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      Nagatinsky Zaton and the floodplain along the water

      ⏱ 5 h🚶 6.5 km🍽 2📍 7 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A walk by the water from a Big Circle Line station: a curved bridge over the bay, a new church on the bank, the renovated Nagatinskaya Embankment, the river terminal and a park on the peninsula, finishing at Dream Island.

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        🏛 Cable-stayed bridge over Nagatinsky Zaton
        от Коломенской ул. к Корабельной ул. (ЖК «Ривер Парк»)
        🆓 free entry
        A crescent-shaped cycling and pedestrian bridge across the Nagatinsky Zaton inlet — from the Nagatinsky Zaton station of the Big Circle Line to the embankment of the River Park housing complex.
        Start at Nagatinsky Zaton metro (Big Circle Line): exit towards Kolomenskaya Street, the bridge is a couple of minutes away. On the far bank walk along the River Park residential complex embankment.
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        Cable-stayed bridge over Nagatinsky Zaton
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Cable-stayed bridge over Nagatinsky Zaton
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Cable-stayed bridge over Nagatinsky Zaton
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        • The bridge opened in January 2025; it took almost two years to build, from February 2023 to December 2024.
        • The 219-metre span is curved like a crescent.
        • The structure is an engineer Fink truss: the upper beam rests on vertical masts hung from tension rods.
        • The masts with cables separate the pedestrian zone from the bike lane, and lamps built right into the handrails highlight the curve of the bridge.
        • With the bridge, the route from Korabelnaya, Rechnikov and Sudostroitelnaya streets to Nagatinsky Zaton metro was cut from 19 to 6 minutes.
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        🏛 Church of St Spyridon of Trimythous in Nagatinsky Zaton
        Судостроительная ул., 50
        🆓 free entry
        A new five-domed church in the spirit of Vladimir-Suzdal architecture by Nagatinskaya Embankment; the parish appeared in 2011, when a small temporary church was consecrated.
        The church stands right at the water, and its domes can be seen from the river. Dress modestly to go in; the weekday service is at 8:00 in the morning.
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        Church of St Spyridon of Trimythous in Nagatinsky Zaton
        © moskva.pictures · CC BY 4.0
        Church of St Spyridon of Trimythous in Nagatinsky Zaton
        © moskva.pictures · CC BY 4.0
        • The parish began with a small temporary church: it was consecrated on 22 November 2011 and the first liturgy was held the same day.
        • The foundation stone of the large church was consecrated by Patriarch Kirill on 27 March 2012.
        • The first gilded dome was raised on the church as early as September 2012 — half a year after the foundation stone.
        • The main dome is crowned by an openwork cross 4.5 metres high, gilded and inlaid with coloured glass lit by LEDs.
        • Among the relics are a particle of the relics and a slipper of St Spyridon; on Corfu, where his relics rest, the saint's footwear is traditionally changed.
        • Particles of the relics of St Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky) and of Hieromartyr Charalampos are also kept here.
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        ☕️ Privet, Ya v Gruzii khinkali house in Nagatinsky Zaton
        Судостроительная ул., 42А, 1-й этаж
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        Lunch on Sudostroitelnaya, 5 minutes from the church: khinkali and Adjarian khachapuri. It opens at 12:00 — don’t come earlier.
        🍴 A small Georgian khinkali house in the block by Nagatinskaya Embankment, opening at noon. What to order: khinkali (Georgian dumplings), Adjarian khachapuri, green-bean pkhali, kharcho.
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        • The khinkali house combines Georgian and European cuisine and is open every day from noon to midnight.
        • Live music plays here on weekend evenings.
        • The restaurant delivers Georgian dishes itself to nearby blocks within walking distance.
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        🚶 Nagatinskaya Embankment
        Нагатинская наб., от Нагатинского моста до Судостроительной ул.
        🆓 free entry
