store GUM
GUM is a shopping center in Moscow, Russia. It was also the main department store in many cities of the former Soviet Union; similarly named stores operated in some Soviet republics and in post-Soviet states.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: Russian department store group
- Also known as: “GUM”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bolshoi Theatre and Spasskiye Gate.
Bolshoi Theatre
Theater building
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, 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. Bolshoi Theatre is situated 630 metres north of store GUM.
Spasskiye Gate
City gate
The Spasskaya Tower, also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square. Spasskiye Gate is situated 230 metres south of store GUM.
Tsar Cannon
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tsar Cannon is a large early modern period artillery piece on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Tsar Cannon is situated 420 metres southwest of store GUM.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitay-gorod and Moscow.
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.
Moscow
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Since its founding in 1147, Moscow has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Russian Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.
Outskirts
Photo: OlesyaKn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Moscow Outskirts include areas from Moscow's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.
store GUM
- Categories: department store, tourist attraction, public company, and architectural landmark
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“store GUM” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “GUM”
- Arabic: “جوم (مجمع تجاري)”
- Arabic: “جوم”
- Armenian: “ԳՈՒՄ”
- Azerbaijani: “Dövlət Universal Mağazası”
- Belarusian: “ГУМ”
- Chinese: “国家百货商场”
- Chuvash: “ГУМ”
- Croatian: “GUM”
- Czech: “GUM”
- Danish: “GUM”
- Dutch: “GOeM”
- Dutch: “GUM”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtata ĉiovendejo”
- Estonian: “GUM”
- Finnish: “GUM”
- French: “Goum”
- German: “Warenhaus GUM”
- Hebrew: “גום”
- Hungarian: “GUM áruház”
- Indonesian: “GUM (toko serba ada)”
- Indonesian: “GUM”
- Irish: “GUM”
- Italian: “GUM”
- Japanese: “グム百貨店”
- Korean: “굼”
- Latin: “Pantopolium GUM”
- Latin: “Pantopolium principale”
- Latvian: “GUM (veikals)”
- Latvian: “GUM”
- Macedonian: “Државна универзална стоковна куќа”
- Malay: “GUM”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “GUM”
- Polish: “Gosudarstwiennyj Uniwiersalnyj Magazin”
- Polish: “Wierchnije Torgowyje Riady”
- Portuguese: “GUM”
- Russian: “Верхние торговые ряды”
- Russian: “Главный универсальный магазин”
- Russian: “Государственный универсальный магазин”
- Russian: “ГУМ”
- Serbian: “ГУМ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “GUM”
- Slovak: “Gosudarstvennyj universaľnyj magazin”
- Slovak: “Gosudarstvennyj Universaľnyj Magazin”
- Slovenian: “GUM”
- Slovenian: “Veleblagovnica GUM”
- Spanish: “GUM”
- Swedish: “GUM”
- Turkish: “GUM”
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