Smolenskaya naberezhnaya
Smolenskaja nabereschnaja ( Russian Смоленская набережная ) in Moscow is a section of the embankment along the Moscow River between the Novoarbatsky and Borodinsky bridges. It is located on the left bank of the river in the Arbat district in the Central Administrative District and is about 800 meters long.
history
In the 17th century there was a Tschepnoi Dwor , a building yard for court carpenters , where wooden structures for the tsar's court were made. In 1668 a wooden church for Nikolaus von Myra was built here. Tschepnoi Dvor was closed in 1713 because the capital was relocated to Saint Petersburg , after which meat was packaged here for the Smolensky market, and a timber trade was established. In 1812 all wooden buildings burned down. Then a quay was built , originally called Worgunichina Gora and called Smolenskaya in the late 19th century . When the Borodinsky Bridge was cleared in 1912, the Smolenskaya nabereschnaja was completely covered with cobblestone. The embankment was paved in the 1930s and built on with buildings in the style of Stalinist classicism in the 1930s to 1950s .
description
- No. 2/2 Polyclinic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
- No. 2a A residential building for employees of the USSR Ministry of Geology. 1930s-1955. The architect is AKRostkowski, the sculptor is JG Orechow.
- No. 5/13 A residential building in the style of Stalinist classicism (architects B. Barchin and N. Gaigarow), built in 1955. Well-known military leaders lived here: Chief Marshal of the Aviators Alexander Novikov , Marshal of the Aviators Fyodor Falaleev , Marshal of the Artillery Nikolai Yakovlev , Admiral Ivan Issakov , General Georgi I. Khetagurov , General Sergei Ushakov as well as the historian Nikolai Yakovlev and the prima ballerina Yekaterina Maximowa . There are a number of plaques on the facade.
- No. 10 A building of the UK embassy . Built in stone and wood in 2000 by the architecture firm "Ahrends, Barton and Koralek". The architect is Ritschard Barton . In front of the building is the memorial to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson . The sculptor is A. Orlow. Opened in 2007 by Tony Brenton .
- No. 12/31 A residential building for the People's Commissariat for Defense by Alexei Shtusev and AK Rostkowski, built 1939–1940.
House number 5/13:
House number 2a
House number 10
the Borodinsky Bridge
Novoarbatsky Bridge with a view of Smolenskaya embankment and the high building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
