Basov square
Basov square is a square in Moscow Oblast, Central Russia. Basov square is situated nearby to The State Darwin Museum, as well as near the sports venue Бойцовский центр на ул. Вавилова.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: square in Moscow
- Also known as: “площадь Академика Басова”
- Postal code: 117292
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The State Darwin Museum and Moscow State Circus.
The State Darwin Museum
Museum
Photo: Cybersky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The State Darwin Museum is a natural history museum in Moscow. The museum was founded in 1907 by Alexander Kohts and was the world's first museum of evolution explaining the work of Charles Darwin as a causal explanation of nature. The State Darwin Museum is situated 120 metres south of Basov square.
Moscow State Circus
Theater building
The title Moscow State Circus is used for a variety of circuses. Most commonly, it refers to one of the two circus buildings in Moscow, the "Circus Nikulin" and the "Bolshoi Circus", or to traveling shows which may or may not be directly related to Russia. Moscow State Circus is situated 1½ km west of Basov square.
Akademicheskaya
Metro station
Photo: Alex Rave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akademicheskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. It is named for the several Akademichesky Proyezd streets formerly located nearby, which were themselves named after the Russian Academy of Sciences but have all been renamed since. Akademicheskaya is situated 1 km southeast of Basov square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akademichesky District and Gagarinsky District.
Akademichesky District
Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akademichesky District is an administrative district of South-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 5.57 square kilometers.
Gagarinsky District
Suburb
Photo: Niklitov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Lomonosovsky District
Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lomonosovsky 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 3.34 square kilometers.
Basov square
- Categories: intersection and locality
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
55.6918° or 55° 41′ 31″ northLongitude
37.56172° or 37° 33′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9G7VMHR6+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 636674847OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q97213606
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In Other Languages
“Basov square” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Площадь Академика Басова”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Бойцовский центр на ул. Вавилова and Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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