Boulevard Ring
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The Boulevard Ring (Russian: Бульва́рное кольцо́) is Moscow's centremost ring road. The term "ring" for this semicircular chain of boulevards is a misnomer, since, unlike the longer Garden Ring, the Boulevard Ring does not really extend to the south of the Moskva River. It begins next to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the west, passes through a range of major squares (Arbat Square, Pushkin Square, Trubnaya Square) and ends by the Bolshoy Ustinsky Bridge in the east.
[edit] History
The Ring replaced the medieval walls of the White City in the 1820s. The wall itself was razed in 1760, and despite the royal decrees to keep the site clear, the area was soon built over with private and state property. The Fire of Moscow destroyed many of those buildings, allowing the city planners to replace them with wide green boulevards.
In the 20th century, the width of the Boulevard Ring was expanded, as the formerly paved areas along the Pokrovsky Boulevard and Strastnoy Boulevard were planted with trees. Plans to complete the ring through Zamoskvorechye never materialized, however.
[edit] List of boulevards
The Boulevard Ring consists of the following chain of boulevards and squares (clockwise, west to east):
- Prechistenskye Gates Square
- Аrbat Gates Square
- Nikitsky Gates Square
- Pushkin Square
- Strastnoy Boulevard, with parallel Putinkovsky Lane as its outer segment
- Petrovsky Gates Square
- Trubnaya Square
- Sretensky Gates Square
- Turgenevskaya Square
- Pokrovsky Gates Square
- Khokhlovskaya Square
- Yauza Gates Square
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