Moyka

The Moyka is a short river in which splits from the Neva River. Along with the Neva, the river, and canals including the and Kryukov, the Moyka encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making that area an island or a group of islands.
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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.

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is an island in 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.

Castle
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Alexeevsky Palace is a Revivalist palace compound on the bank of the Moika River in . It was erected in the mid-1880s as a private residence of Grand Duke Alexei and his family.

Museum
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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.

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, 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.

Suburb
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project. is situated 2½ km east of Moyka.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. is situated 3 km northeast of Moyka.

Moyka

Latitude
59.92917° or 59° 55′ 45″ north
Longitude
30.28528° or 30° 17′ 7″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9GFGW7HP+M4
Geo­Names ID
524744
Wiki­data ID
Q590269
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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”

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