Red Gate Building, Moscow

Name: Red Gate Building
Address: Moscow, Russia

#457 among attractions in Moscow

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The Red Gate Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers, designed by Alexey Dushkin. Its name comes from the Red Gate square. ()

Local name: Высотное здание на площади Красных Ворот Completed: 1953 (71 years ago)Floors: 24Coordinates: 55°46'10"N, 37°38'45"E

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Red Gate Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Atrium shopping mall, Lubyanka Building, Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow music hall.

1 miSE
55°45'26"N • 37°39'32"E
Atrium shopping mall, Moscow
26 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.9 miSW
Museum
Lubyanka Building, Moscow
24 min walk • Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the FSB and affiliated prison on Lubyanka Square in Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia. It is a large Neo-Baroque building with a facade of yellow brick designed by Alexander V. Ivanov in 1897 and augmented by Aleksey Shchusev from 1940 to 1947.
0.5 miNE
Square
Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow
14 min walk • Komsomolskaya Square, known as Kalanchyovskaya before 1932, is a square in Moscow, with a blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist architecture.
0.5 miN
Theater
Moscow music hall, Moscow
13 min walk • Moscow music hall is a theater and state cultural institution of Moscow, Russia.
1 miSW
Square, Civic center, Historical place
Lubyanka Square, Moscow
26 min walk • Lubyanskaya Square, or simply Lubyanka in Moscow lies about 900 metres north-east of Red Square. 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.
1 miS
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
St Vladimir's Church, Moscow
26 min walk • The Church of St. Vladimir in the Old Gardens is a pentacupolar Orthodox church in Basmanny District of Moscow, next to Ivanovsky Convent, close to the confluence of the Yauza and Moskva rivers.
~1620 ftE
Museum
Moscow House of Nationalities, Moscow
8 min walk • The Moscow House of Nationalities is a state institution and museum based in the former Kurakin Almshouse in Moscow.
0.7 miSW
Monastery
Sretensky Monastery, Moscow
18 min walk • Sretensky Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Moscow, founded by Grand Prince Vasili I in 1397. It used to be located close to the present-day Red Square, but in the early 16th century it was moved northeast to what is now Bolshaya Lubyanka Street.
0.6 miS
Park, Lake
Clean Ponds, Moscow
15 min walk • The Clean Ponds, is a large pond in Moscow, Russia, located in the Basmanny District, on the Boulevard Ring. The pond gives its name to Chistoprudny Boulevard, which runs from Turgenevskaya Square and Sretensky Boulevard towards Pokrovka Street, where it adjoins Pokrovsky Boulevard, and to Chistyye Prudy station on the Moscow Metro.
0.9 miW
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites
Nativity Convent, Moscow
22 min walk • Rozhdestvensky Convent, or the Convent of Nativity of Theotokos, is one of the oldest nunneries in Moscow, located inside the Boulevard Ring, on the left bank of the Neglinnaya River.
1 miSW
Memorial, Monuments and statues
Solovetsky Stone, Moscow
26 min walk • The Solovetsky Stone is a monument on Lubyanka Square in Moscow to the victims of political repression. It is in close proximity to the Lubyanka Building, headquarters since 1918 of Soviet security services, from the Cheka to today's FSB.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Red Gate Building?

Nearby attractions include Academician Sakharov Avenue, Moscow (3 min walk), Wall of Grief, Moscow (4 min walk), Tsentrosoyuz building, Moscow (6 min walk), Chamber of the deacon Andreyan Ratmanov, Moscow (7 min walk).

How to get to Red Gate Building by public transport?

The nearest stations to Red Gate Building:

Bus

Проспект Академика Сахарова • Lines: А, Б (2 min walk)
Мясницкая улица • Lines: 122 (3 min walk)

Metro

Krasnye Vorota (4 min walk)
Sretensky Bulvar (8 min walk)

Tram

Метро Чистые пруды • Lines: 3, 39, А (11 min walk)
Большой Харитоньевский переулок • Lines: 3, 39, А (12 min walk)

Train

Kalanchyovskaya (14 min walk)
Kazan Passenger Moscow (17 min walk)