Lubyanka Square

Lubyanka Square
Native nameЛубянская площадь (Russian)
LocationMoscow
Central Administrative Okrug
Tverskoy District
Postal code101000
Nearest metro station#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Lubyanka
Coordinates55°45′34″N 37°37′37″E / 55.75944°N 37.62694°E / 55.75944; 37.62694

Lubyanskaya Square (Russian: Лубянская площадь, Lubyanskaya ploshchad'), or simply Lubyanka in Moscow lies about 900 metres (980 yd) north-east of Red Square. History first records its name in 1480, when Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, who had conquered Novgorod in 1471, settled many Novgorodians in the area. They built the church of St Sophia, modelled after St Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, and called the area Lubyanka after the Lubyanitsa street of their native city.