🌳 Devichye Pole Square

Б. Пироговская ул. (между Погодинской и Б. Пироговской)

A long square among the old clinics of the medical campus, with a monument to Leo Tolstoy.

The place was formerly called Samsonov Meadow; it most likely became “Devichye” (Maidens') Field because of the neighbouring Novodevichy Convent, which received it in 1685.
In 1765–1771 a state theatre stood on Devichye Pole with free shows on holidays; they were not resumed after the plague of 1771.
The present square was laid out in 1948 by the architect M. P. Korzhev and co-authors.
Besides Tolstoy, there is a 1960 monument to the paediatrician Nil Filatov inscribed “To the friend of children”.
In 2014 a monument to Long-Range Aviation pilots by Salavat Shcherbakov was unveiled in the square.
The square's fountain also serves as the ventilation kiosk of the Frunze Academy's underground facilities.

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