Lubyanka Square

Lubyanskaya Square, or simply Lubyanka in lies about 900 metres north-east of . History first records its name in 1480, when Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, who had conquered Novgorod in 1471, settled many Novgorodians in the area.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Moscow, Russia
  • Also known as: “Dzerzhinsky Square”, “Lubyanskaya ploshchad”, and “Lubyanskaya Square”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bolshoi Theatre and Lubyanka.

Theater building
Photo: Юрий Д.К., CC BY 4.0.
The is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. is situated 520 metres west of Lubyanka Square.

Metro station
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, located under Square. The facility, originally called Dzerzhinskaya station, opened in 1935 as part of the first stage of the metro.

Memorial
Photo: Alexei Kouprianov, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a monument on Lubyanka Square in to the victims of political repression. It is in close proximity to the Lubyanka Building, headquarters since 1918 of various Russian security services, from the Cheka to today's FSB.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitay-gorod and Central-North.

Neighborhood
Photo: Matthäus Merian the Elder, Public domain.
, also referred to as the Great Possad in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost entirely razed fortifications, narrow streets and very densely built cityscape.

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Moscow is the part of that's north of the Kremlin, east of Tverskaya Street, north of Pokrova Street, the area within the Boulevard Ring, Krasnoselsky south, Meshchansky south & Tverskoy South raions…

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Moscow is in also part of Central Moscow.

Lubyanka Square

Latitude
55.75957° or 55° 45′ 35″ north
Longitude
37.62682° or 37° 37′ 37″ east
Elevation
143 metres (469 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6930101
Wiki­data ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Lubyanka Square” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լուբյանսկայա հրապարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lubyanka meydanı”
  • Belarusian: “Лубянская плошча”
  • Belarusian: “плошча Дзяржынскага (Масква)”
  • Belarusian: “плошча Дзяржынскага”
  • Bulgarian: “Лубянски площад”
  • Catalan: “plaça Lubianka”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Lubianka”
  • Chinese: “卢比扬卡广场”
  • Chinese: “盧比揚卡廣場”
  • Croatian: “Lubjanski trg”
  • Dutch: “Loebjanskaja plosjtsjad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان لوبيانكا”
  • Estonian: “Dzeržinski väljak”
  • Estonian: “Lubjanka väljak”
  • French: “Place Dzerjinski”
  • French: “place Loubianka”
  • French: “Place Loubianka”
  • French: “Place Loubyanka”
  • Georgian: “ლუბიანსკის მოედანი”
  • German: “Lubjanka-Platz”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Λουμπιάνκα”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Λουμπιάνσκαγια”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Ντζερζίνσκι”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר לוביאנקה”
  • Hungarian: “Lubjanka tér”
  • Italian: “Piazza Lubjanka”
  • Japanese: “ジェルジンスキー広場”
  • Japanese: “ルビャンカスカヤ広場”
  • Japanese: “ルビャンカ広場”
  • Macedonian: “Лубјански плоштад”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lubjanka-plassen”
  • Persian: “میدان لوبیانکا”
  • Polish: “Plac Łubiański w Moskwie”
  • Polish: “Plac Łubiański”
  • Romanian: “Piaţa Lubianca”
  • Romanian: “Piața Lubianca”
  • Romanian: “Piaţa Lubianka”
  • Romanian: “Piața Lubianka”
  • Russian: “Лубянская площадь”
  • Russian: “Площадь Дзержинского”
  • Slovenian: “Lubjanski trg”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Lubianka”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Lubianka”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Lubyanka”
  • Tatar: “Лубәнка мәйданы”
  • Turkish: “Lubyanka Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Луб’янська площа”

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