Category:Pushkinskaya Ploschad

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Pushkinskaya ploschad is situated at the intersection of Tverskaya ulitsa and Tverskoi bulvar. Up to 1932 Pushkinskaya Ploschad was called Strastnaya after the Strastnoy Monastery, which was demolished after the revolution, like all other churches on Tverskaya. Now on the place of former monastery one can see a monument to the greatest Russian poet Alexander Pushkin; it is beloved all over Moscow and serves as a usual place for the dates. The idea to create it appeared already in 1837 just after Pushkin has lost his duel with Dantes. It required three competitions of sculptors to choose the finally realized project by A. Opekushin.

Now “Pushka” in not only the place of historical interest; it is literally filled in with different cafés and small restaurants. The huge building of Pushkinsky cinema never leaves cinema-lovers in peace: it possesses the biggest screen in Western Europe, and almost every show here is a national premiere one.

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