🚶 Krasny Oktyabr Island

The tip of Bolotny Island, with the buildings of a former chocolate factory that now house bars, offices and exhibitions.

The island appeared in the 1780s, when the Vodootvodny Canal was dug, cutting part of Zamoskvorechye off from the bank.
The Einem confectionery company dates its history from 1849, and construction of the factory on Bersenevskaya Embankment began in 1889.
After the revolution the factory was nationalised, and in 1922 it was renamed Krasny Oktyabr (Red October).
In 2007 production was moved to the Babayevsky factory, and the workshops were taken over by offices, exhibition halls, clubs and restaurants.
Nearby on the island are the 17th-century Averky Kirillov Chambers and Boris Iofan's House on the Embankment of 1931.
Patriarshy Bridge, which links the island to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, opened in 2004.

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