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      The new embankments: from Novospassky to Simonov

      ⏱ 4 h🚶 3.8 km🍽 2📍 9 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A walk along the just-opened Krutitskaya and Simonovskaya embankments: two monasteries on hills, the river alongside and the church where Peresvet and Oslyabya are said to lie.

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        🏛 Novospassky Monastery
        🚪 entrance from Krestyanskaya Square
        A monastery on a hill above the Moskva River with mighty walls, towers and a tall bell tower.
        10 minutes from Proletarskaya metro. Step into the courtyard with the cathedral and bell tower, then go around the wall along Novospassky Proyezd — from there you can see the river we’re heading to
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        Novospassky Monastery
        © Святослав · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • Ivan III founded the monastery in 1490, moving here the brethren of the Kremlin's Saviour-on-the-Pine Monastery (Spas na Boru).
        • It was the Romanov family necropolis, and until the 18th century the monastery served as a burial place for the royal family.
        • From 1646 to 1649 the monastery's archimandrite was the future Patriarch Nikon.
        • Construction of the stone wall, about 650 m long and up to 7.5 m high, began in 1640.
        • In 1918 the monastery was closed and turned into a concentration camp, and in 1927–1930 its cemetery was destroyed.
        • In 1995 the remains of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, killed by Ivan Kalyayev in 1905, were brought here.
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        🏛 Krutitskoye Compound (Krutitskoye Podvorye)
        A former residence of the metropolitans with passageways, chambers and a tile-clad Terem (Teremok).
        Look for the tiled Terem above the Holy Gates and the long covered passage — the prettiest corner of the compound
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        Krutitskoye Compound (Krutitskoye Podvorye)
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Krutitskoye Compound (Krutitskoye Podvorye)
        © Ted.ns · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The name comes from "krutitsy", the steep left banks of the Moskva River below the mouth of the Yauza.
        • A monastery was founded here in 1262; later Krutitsy became the compound of the bishops of Sarai, whose see was in the Golden Horde.
        • In July 1612 the militia of Minin and Pozharsky swore an oath in the local Assumption Cathedral to liberate Moscow.
        • The tiled Krutitsy Teremok above the gate was built in the 1680s–1690s to a design by Osip Startsev.
        • In 1666 Archpriest Avvakum was held prisoner here.
        • Twenty-two-year-old Alexander Herzen spent seven months in the guardhouse of the Krutitsy barracks before his exile to Vyatka.
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        🚶 Krutitskaya Embankment
        Крутицкая наб.
        An embankment under Krutitsy Hill, from Novospassky Bridge downstream; after the 2026 reconstruction, a wide pavement by the water and a view of Novospassky Monastery from the river.
        Go down Krutitskaya Street to the river and walk downstream; look back at the water — from here the whole Novospassky Monastery is visible
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        Krutitskaya Embankment
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Krutitskaya Embankment
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Krutitskaya Embankment
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        • The name comes from Krutitsy, the steep left banks of the Moskva below the mouth of the Yauza.
        • The reconstructed embankment opened on 4 September 2026 together with the first section of Simonovskaya.
        • The new pedestrian route runs along the left bank from Novospassky Bridge to the Torpedo stadium.
        • Simonovskaya Embankment is promised to be extended to Marc Chagall Embankment in 2027.
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        🚶 Simonovskaya Embankment
        Симоновская наб.
        A new embankment by the RiverSky housing complex and the Torpedo stadium: the roadway is separated from the pedestrian zone, which runs right by the water.
        Keep to the pedestrian zone right by the water — cars run separately. It’s windy by the river, so bring a scarf
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        Simonovskaya Embankment
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        Simonovskaya Embankment
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        • The first section opened in September 2026 — from Krutitskaya Embankment to the Torpedo stadium.
        • The embankment is divided into two parts: a road with 2–3 lanes each way and a separate pedestrian zone by the river.
        • It is named after the Simonov Monastery, whose towers stand a little to the south.
        • The next section is to reach Marc Chagall Embankment and ZILART.