        Moscow's longest embankment — about 5.6 km along the river opposite the Nagatinskaya floodplain; in 2025 the pavements were widened, new lamps were installed and the wires were put underground.
        Go back to the river and head west along the embankment almost to Nagatinsky Bridge — about 1.5 km; on the far bank are the towers of Dream Island.
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        Nagatinskaya Embankment
        © moskva.pictures · CC BY 4.0
        Nagatinskaya Embankment
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Nagatinskaya Embankment
        © Светлана Май · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • This is Moscow's longest embankment — about 5.6 km, from Danilovsky Bridge to Sudostroitelnaya Street.
        • It is named after the village of Nagatino, which became part of Moscow in 1960.
        • Where the word "Nagatino" comes from is not known for sure; one version is "na gati", meaning a marshy spot reinforced with logs.
        • The development was conceived in 1972 as an ensemble of "sail" buildings of 10 to 25 storeys with 35-storey accent towers; the chief architect was R. P. Aldonina.
        • The towers were never built: the eastern edge was filled with standard 22-storey blocks.
        • In 2025 the pavements were widened, new lamps were installed and overhead lines were put underground.
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        🏛 Southern River Terminal (Yuzhny Rechnoy Vokzal)
        пр-т Андропова, 11, корп. 2
        A Soviet-modernist river terminal on Nagatinskaya Embankment, reopened after reconstruction in 2023.
        Cross the river on the pavement of Nagatinsky Bridge and turn right. From the river terminal there is a view of the river and the embankment you have just walked along.
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        Southern River Terminal (Yuzhny Rechnoy Vokzal)
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Southern River Terminal (Yuzhny Rechnoy Vokzal)
        © MBH · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Southern River Terminal (Yuzhny Rechnoy Vokzal)
        © Brateevsky · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The terminal moved here, to Nagatinskaya Embankment, in 1972 and worked from a temporary floating pier until 1985.
        • The Soviet-modernist building was built in 1985; the first sailing was the motor ship Pavel Yudin to Astrakhan.
        • In 2017 the city tried through the courts to demolish the building as an illegal construction, but in 2018 the court rejected the claim.
        • In 2021–2023 the terminal was effectively built anew: only one brick wall of the 1985 building remains, and it is shown inside.
        • The concrete figures of the five seas weighed about 3.5 tonnes each; copies made of fibreglass from 3D scans stand in their place today.
        • After the opening in April 2023, the first ship to call at the terminal was the Borodino.
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        🌳 Nagatinskaya Poyma Park
        A large park on a peninsula in a bend of the Moskva River, with an embankment, lawns and sports grounds.
        Stroll along the embankment and the floodplain lawns — a park on the peninsula that appeared when the river was straightened by a canal in 1968.
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        Nagatinskaya Poyma Park
        © mos.ru · CC BY 4.0
        • The peninsula appeared in 1968, when a 3.5 km canal was dug to straighten the Moskva River.
        • To drain the marshy floodplain, more than 1 million cubic metres of soil were piled up here.
        • The name comes from the village of Nagatino; by one version, from the many gats (log roads over marsh).
        • In 1977 the 60th Anniversary of October Park was laid out here, created by workers of the ZIL plant and local residents.
        • In 2008 there were plans to build Norman Foster's 450-metre skyscraper, Crystal Island, here; the project was not realised.
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        🍽 Vasilchuki Chaihona №1 at Ostrov Mechty (Dream Island) · 🧸 play area
        пр-т Андропова, 1, «Остров мечты», 2-й этаж
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        The finale at Dream Island: the signature plov or shashlik on the 2nd floor of the city promenade. Rides are optional, by ticket.
        🍴 An Eastern-cuisine restaurant on the Dream Island promenade with a kids' room and kids' corner; entertainers and workshops for children. Try: the signature plov and shashlik; for kids, dishes from the kids' menu.

      ↩️ Getting back: ≈10 min on foot from Dream Island to Tekhnopark metro

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