🏛 Sukharevskaya Square

A square on the Garden Ring with the Sheremetev Hospital, now the Sklifosovsky Institute.

The square is named after Sukharev Tower, built in 1695 to a design by Mikhail Choglokov and demolished in 1934.
The tower took its name from the streltsy regiment of Lavrenty Sukharev, which guarded the gate of the Earthen Town here.
Yakov Bruce set up Russia's first astronomical observatory on the upper floors of the tower.
According to legend, Bruce hid a "black book" granting power in the tower's foundation; people called the tower Ivan the Great's bride.
The Hospice House, now the Sklifosovsky Institute, was built in 1792–1810; its authors include Giacomo Quarenghi.
From 1939 to 1994 the square was called Bolshaya Kolkhoznaya.

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