Mosfilmovskaya Street

Street in Moscow, Russia
Mosfilmovskaya Street
Clockwise from top: House on Mosfilmovskaya, Embassy of Germany, Residential complex Sparrow Hills
Native nameМосфильмовская улица (Russian)
Length3 km (1.9 mi)
LocationMoscow
Western Administrative Okrug
Ramenki District
Nearest metro station#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Kiyevskaya
#4 Filyovskaya line Kiyevskaya
#5 Koltsevaya line Kiyevskaya
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Universitet
#8 Kalininskaya line Lomonosovsky Prospekt
#8 Kalininskaya line Ramenki

Mosfilmovskaya Street (Russian: Мосфи́льмовская у́лица, romanised: Mosfílmovskaya úlitsa), formerly also Potylikha Street (Russian: Улица Поты́лиха), is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow, where the Mosfilm Studios and many foreign embassies are located.

The name Mosfilmovskaya was officially adopted in 1939. Being outside the Garden Ring (Садовое Кольцо), which encircles central Moscow, the street runs south-west across a residential area between the Moskva River and its tributary Setun River (Сетунь). Moscow's Sparrow Hills (known as Lenin Hills during the Soviet era) are quite close here.

Around the 17th century the area was known as the estate of Troitskoye-Golenishchevo (another name being Golenishchevo-Kutuzovo), a country seat of the Kutuzov family, whose prominent descendant, Russian field marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813) fought Napoleon I of France during Patriotic War of 1812. A major landmark surviving from that time is the Trinity Church (1644–45).

Notable buildings

The embassies of Angola and the United Arab Emirates are located nearby, in Ulofa Palme Street. The embassy of the People's Republic of China is located at 6 Druzhby Street, within a ten-minute walk from Mosfilmovskaya Street.

Image gallery

Images of embassies

  • Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Embassy of Bulgaria
    Embassy of Bulgaria
  • Embassy of Germany
    Embassy of Germany
  • Embassy of Hungary
    Embassy of Hungary
  • Embassy of Kuwait
    Embassy of Kuwait
  • Embassy of Libya
    Embassy of Libya
  • Embassy of Malaysia
    Embassy of Malaysia
  • Embassy of Nicaragua
    Embassy of Nicaragua
  • Embassy of North Korea
    Embassy of North Korea
  • Embassy of Panama
    Embassy of Panama
  • Embassy of Romania
    Embassy of Romania
  • Embassy of Serbia
    Embassy of Serbia
  • Embassy of Sweden
    Embassy of Sweden

External links

  • Satellite picture by Google Maps