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      Krylatskoye Hills and the rowing canal

      ⏱ 50 min🚶 1.5 km🍽 0📍 3 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      A white church on the ridge of a hill, the best panorama of the Moskva River bend and the City, and a descent to the Olympic rowing canal. Space and wind in the west of the city.

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        🏛 Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Krylatskoye
        ул. Крылатские Холмы, 12
        A small 19th-century brick church on top of a hill with a panorama of the Moskva River floodplain and Strogino.
        A white church on the ridge of a hill
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        Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Krylatskoye
        © Sachkv · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • According to the chronicle, in 1554 Ivan the Terrible came to the consecration of the wooden church in Krylatskoye.
        • The stone church was built from 1862 to 1868 to a design by R. T. Vaudot, and the bell tower, designed by A. N. Stratilatov, was finished in 1877.
        • In 1941 the bell tower was destroyed by anti-aircraft gunners so it would not serve as a landmark for German aircraft.
        • When the village of Krylatskoye was demolished in the 1970s, the church was the only building left standing.
        • The original icon of the Rudnenskaya Mother of God was stolen and burned in 1936; the church keeps a copy from the early 20th century.
        • The church was returned to the Church in 1989, and the bell tower was rebuilt in the 1990s.
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        🌅 Krylatskiye Hills
        High grassy hills above the Moskva River: a nature park with an Olympic cycling track, springs and meadow paths.
        The best panorama of the Moskva River bend and the City; keep to the paths along the edge of the hills
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        Krylatskiye Hills
        © Роман Паньков · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Krylatskiye Hills
        © Antonina99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The landscape park covers 175 hectares and has been protected as a specially protected natural area since 1998.
        • Some of the hills here are man-made, and the park has three ravines in all.
        • More than 60 species of land vertebrates live here, including the Red Data Book brown hare and the Nathusius' bat (rufous noctule).
        • More than 360 species of vascular plants grow on the hills.
        • The "Rudnenskaya Mother of God" spring in the middle of the park is revered as miraculous.
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        🏛 Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
        🚪 entrance from Krylatskaya Street
        A canal over 2 km long with grandstands, built in 1973; rowers train on it, and running paths run alongside.
        Go down to the 1973 Olympic canal and walk along the stands
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        Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
        © Daryona · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The canal was built in 1972–1973 for the 63rd European Rowing Championships.
        • The canal is 2.3 km long, 125 m wide and 3.5 m deep; a return canal runs parallel so rowers do not interfere with races.
        • At the 1980 Olympics, medals in rowing and in canoe and kayak sprint were contested here.
        • The 3,400-seat grandstand with an 18-meter canopy almost balances itself and is angled toward the course at 8°.
        • The water level in the canal is 4 meters above the Moskva River, so a separate water intake was built for it.
        • In 2014 the canal hosted the Canoe Sprint World Championships.

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