Kitay-gorod
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Kitay-gorod, also referred to as the Great Possad in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost e
Iverskiye Gates leading to Red Square are the only extant gates of the Kitay-gorod wall; they were demolished in 1931 by the Soviet Union and rebuilt in the 1990s.
Surviving part of the wall in Zaryadye
St. Nicholas Church on the Ilyinka (1680–1689), with its gold-starred blue domes, once dominated Kitay-gorod's skyline. It was demolished in 1933 by the Soviet Union.
The church of the Trinity in Nikitniki, a masterpiece of 17th-century Russian architecture. It was destroyed in 1936, but rebuilt in the 1990s.
Nikolskaya Street
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Nikolskaya Street is a pedestrian street in the Kitay-Gorod of Moscow. It connects Red Square and Lubyanka Square. In 1935, it was renamed from Nikolskaya Street to Street of the 25th of October befor
Nikolskaya Street near the Monastery of St. Nicholas