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        ☕️ Buna coffee shop in RiverSky
        ул. Виктора Маслова, 2
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        A coffee break: a coffee shop in the courtyard of the RiverSky residential complex, 2 minutes from the embankment
        🍴 A small coffee shop on the ground floor of the RiverSky complex, steps from the new embankment. What to order: a cappuccino or filter coffee to go and a pastry — and off along the river.
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        • "Buna" is what coffee is called in Ethiopia, the homeland of the coffee tree.
        • Besides coffee, they brew filter, make fresh juices, hot chocolate and cocoa.
        • With coffee there are croissants with various fillings, doughnuts and sandwiches.
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        🏛 Torpedo Stadium named after Eduard Streltsov
        Восточная ул., 4А
        Home stadium of Torpedo — the ZIL factory team — on the bank of the Moskva; the new section of Simonovskaya Embankment ends at it.
        The new stretch of embankment ends at the Torpedo stadium — then turn onto Vostochnaya Street
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        Torpedo Stadium named after Eduard Streltsov
        © Retired electrician · CC0
        Torpedo Stadium named after Eduard Streltsov
        © Пресс-служба градостроительного комплекса Москвы · CC BY 4.0
        • Torpedo grew out of the football team of the AMO car plant, later ZIL.
        • The stadium has borne Eduard Streltsov's name since 1997.
        • Streltsov was a legendary forward for Torpedo and the USSR national team, 1956 Olympic champion.
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        🏛 Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
        Восточная ул., 4
        What remains of one of Moscow's main fortress-monasteries: the south wall with the Dulo, Kuznechnaya and Solevaya towers. The rest was blown up in 1930 to make way for the ZIL Palace of Culture.
        Walk around the wall along Vostochnaya Street: the corner Dulo tower is the mightiest. The rest of the monastery stands in the courtyard of the ZIL Palace of Culture
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        Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
        © T3ru · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
        © Butsenin · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
        © Aniacra · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The monastery was founded around 1370 by Fyodor, nephew and disciple of Sergius of Radonezh.
        • On 21 January 1930 most of the monastery, including its cathedrals, was blown up — the Vesnin brothers' ZIL Palace of Culture was built on the site.
        • The south wall with its towers — the corner Dulo, Kuznechnaya and Solevaya — and several buildings survived.
        • Karamzin placed the heroine of Poor Liza near the monastery; the pond under its walls was later called Liza's Pond.
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        🏛 Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Staroye Simonovo
        Восточная ул., 6
        A small white church from the early 16th century where, according to tradition, Peresvet and Oslyabya — the warrior monks and heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo — are buried.
        If the church is open, look inside — it holds the tombstone of Peresvet and Oslyabya
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        Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Staroye Simonovo
        © A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Staroye Simonovo
        © T3ru · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The first Simonov Monastery stood here; when the convent was moved higher up, the place was named Staroye Simonovo (Old Simonovo).
        • The stone church was built in 1509–1510 — one of the oldest in Moscow.
        • According to tradition, Alexander Peresvet and Andrei Oslyabya, who died on the Kulikovo Field in 1380, are buried by the church.
        • In Soviet times the church housed a factory compressor room; it was returned to the Church in the late 1980s.
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        ☕️ Karavaev Brothers Culinary Shop on Leninskaya Sloboda
        ул. Ленинская Слобода, 26, корп. С
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        Lunch: home cooking at a deli 7 minutes from Avtozavodskaya metro
        🍴 A deli with a dining room in a business centre by Avtozavodskaya metro: home-style food by weight and baked goods. What to order: soup of the day, cutlets with mash, syrniki (cottage-cheese pancakes).
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        • The first Karavaev Brothers Culinary Shop opened in 2007 in Milyutinsky Lane.
        • The chain's idea is restaurant food at an affordable price in the format of the Soviet-style deli many remember from childhood.
        • The chain was created by the restaurateurs Evgeny Katsenelson and Vladimir Lyakishev.
        • The shop in the Omega-2 business centre is open every day from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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