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      Kotlovka and Nagorny: a stream, the Alps, mosaics

      ⏱ 5 h🚶 7.1 km🍽 2📍 7 stops
      🏃 A lot — over 7 km

      A stream in an open channel, a ski slope within the city limits and mosaics in the arches on Varshavka.

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        🏛 Church of St Euphrosyne of Moscow in Kotlovka
        Нахимовский просп., 8
        A church in the style of the 14th century (built in the 2000s, consecrated in 2017) on the site of the former princely estate of Kotly; nearby is a monument to Dmitry Donskoy and Evdokia with their sons.
        Start at Nakhimovsky Prospekt metro. The church and the monument to Dmitry Donskoy stand right at the exit
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        Church of St Euphrosyne of Moscow in Kotlovka
        © Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia · CC BY 2.0
        Church of St Euphrosyne of Moscow in Kotlovka
        © евгений измайлов · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The church was built in 2005–2010 under the leadership of Archpriest Alexey Ladygin; a house church had appeared here two years before construction began.
        • In the 14th century the grand-ducal village of Kotly stood on the Kotlovka river.
        • In 2016 the church received the status of a Patriarchal Metochion, and on 2 July 2017 Patriarch Kirill performed its great consecration.
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        🌳 Kotlovka River Valley Park
        между Нахимовским и Севастопольским просп.
        The Kotlovka river in an open channel between steep slopes, with a wooden boardwalk along the water.
        Go down to the water and follow the Kotlovka along the boardwalk north to Nagorny Boulevard
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        Kotlovka River Valley Park
        © Akkit · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Kotlovka River Valley Park
        © karel291 · CC BY 3.0
        • The Kotlovka is the third-largest right tributary of the Moskva River within the city; it is 8.5 km long.
        • The river is rocky, with a fast current and a mostly stony bed.
        • The name is probably linked to the village of Kotly, and in the old days "kotly" (cauldrons) meant pits and hollows.
        • Since 1991 the stretch of the valley near the Korobkovsky garden has been protected as a natural monument.
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        🍽 Khinkal-Palas
        Нагорный бул., 5, корп. 1
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        Lunch: khinkali and lamb; there can be queues at lunchtime
        🍴 A neighborhood khinkali house in a former glass-walled cafeteria; there can be a queue at lunch. What to order: khinkali (Georgian dumplings), khachapuri, lamb shashlik, pkhali (vegetable pâté).
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        ✨ Kant ski slope
        Электролитный пр., 7Б
        🎟 ticket · skiing with a ski pass
        The "Moscow Alps": a slope on soil heaped up in the 1980s during metro construction — skiing right in the city.
        Watch the skiers from the foot of the slope; in winter you can rent equipment
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        Kant ski slope
        © Александр Спиридонов · CC BY 3.0
        • The idea for the slope came from Kant's founder Grigory Ariyevich: the soil from the Nagornaya station construction was not hauled away but dumped in the neighboring ravine.
        • People have skied at Nagornaya since at least 1982.
        • By the end of the 1980s there were already two slopes here, no shorter than the Krylatskoye ones.
        • The Kant slopes descend to the bank of the Kotlovka river.
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        🏛 "Spanish Houses" on Varshavka
        Варшавское ш., 60 и 64, корп. 1
        Massive Stalin-era buildings by Nakhimovsky Prospekt; according to a city legend, Spanish communists were housed in them.
        The Stalin-era "showpiece facade" of the district on the corner with Nakhimovsky
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        "Spanish Houses" on Varshavka
        © Roman Balabin · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • Buildings No. 60 and 64 were built in 1938–1948 — they are among the first brick residential buildings on Varshavka.
        • The "Spanish" nickname comes from the residents — Spanish communists who fled Franco's regime.
        • Varshavskoye Highway has been known since the 14th century as the Serpukhov road.
        • In the 1920s a tram line was run along Varshavka — to Verkhniye Kotly and the village of Kolomenskoye.
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        🏛 Varshavka Gallery mosaics in the archways
        Варшавское ш., 72, корп. 1
        Since 2015 the artist Marat Nasibullov has been decorating archways of buildings on Varshavka with mosaic panels: lizards, a beehive, "The Helping Hand".
        Look into the arches of the neighbouring buildings on the even side of Varshavka: each has its own panel
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        🧺 Moskvoretsky Market
        Болотниковская ул., 12
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        A snack: khachapuri or ojakhuri at the food corners; it's 10 minutes to Nakhimovsky Prospekt metro
        🍴 A 1950s neighborhood market after its renovation: rows of meat, cheese and spices plus food corners. What to order: khachapuri, ojakhuri (Georgian pork and potatoes), Vainakh (Chechen-Ingush) dishes, a pie or cake to take away.

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