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What is now a beautiful square, in the 15th and 16th centuries was a swept space around the town walls. The walls were surrounded by a defensive trench with draw bridges. As the square was located not far from the Moskva River and the Kremlin walls, it was called Torg (“trade”) Square for some time. After the fire of 1571 it started to be called Pozhar (“fire”). In the 17th century remarkable buildings were erected – Kazansky Sobor and Spasskaya Tower; this is when the square got its present name because Krasnaya (“red”) also means “beautiful” in Russian.
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy...Buildings The Moscow Circus, located on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, was Moscow’s only circus between 1926 and 1971. Today, it still remains the city’s most popular....
Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy...Events The building was opened on October 20, 1880, consructed for the Albert Salamonsky Circus. They say that Salamonsky put the first ruble earned by the...
Red Square, daySites Red Square (“Krasnaya ploshchad”) is the most famous square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most famous in the world. The square separates the...
Shukhov radio tower — 4th...Buildings The Shukhov Radio Tower started broadcasting the first regular TV programs in the USSR in 1937. A year later the Moscow TV Center moved into the...
