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    Basket City or Kitay-gorod (/kɪˈtaɪ ˈɡɔːrɒd/; Russian: Китай-город, IPA: [kʲɪˈtaj ˈɡorət]), also referred to as the Great Possad (Великий Посад) in the...
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    Census); 100,899 (2002 Census). The district extends northeast from Kitai-gorod, within the radial boundaries of Vorontsovo Pole Street and Yauza River...
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    north-easterly direction into the posad of Kitai-gorod and beyond. The main road connecting the Kremlin to Kitai-gorod passed through St. Frol's (Saviour's)...
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  • Bely Gorod Belgorod Gorodets (with -ets as the suffix of diminutiveness) Gorodishche (with -ishche as the suffix of augmentation) Ivangorod Kitai-gorod Kitay-Gorod...
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    states. The most famous GUM is the large store facing Red Square in the Kitai-gorod area – itself traditionally a mall of Moscow. Originally, and today again...
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    Square') connects Ilyinka Street with Varvarka Gates Square in central Kitai-gorod area of Moscow, Russia. It is not a square in a true sense, but a street...
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  • Look up kitai or Kitai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kitai may refer to: Kitai, Tanzania Kitay-gorod, a part of central Moscow formerly within the...
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  • and Artyom is then guided by a mystic named Khan. Khan leads him to Kitai-Gorod which is controlled by criminal gangs, but they become separated during...
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    75,378 (2010 Census); 75,955 (2002 Census). The district extends from Kitai-gorod northwest to Belorussky and Savyolovsky Rail Terminals. Its southern...
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    Zaryadye (category Kitay-Gorod)
    historical district in Moscow established in the 12th or 13th century within Kitai-gorod, between Varvarka Street and the Moskva River. The name means "the place...
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    Red Square (category Kitay-Gorod)
    constructed at Voskrerensky (Iberian) gates, arranged in the wall of Kitai-gorod. These were the fortified gates at Voskresensky Bridge over the River...
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    2-story buildings on Moskvoretskaya Street, next to the bridge, and the Kitai-gorod wall facing the river. According to P. V. Sytin, the historical church...
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    River and Neglinnaya River. The Red Square and the upland part of the Kitai-gorod are located on the hill. The Borovitskiy Hill derives its name from the...
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  • historical Moscow Kremlin and Kitai-gorod areas of central Moscow, Russia, following the historical and now mostly razed Kitai-gorod wall. These squares and...
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    monastyr') is an Orthodox monastery on the Nikolskaya Street in Kitai-gorod, Moscow, just one block away from the Kremlin. It was founded in 1600...
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    Russia. It is the main synagogue in Russia and it is located close to Kitai-Gorod Metro station. Chief Rabbi Adolf Shayevich is its spiritual head. The...
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    governed by the prefecture, encompasses ten districts. The territory of Kitai-gorod is not a part of any district and is governed by the administrative okrug...
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    convent in central Moscow, inside the Boulevard Ring, to the west of Kitai-gorod, in the district formerly known as Kulishki. It is the main shrine of...
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  • formed by the Central Squares of Moscow running along the former walls of Kitai-gorod). Boulevards form a semicircular chain along the western, northern and...
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    living in Russia, where she had a residency DJing ragga jungle music at Kitai Gorod's Propaganda nightclub. Solomon developed a passion for the traditional...
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    behind. The Academy paid his funeral expenses. St.Nikolai's Gate in Kitai-Gorod (1800s) Cathedral Square during the coronation of Alexander I (1802)...
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    three following years Sheremetev established house theaters in Kuskovo, Kitai-gorod and Markovo. In 1790 he held an architectural contest for a Palace of...
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    Epiphany Monastery (category Kitay-Gorod)
    Monastery") is the oldest male monastery in Moscow, situated in the Kitai gorod, just one block away from the Moscow Kremlin. According to a legend,...
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    Moscow Print Yard (category Kitay-Gorod)
    двор) was the first publishing house in Russia. It was established in Kitai-gorod at the behest of Ivan the Terrible in 1553. The historic headquarters...
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    square in the 1760s, showing the Neglinnaya River and the bastions of the Kitai-gorod Lenin Speech To Men Of The Red Army, Leaving For The Polish Front, 5...
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    design. In 1533, Petrok Maly was commissioned to build the so-called Kitai-gorod wall, the construction of which would be finished in 1538. The 2.6-km...
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  • and Ivan Fomin. NKTP was supposed to take up the site of historical Kitai-gorod, the territory directly north and east from Red Square. The Square was...
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  • choice. Originally, the newspaper was published at the Print Yard in Kitai-gorod, Moscow. In 1710, engravings were introduced by way of decoration. They...
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    002 (2010 Census); 56,077 (2002 Census). The district extends due north from Kitai-gorod to Kamer-Kollezhsky Val. Western boundary with Tverskoy District follows...
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    Moscow Gostiny Dvor (category Kitay-Gorod)
    двор, Stary gostiny dvor) in Moscow occupies a substantial portion of Kitai-gorod, as the old merchant district is known. It located near the famous Red...
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