Zamoskvorechye District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 55,612 (2010 Census); 50,590 (2002 Census).
Island is an area in Moscow. It is made up of an artificial island and is located right across from the Kremlin between the Moskva River and its old riverbed, which was turned into the Vodootvodny Canal in 1786. It does not have any historical, official or established name. In the relevant sources it is referred to simply as the Island.
Yakimanka District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 26,578 (2010 Census); 22,822 (2002 Census).
The Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, established in 1815, was a Moscow school specializing in orientalism, particularly that of Armenia, and the cultural center of the Armenian diaspora in Russia. Many Russian scholars specializing in Transcaucasia received their education at the institute. The former Institute in Armyansky Lane is a listed memorial building and currently houses the Embassy of Armenia in Moscow.
Povarskaya Street, known from 1924–1991 as Vorovsky Street, is a radial street in the center of Moscow, Russia, connecting Arbat Square on Boulevard Ring with Kudrinskaya Square on the Garden Ring. It is known informally as Moscow's Embassy Row, and is home to the finest mansions built in the 1890s and 1900s. Povarskaya Street also houses the Supreme Court of Russia and the Gnessin State Musical College.
The Embassy of Afghanistan in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation. It is located at 42 Povarskaya Street in the Arbat district of Moscow. Following the fall of the country to the Taliban in August 2021, the embassy remained in operation as a representative of the Islamic Republic, until the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accredited Taliban appointee Jamal Nasir Gharwal as charge d'affaires on 9 April 2022.
The Mindovsky House is an example of Art Nouveau architecture, designed by Lev Kekushev and built by the Moscow Trading-and-Construction Joint Stock Company in 1903. It is located at 44 Povarskaya Street in the Arbat district of Moscow.
The Embassy of Austria in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation. It is located at 1 Starokonyushenny Lane in the Khamovniki District of Moscow. The Consulate, located in the same building until 2007, now operates from a new nearby building at 7 Bolshoy Levshinsky Lane.
The Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of South Africa in the Russian Federation. It is located at Building 9, 1 Granatny Lane in the Presnensky District of Moscow.
The Embassy of Vietnam in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Russian Federation. The chancery is located at 13 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Street in the Khamovniki District of Moscow.
The Embassy of the Republic of Mali in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Mali in the Russian Federation and accredited to several countries of the former CIS. It is located at 11 Novokuznetskaya Street in the Zamoskvorechye District of Moscow.
Igumnov House is a historic house in Moscow, currently used as the residence of the French Ambassador to Russia. The house is located at 43 Bolshaya Yakimanka Street in the Yakimanka District of Moscow.
The Embassy of the Republic of Georgia in Moscow was the diplomatic mission of Georgia in the Russian Federation. It was located at 6 Maly Rzhevsky Lane in the Arbat district of Moscow. On 29 August 2008, Georgia broke diplomatic relations with Russia and withdrew all its diplomats from Russia and closed the Georgian Embassy in Moscow. They also ordered Russia to withdraw all its diplomats from Georgia and close the Russian Embassy in Tbilisi. Russia and Georgia had previously fought a five-day war over two Georgian breakaway regions declaring independence, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgia is represented through the Georgian Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Russia located in the same building.
The Embassy of Brazil in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Brazil to the Russian Federation and to the Republic of Uzbekistan. Since 28th October 1963 the Embassy and the Residence of Brazilian Ambassador are located at 54 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in the Presnensky District of Moscow.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Indonesia in the Russian Federation and concurrently accredited to the Republic of Belarus. It is located at 12 Novokuznetskaya Street in the Zamoskvorechye District of Moscow.
Embassy of Estonia in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Estonia in the Russian Federation. It is located at 5 Maly Kislovsky Lane in the Presnensky District of Moscow.
The Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Greece in the Russian Federation. It is located at 4 Leontevsky Lane in the Presnensky District of Moscow.
The Consulate-General of France in Saint Petersburg is the diplomatic mission of France in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. It is located at 15 Moika River Embankment in the Tsentralny District in Saint Petersburg.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Russian Federation. Occupied since 1978, it is located on 6/8 Karmanitskiy Lane in the Arbat District of central Moscow, a short walk from the headquarters of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and near the former home of Alexander Pushkin and the residence of the Ambassador of the United States to Russia.
The List House is a residence in Moscow constructed in 1898–1899 by the Russian architect Lev Kekushev. Located at 10 Glasovsky Lane, it was one of the first houses in Moscow built in the Style Moderne, the Russian term for Art Nouveau. It is classified as an historical cultural monument of the Russian Federation.
