Nikolskaya Street
Nikolskaya Street is a pedestrian street in the Kitay-Gorod of Moscow. It connects Red Square and Lubyanka Square.
It was known as the Street of the 25th of October between 1935 and 1990. Before Stalin's reconstruction of downtown Moscow, the street led to the Vladimir Gates of the Kitay-Gorod wall which used to dominate the Lubyanka Square. Another Naryshkin Baroque church, dating from 1694, adjoined the gate, as did the more recent chapel of St. Pantaleon with a large cupola. All these buildings were razed in 1934.
Let's walk along this street
We will start our journey from the side of the street near metro station Okhotny Ryad/Охотный ряд (red line, 1). Here, on your left, you can see such historic buildings as the Kazan Cathedral, the Old Mint, Monastery of the Holy Saviour (also known as Zaikonospassky Monastery), Greek Monastery of St. Nicholas, and the former Holy Synod Printing Offices, Russia's first publishing house. Coming to the end of the street you will see Ferrein Pharmacy Building on your left (once the best drug store in Moscow) and a sad Shooting House nearby.
The most prominent buiding on the other side, as you start your walk along the street, is the GUM.
Nikolskaya Street during FIFA World Cup 2018
A riot of color and noise day or night, Nikolskaya Street became the beating heart of the World Cup celebrations. Thousands of fans from passed along it, mingling, celebrating, commiserating – giving this half-mile stretch of the Russian capital an almost magical quality.
- Nikolskaya Street
