Clean Ponds, Moscow

Name: Clean Ponds
Address: Чистопрудный бул., Moscow, 101000, Russia

#190 among attractions in Moscow

Park, Relax in park, Lake

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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. According to retired KGB colonel Victor Cherkashin, author of Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer: The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames, the adjoining 'Chistyi Prudy ' is also part of "an old, prestigious neighborhood." On page 177 of his book, Victor Cherkashin spells the area as 'Chistyi' as opposed to 'Chistye.' ()

Local name: Чистые пруды Elevation: 528 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°45'40"N, 37°38'41"E

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Чистопрудный бул.Центральный административный ок (Басманный)Moscow 101000 Russia

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Clean Ponds – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Central Children's Store on Lubyanka, Atrium shopping mall, Polytechnic Museum, Lubyanka Building.

0.8 miW
Shopping, Department store
Central Children's Store on Lubyanka, Moscow
20 min walk • The Central Children's Store on Lubyanka is a historic and iconic shopping destination in the heart of Moscow, Russia. This monumental building, which opened its doors in 1957, was designed to be the largest children's store in the USSR.
0.6 miSE
55°45'26"N • 37°39'32"E
Atrium shopping mall, Moscow
16 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
0.6 miW
Museum, Science museum
Polytechnic Museum, Moscow
17 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Moscow, the Polytechnic Museum stands as a beacon of science and technology. Established in the 19th century, it is one of the oldest and largest technical museums in Russia, showcasing the progress of scientific thought and achievements through...
0.6 miW
Museum
Lubyanka Building, Moscow
17 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.
0.4 miS
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
St Vladimir's Church, Moscow
11 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.
0.7 miNE
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.
0.5 miSW
Synagogue
Moscow Choral Synagogue, Moscow
14 min walk • The Moscow Choral Synagogue is one of the main synagogues in Russia and in the former Soviet Union. It is located in central Basmanny District at 10 Bolshoy Spasogolinischevsky Lane, close to Kitai-Gorod Metro station.
0.7 miNW
Monastery
Sretensky Monastery, Moscow
17 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 miSW
Church, Baroque architecture, Historical place
Church of All Saints, Moscow
17 min walk • Church of All Saints na Kulichkakh is one of the oldest churches in Moscow, located at 2 Slavyanskaya Square. A notable feature of the church is its leaning bell-tower.
0.7 miW
Memorial, Monuments and statues
Solovetsky Stone, Moscow
18 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.
0.6 miN
Memorial
Wall of Grief, Moscow
17 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Clean Ponds?

Nearby attractions include Manor of Priklonskaya — Levashov — Kildyushevsky, Moscow (6 min walk), Menshikov Tower, Moscow (7 min walk), Town Estate of Popov — Elagin, Moscow (8 min walk), Chamber of the deacon Andreyan Ratmanov, Moscow (10 min walk).

How to get to Clean Ponds by public transport?

The nearest stations to Clean Ponds:

Tram

Покровские Ворота • Lines: 3, 39, А (4 min walk)
Большой Харитоньевский переулок • Lines: 3, 39, А (5 min walk)

Bus

Покровские Ворота • Lines: 122, м3, м3к, Н3 (4 min walk)
Армянский переулок • Lines: 122, м3, м3к, Н3 (7 min walk)

Metro

Chistye Prudy (11 min walk)
Sretensky Bulvar (12 min walk)

Train

Moscow Kursky railway station (19 min walk)
Kazan Passenger Moscow (28 min walk)