 Frunzenskaya Embankment at Pushkinsky Bridge | |
| Native name | Фрунзенская набережная (Russian) |
|---|---|
| Length | 2.5 km (1.6 mi) |
| Location | Moscow, Russia Central Administrative Okrug |
| Nearest metro station |  Frunzenskaya  Koltsevaya line Park Kultury |
Frunzenskaya Embankment is a street and embankment in Khamovniki District of Moscow. It is a section of the embankment along the Moskva between the Krymsky and Novoandreevsky Bridges.
Along with three adjacent streets, Frunzenskaya Embankment was named after the Russian Bolshevik military commander Mikhail Frunze. [1] The embankment's historic and original name is Khamovnicheskaya Embankment. The date of renaming under the Soviet regime in different sources is 1925, [2] 1926, [3] and 1936. The last date is most likely correct, since on the map of Moscow in 1934, the embankment was still called Khamovnicheskaya. [4]
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