Lubyanka Square
Lubyanskaya Square, or simply Lubyanka in Moscow lies about 900 metres north-east of Red Square. 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.- 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.
Bolshoi Theatre
Theater building
Lubyanka
Metro station
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lubyanka is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, located under Lubyanka Square. The facility, originally called Dzerzhinskaya station, opened in 1935 as part of the first stage of the metro.
Solovetsky Stone
Memorial
Photo: Alexei Kouprianov, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Solovetsky Stone is a monument on Lubyanka Square in Moscow 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.
Kitay-gorod
Neighborhood
Photo: Matthäus Merian the Elder, Public domain.
Kitay-gorod, 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.
Central-North
Photo: Lancrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moscow Central-North is the part of Central Moscow 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…
Central-East
Photo: Antares 610, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moscow Central-East is in Moscow also part of Central Moscow.
Lubyanka Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
55.75957° or 55° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
37.62682° or 37° 37′ 37″ eastElevation
143 metres (469 feet)Open location code
9G7VQJ5G+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4948150388OpenStreetMap feature
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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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