Gagarin Square

Gagarin Square is a square in Moscow, Moscow Oblast. Gagarin Square is situated nearby to the police station Участковый пункт полиции № 2, as well as near the theater building Новый Арт Театр.

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Type: Square
Description: square in Moscow, Russia
Also known as: “площадь Гагарина”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leninsky Prospekt and Ploshchad Gagarina.

Leninsky Prospekt

Metro station

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Leninsky Prospekt is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built in 1962 to a variant of the standard column tri-span design, which included a more vaulted central span. Leninsky Prospekt is situated 260 metres southeast of Gagarin Square.

Ploshchad Gagarina

Railway stop

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Ploshchad Gagarina is a station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro. The station offers a free direct transfer to Leninsky Prospekt of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. Ploshchad Gagarina is situated 320 metres southeast of Gagarin Square.

Donskoy Monastery

Monastery

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Donskoy Monastery is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey. Donskoy Monastery is situated 1¼ km northeast of Gagarin Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gagarinsky District and Donskoy District.

Gagarinsky District

Suburb

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Gagarinsky District, Moscow is an administrative district of South-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 5.50 square kilometers. Population - 72,072. Established in 1995.

Donskoy District

Suburb

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Donskoy District is an administrative district of Southern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 5.895 square kilometers. Population: 52,000…