Moyka
The Moyka is a short river in Saint Petersburg which splits from the Neva River. Along with the Neva, the Fontanka river, and canals including the Griboyedov and Kryukov, the Moyka encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making that area an island or a group of islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: river in Russia
- Also known as: “Moyka River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vasilievsky Island and Palace of Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich.
Vasilievsky Island
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasilievsky Island is an island in Saint Petersburg situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river. The population of the district, including the adjacent to Dekabristov Island, separated by the Smolenka river, and smaller islets, is approximately 215,000 people.
Palace of Grand Duke Alexey Alexandrovich
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Alexeevsky Palace is a Revivalist palace compound on the bank of the Moika River in Saint Petersburg. It was erected in the mid-1880s as a private residence of Grand Duke Alexi and his family.
Central Naval Museum
Museum
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Naval Museum is a naval museum in St Petersburg, Russia, reflecting the development of Russian naval traditions and the history of the Russian Navy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Apraksin Dvor.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.
Apraksin Dvor
Suburb
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project. Apraksin Dvor is situated 2½ km east of Moyka.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 3 km northeast of Moyka.
Moyka
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Moyka” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Moika”
- Armenian: “Մոյկա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Moyka”
- Basque: “Moika”
- Belarusian: “Мойка”
- Cebuano: “Moyka (kanal)”
- Cebuano: “Moyka”
- Chinese: “莫伊卡河”
- Chuvash: “Мойка”
- Czech: “Mojka”
- Danish: “Mojka”
- Dutch: “Moika”
- Dutch: “Mojka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر مويكا”
- Esperanto: “Mojka”
- Estonian: “Moika”
- Finnish: “Moika”
- French: “Moïka”
- Georgian: “მოიკა”
- German: “Moika”
- German: “Mojka”
- Hebrew: “מויקה”
- Irish: “Abhainn Moyka”
- Italian: “Mojka”
- Italian: “Moyka”
- Japanese: “モイカ川”
- Latin: “Moika”
- Lithuanian: “Moika”
- Lithuanian: “Mojka”
- Manx: “Moyka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mojka”
- Norwegian: “Mojka”
- Persian: “رود مویکا”
- Polish: “Mojka”
- Portuguese: “Moika”
- Portuguese: “Rio Moika”
- Russian: “Мойка”
- Russian: “Мо́йка”
- Russian: “Мья”
- Russian: “Набережная Мойки”
- Russian: “Набережная реки Мойки”
- Russian: “Река Мойка”
- Spanish: “Rio Moika”
- Spanish: “Río Moika”
- Swedish: “Mojka”
- Turkish: “Moika Çayı”
- Ukrainian: “Мойка”
- Venetian: “Fiume Moika”
- Veps: “Moik”
- Welsh: “Afon Moyka”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Holland Island and Admiralteisky.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mariinsky Theatre and Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Moyka”. Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.