Island (Zamoskvorechye)

Island
Map
Geography
LocationMoscow
Central Administrative Okrug
Zamoskvorechye District
Yakimanka District
A view over Balchug and the Moskva River, as seen from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Island (or Zamoskvorechye) is an area in Moscow. It is made up of an artificial island and is located right across from the Kremlin between the Moskva River and its old riverbed, which was turned into the Vodootvodny Canal in 1786. It does not have any historical, official or established name. In the relevant sources it is referred to simply as the Island.[1][2]

The island a part of the historical Zamoskvorechye area. The island itself was split into four localities: Bersenevka (Russian: Берсе́невка), Boloto (Russian: Боло́то, swamp), Balchug (Russian: Ба́лчуг), Sadovniki (Russian: Садовники, after the gardens).[1][2]

Despite the lack of the name proper in some popular publications the island was either referred to by the name of one of the localities on it: Balchug, Bolotny, Sadovnicheskiy or due to its proximity to the Kremlin as Kremlevskiy or due to its land value as Zolotoy (after gold) or simply Bezymyanniy (nameless).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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  3. ^ ЛЕГЕНДЫ О МОСКВЕ. Остров в Центре Москвы
  4. ^ «Кремлин-Сити» в Генплане не значится// gzt.ru, 28.09.2009: Главный архитектор Москвы Александр Кузьмин о судьбе Болотного Острова
  5. ^ Классическое и постклассическое градостроительство Archived 2009-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Архитектурный вестник, 2004, «Генплан Москвы. 1935. Вид на Лужники, Замоскворечье и Болотный остров.»
  6. ^ Moscow as an Emergent World City: International Links, Business Developments and the Entrepreneurial City // Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
  7. ^ Юрий Александров, Кремлёвский остров // «Наше Наследие» № 54 2000
  8. ^ Владимир Миронов (2016-12-05). "Остров везения: где можно купить элитное жилье на Балчуге". Элитная недвижимость. РосБизнесКонсалтинг. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  9. ^ "Районы-кварталы: Остров невезения". moscowwalks.ru. 2013-02-22.