Dorogomilovo District
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Dorogomilovo District is a district of Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 7.93 square kilometres. Population: 67,720; 59,732. Postal codes:
Dorogomilovo District
Kutuzovsky 26, Leonid Brezhnev's home
Triumphal Arch near Victory Park
Borodinsky Bridge
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Borodinsky Bridge is a steel plate girder bridge that spans Moskva River, connecting Dorogomilovo District and Kievsky Rail Terminal with the centre of Moscow, Russia. The bridge was built in 1911–191
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…by Moscow in the course of the Russo-Polish War, and as a result the road was straightened and a new river crossing emerged on site of present-day Borodinsky Bridge. Dorogomilovo sloboda relocated to the western bank, to present-day Dorogomilovo. For the next two hundred years, the new and the old settlements shared…
Borodinsky bridge, view north, Smolensky Metro Bridge and White House of Russia behind it.
Roman portico on the western side of the bridge
Obelisks on the eastern side with names of war heroes
Imperial coat of arms