Triumfalnaya Square

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Triumfalnaya Square
Триумфальная площадь
Public square
Nickname(s): Mayakovka, Mayak (1960s)
Former name(s): Mayakovsky Square (1935—1992)
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Triumfalnaya square, view to the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Pekin hotel and Mayakovsky statue
FeaturesStatue of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Pekin hotel, Mayakovskaya metro station
Location Moscow, Central Administrative Okrug, Tverskoy District
Coordinates: 55°46′12″N37°35′44.88″E / 55.77000°N 37.5958000°E / 55.77000; 37.5958000

Triumfalnaya Square (former Mayakovsky Square, colloquially Mayakovka) is a public square in the Tverskoy District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow. It is located in the Garden Ring between the Big Garden street, 1st Brest street and 2nd Brest street, 1st Tverskaya Yamskaya street, Armory alley, Building Arc and Tverskaya Street.

Coordinates: 55°46′12″N37°35′45″E / 55.7700°N 37.5958°E / 55.7700; 37.5958

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