New Arbat Street

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New Arbat Street, (Russian: улица Новый Арбат), is a major avenue in Moscow's administrative district of Arbat. The street should not be confused with Arbat Street, an older pedestrian street, parallel to New Arbat Street.

New Arbat Street was constructed in the 1960s, and was known as Kalinin Avenue. The street was filled with Soviet-era skyscrapers made of steel, concrete and glass. These skyscrapers are still standing, and are a major tourist attraction.

New Arbat Street starts at Arbat Square on the Boulevard Ring, and runs westwards, through the Garden Ring, ending at the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, where it becomes Kutuzovsky Prospect.