Mosfilmovskaya Street is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, where the Mosfilm Studios

Mosfilm

Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...

 and many foreign embassies are located.

The name Mosfilmovskaya was officially adopted in 1939. Being outside the Garden Ring

Garden Ring

The Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century....

 (Садовое Кольцо), which encircles central Moscow, the street runs south-west across a residential area between the Moskva River

Moskva River

The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River.-Etymology:...

 and its tributary Setun River

Setun River

The Setun is a river in the west of Moscow and the largest tributary of the Moskva River in Moscow. The length of the river is , of which is in Moscow itself. Its basin has an area of . The Setun River originates in the village of Salariyevo in Moscow Oblast and flows into the Moskva River near...

 (Сетунь). Moscow's Sparrow Hills

Sparrow Hills

Sparrow Hills, Vorobyovy Gory is a hill on the right bank of the Moskva River and one of highest points in Moscow with an altitude up to 220 m ....

(known as Lenin Hills during the Soviet era) are quite close here.

Around the 17th century the area was known as the estate of Troitskoye-Golenishchevo (another name being Golenishchevo-Kutuzovo), a country seat of the Kutuzov

Kutuzov

Kutuzov may refer to:* Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal during Napoleonic era* Named after Mikhail Kutuzov** Order of Kutuzov, military award** Kutuzov Embankment, embankment and street** Operation Kutuzov, military operation in WWII...

 family, whose prominent descendant, Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov

Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov

Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I...

 (1745-1813) fought Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I of France

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 during Patriotic War of 1812. A major landmark surviving from that time is the Trinity Church (1644-45).

Notable buildings

• 1 - Mosfilm Studios
  Mosfilm
  Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...
  
  
• 18а — Holy Trinity Church
• 38 - People's Bureau of Libya
• 44 - Embassy of Kuwait
• 46 - Embassy of Serbia
  Embassy of Serbia in Moscow
  The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Serbia in the Russian Federation. It is located at 46 Mosfilmovskaya Street in the Ramenki District of Moscow Current Ambassador of Serbia to Russia is Jelica Kurjak....
  
  
• 50 - Embassy of Malaysia
• 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Nicaragua
• 50 bld.1 - Embassy of Panama
• 56 - Embassy of Germany
  Embassy of Germany in Moscow
  The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Germany in the Russian Federation. It is located at 56 Mosfilmovskaya Street in the Ramenki District of Moscow- See also :* Germany–Russia relations...
  
  
• 60 - Embassy of Sweden
  Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
  The Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Sweden in the Russian Federation. It is located at 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street , on the corner of Ulofa Pal'me Street , in the Ramenki District of Moscow.- External links :...
  
  
• 62 - Embassy of Hungary
• 64 - Embassy of Romania
• 66 - Embassy of Bulgaria
• 72 - Embassy of North Korea
  Embassy of North Korea in Moscow
  The Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of North Korea in the Russian Federation. It is located at 72 Mosfilmovskaya Street in the Ramenki District of Moscow....
  
  

The embassies of Angola and the United Arab Emirates are located nearby, in Ulofa Pal'me Street

Ulofa Pal'me Street

Ulofa Pal'me Street is a street in Ramenki District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. The street was named after Olof Palme, the assassinated Prime Minister of Sweden.-Lay-out:...

. The embassy of the People's Republic of China

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Moscow

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Moscow is the largest foreign diplomatic compound in the world. It is the chief diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation...

 is located at 6 Druzhby Street

Druzhby Street

Druzhby Street is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow. The name literally means the street of friendship and apparently commemorates the good moments in the Soviet-Chinese ties, and now China-Russia relations, since the embassy of the People's Republic of China is a...

, within a ten minute walk from Mosfilmovskaya Street.

External links

• Satellite picture by Google Maps