Okhotny Ryad (street)

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Okhotny Ryad
Okhotny Ryad Street from East.jpg
View of Okhotny Ryad from Theatre Square
Native nameОхотный Ряд (Russian)
Length0.25 km (0.16 mi)
Location Moscow, Russia
Central Administrative Okrug
Tverskoy District
Nearest metro station Moskwa Metro Line 1.svg Okhotny Ryad
Moskwa Metro Line 2.svg Teatralnaya

Okhotny Ryad is a street located in Tverskoy District of Moscow. It runs from Manezhnaya Square to Theatre Square and it also lies between Georgievsky Lane and Nikolskaya Street. The numbering of houses is carried out from Manezhnaya Square.

Notable buildings

Okhotny Ryad is the location of the Building of Council of Labor and Defense, which has housed the State Duma since 1994, having previously housed the Council of Labor and Defense, Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and Gosplan. [1] The House of the Unions is also located on the corner of Bolshaya Dmitrovka and Okhotny Ryad streets. [2]

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References

  1. Tatyana Vorontsova. "Здание Совета Труда и Обороны" [Building of Council of Labor and Defense] (in Russian). Узнай Москву. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. "The official website of the House of the Unions". House of the Unions.

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