Pushkinskaya Square (Moscow)

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Pushkinskaya square in Moscow, historically known as Strastnaya square and renamed for Aleksandr S. Pushkin in 1937 in honour of his 100-years Anniversary, is located at the round interchange of the Bul'varnoye Ring and Tverskaya street, 2km northwest of the Kremlin. It is not only one of the busiest city squares in Moscow, but also one of the busiest in the world.

At the centre of the square there is a famous statue of A.S. Pushkin, funded by public subscription and opened by Ivan S. Turgenev and Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky in 1880. In 1950 I.V. Stalin had the statue moved to the other side of the Tverskaya street, where the Christ's Passions Monastery had formerly stood.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin_Square
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Coordinates:   55°45'55"N   37°36'19"E
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