Basmanny District, Moscow

Name: Basmanny District
Address: Moscow, Russia

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Basmanny District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 108,204 ; 100,899 . ()

Local name: Басманный район Coordinates: 55°46'2"N, 37°40'11"E

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Basmanny District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Atrium shopping mall, Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow music hall, Gary Tatintsian Gallery.

0.8 miSW
55°45'26"N • 37°39'32"E
Atrium shopping mall, Moscow
21 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.8 miNW
Square
Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow
20 min walk • Komsomolskaya Square, known as Kalanchyovskaya before 1932, is a square in Moscow, with a blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist architecture.
1 miNW
Theater
Moscow music hall, Moscow
26 min walk • Moscow music hall is a theater and state cultural institution of Moscow, Russia.
1.4 miSW
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow
37 min walk • Gary Tatintsian Gallery is one of the largest private contemporary art institutions in Moscow, dedicated to exhibitions of the leading representatives of the world art scene. Owned and directed by Gary Tatintsian.
0.4 miNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites
Yelokhovo Cathedral, Moscow
11 min walk • The Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo, Moscow, is the vicarial church of the Moscow Patriarchs. The surviving building was designed and built by Yevgraph Tyurin in 1837–1845.
1.4 miSW
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
St Vladimir's Church, Moscow
36 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.
0.6 miW
Museum
Moscow House of Nationalities, Moscow
17 min walk • The Moscow House of Nationalities is a state institution and museum based in the former Kurakin Almshouse in Moscow.
1.1 miSW
Park, Lake
Clean Ponds, Moscow
28 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.
0.8 miS
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow
21 min walk • Winzavod is a centre for contemporary arts in Moscow, Russia. Opened in 2007, it is located in a complex of seven industrial buildings from the late 19th century including the former brewery called "Moscow Bavaria". Alexander Brodsky is the coordinator of the project.
1.1 miW
Memorial
Wall of Grief, Moscow
28 min walk • The Wall of Grief is a monument in Moscow to the victims of political persecution by Joseph Stalin during the country's Soviet era. The national memorial was unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on October 30, 2017, the annual Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions.
1.5 miSW
Monastery
Ivanovsky Convent, Moscow
38 min walk • Ivanovsky Convent is a large stauropegic Russian Orthodox convent in central Moscow, inside the Boulevard Ring, to the west of Kitai-gorod, in the district formerly known as Kulishki. It is the main shrine of St. John the Baptist in the Russian capital.

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Which popular attractions are close to Basmanny District?

Nearby attractions include State University of Land Use Planning, Moscow (10 min walk), Novo-Ryazanskaya Street Garage, Moscow (10 min walk), Yelokhovo Cathedral, Moscow (11 min walk), City Estate of the 18th and 19th centuries, Moscow (15 min walk).

How to get to Basmanny District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Basmanny District:

Bus

Аптекарский переулок • Lines: 24, Т24 (4 min walk)
Площадь Разгуляй • Lines: 24, м3, м3к, Т24 (5 min walk)

Tram

Доброслободская улица • Lines: 24 (9 min walk)
Аптекарский переулок • Lines: 37, 45, 50 (10 min walk)

Metro

Baumanskaya • Lines: 3 (15 min walk)
Komsomolskaya (20 min walk)

Train

Kazan Passenger Moscow (16 min walk)
Moscow Kursky railway station (19 min walk)