Solovetsky Stone

The Solovetsky Stone is a monument on 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bolshoi Theatre and Lubyanka Square.

Theater building
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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 570 metres west of Solovetsky Stone.

Square
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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.

Metro station
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is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, located under . The facility, originally called Dzerzhinskaya station, opened in 1935 as part of the first stage of the metro.

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.

Solovetsky Stone

Latitude
55.75913° or 55° 45′ 33″ north
Longitude
37.62762° or 37° 37′ 39″ east
Open location code
9G7VQJ5H+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1096224117
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q4427945
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Solovetsky Stone” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صخرة سولوفيتسكي”
  • Armenian: “Սոլովեցկի քար”
  • Belarusian: “Салавецкі камень”
  • Bulgarian: “Соловецки камък”
  • Catalan: “Pedra Solovetski”
  • Czech: “Solověcký kámen”
  • Dutch: “Solovetsky steen”
  • Estonian: “Solovetsi kivi”
  • Estonian: “Solovetski kivi”
  • French: “Pierre Solovetski”
  • German: “Solowezki-Stein”
  • Hungarian: “Szoloveckij kő”
  • Italian: “Pietra Soloveckij”
  • Japanese: “ソロヴェツキーの石”
  • Persian: “سنگ سولووتسکی”
  • Polish: “Kamień Sołowiecki (Moskwa)”
  • Polish: “Kamień Sołowiecki”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra Solovetsky”
  • Russian: “Памятник жертвам политических репрессий (Москва)”
  • Russian: “Соловецкий камень”
  • Spanish: “Piedra Solovetski”
  • Turkish: “Solovetsky Taşı”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Госинспекция по недвижимости and Museum of Vladimir Mayakovsky.

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