa) is a radial street that runs west from Mokhovaya Street to Garden Ring in Moscow, between Vozdvizhenka Street (south) and Tverskaya Street (north). Central, eastern part of the street is notable for its educational institutions (old Moscow State University and Moscow Conservatory) and theaters, western part beyond the Boulevard Ring has many Neoclassical mansions and competes with nearby Povarskaya Street for the title of Moscow's Embassy Row.
History
The street originated in the
In the 16th century,
The
The street's most notable landmark is the
In the late 19th century, the central segment of Bolshaya Nikitskaya was built out with a tight pattern of 3-5 storey buildings, including Moscow Conservatory (first stage 1895-1901). Western part of the street remains a quiet area of old mansions. In 1917, Nikitsky Gates Square on Boulevard Ring was the site of urban war between Bolsheviks and government troops. The corner block on Tverskoy Boulevard, facing the square, burnt down. New city administration preferred to keep the open area and installed the monument to Kliment Timiryazev (1923), one of the oldest extant monuments of Soviet age.
Gallery
Architectural diversity - from Neoclassicism to Art Nouveau
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View from the roof of No.2
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Neoclassism: No.36,Greater Ascension Church
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Eclectics: No.50, Embassy of Spain
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Russian Revival: No.54, Embassy of Brazil
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Style Moderne: No.56, Jacob Reck house
Notable buildings and institutions
Within Boulevard Ring
- 1,2,3,4,6 - Moscow State University
- 5,7 - Orlov House by Matvey Kazakov
- 6 - Zoological Museum of Moscow State University (official site)
- 12 - Menshikov House by Matvey Kazakov
- 13 - Moscow Conservatory
- 14 - Jacob Bruce estate
- 18 - Lesser Ascension Church, 1584
- 19 - Mayakovsky Theater, Helikon Opera, Glebov Estate
- 28 - TASSBuilding
Beyond Boulevard Ring
- 36 - Joseph Bove and Afanasy Grigoriev
- 42 - Embassy of Nigeriafacing Malaya Nikitskaya Street
- 41 - Embassy of Myanmar
- 44, 46 - Neoclassical estates, 1820s
- 50 - Embassy of Spain
- 51 - Consulate of Cyprus
- 54 - Lopatina Building by Embassy of Brazil)
- 55 - Svyatopolk estate by Pyotr Boytsov
- 56 - Art Nouveau Jacob Reck House by Gustav Helrich
Public transportation access
- Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya - east
- Arbatskaya- center (Nikitsky Gates Square)
- Barrikadnaya, Mayakovskaya - west
References
- Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 75-78 (Sytin)