Russia
Central Russia
Moscow Oblast

Menshikov Tower

Menshikov Tower, also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthodox Church in of , within the Boulevard Ring.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: church
  • Also known as: “Church of Archangel Gabriel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bolshoi Theatre and Embassy of Kazakhstan.

Theater building
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1¼ km west of Menshikov Tower.

Government office
The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of in the Russian Federation. It is located at 3a Chistoprudny Boulevard in the of Moscow. The ambassador is Galym Orazbakov. is situated 190 metres east of Menshikov Tower.

Theater building
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moscow is a theatre company in founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary". is situated 460 metres east of Menshikov Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central-North and Central-East.

Photo: Lancrey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Neighborhood
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, 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.

Menshikov Tower

Latitude
55.7632° or 55° 45′ 48″ north
Longitude
37.63894° or 37° 38′ 20″ east
Inception
1704—1707
Height
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9G7VQJ7Q+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1164348040
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1469771
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Menshikov Tower” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Меншыкава вежа”
  • Chinese: “緬希科夫塔”
  • Dutch: “Mensjikovtoren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه برج مينشكوف”
  • French: “Tour Menchikov”
  • German: “Menschikow-Turm”
  • Italian: “Torre Menšikov”
  • Polish: “Wieża Mienszykowa”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Menchikov”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Arhanghelul Gavriil”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Menșikov”
  • Russian: “Меншикова башня”
  • Slovenian: “Menšikov stolp”
  • Spanish: “Torre Menshikov”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Menshikov Tower”. Photo: NVO, CC BY-SA 3.0.