Baltschug
| Baltschug | |
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| Waters | Moskva |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 45 ' N , 37 ° 38' E |
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| length | 4 km |
| width | 280 m |
Baltschug ( Russian Балчуг ), also Bolotny Island ( Russian Болотный остров , German "Swamp Island") is an island in the Moscow River that the city of Moscow belongs.
geography
Baltschug is formed by the Moskva and the water diversion canal , an old arm of the Moskva. The island opposite the Kremlin has a curved shape and is approximately 4 kilometers long and 280 meters wide. It belongs to the districts of Samoskvoretschje and Jakimanka in the Central Administrative District , the border is formed by ulitsa Baltschug .
history
Baltschug was created through the construction of the water diversion canal between 1783 and 1786. The canal was intended to prevent the area of the island from being flooded during high water so that it can be used as building land . Nevertheless, there were some floods in the 19th and 20th centuries. The most severe was the one in 1908, when the water level rose 9 meters and flooded large parts of the city. Only the regulation of the Moskva with the help of the Moscow-Volga Canal opened in 1937 was it possible to prevent further flooding.
Before 1938 there was a canal in the current course of the Krasnocholmski Bridges , which separated the southern tip with the Krasnocholm quarter (German "Red Hill") from the rest of the island.
Attractions
There are several important buildings on the island, such as the house on the Uferstraße , the 5-star Hotel Baltschug Kempinski , the former production building of the Red October chocolate factory . The monument to Peter I is located on a heaped island in front of the western tip of Baltschug .
Baltschug is connected to the mainland by several bridges over the Moskva and the water diversion canal. The most important are the two stone bridges , the two Moskva bridges , the two Ustyinsky bridges and the two Krasnocholmsky bridges. The Patriarchs Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that leads from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior across the island to the mainland bank of the water diversion canal.
The Bolotnaya Square is a park in the western part of the island.