Clockwise from top: Cosmos Hotel, The main entrance to VDNKh, Residential complex Tricolor | |
Native name | Проспект Мира (Russian) |
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Length | 8.9 km (5.5 mi) |
Location | Moscow Central Administrative Okrug North-Eastern Administrative Okrug |
Nearest metro station | Sukharevskaya Prospekt Mira Prospekt Mira Rizhskaya Alekseyevskaya VDNKh |
Prospect Mira (Russian: Проспект Мира, "Avenue of Peace") is a major arterial avenue in the north-east of Moscow. Until 1957, different sections of the avenue were named 1st Meschanskaya Street, Trinity Highway, Great Alekseevskaya Street, Great Rostokinskiy Street and Yaroslavl Highway. Today, it is one of the longest Moscow arteries, measuring 8.9 kilometres (5.5 miles) in length. It is located in the Sukharev area and is a continuation of Sretenka and Yenisei Streets, linking the Garden Ring near Sklifosovsky Hospital to the Moscow MKAD ring road extension of the M8 expressway.