Rizhsky Railway Station and Its Surroundings: From the Market to the Square
A walk from Rizhsky Market through the station and the square to the monument to the creators of the first satellite
Stories along the route
Рижская площадь · 0.0 km
You are standing at a point where two worlds meet: Prospekt Mira and the Third Ring Road. This is Rizhskaya Square — a place that belongs at once to the Meshchansky District of the Central Okrug and to the Maryina Roshch…
Рижский вокзал · 0.2 km
You are standing in front of a building that has changed its name four times in its lifetime — and that's only officially.
Создателям первого спутника Земли · 0.6 km
Before you stands the world's first monument dedicated to space. It appeared here in 1963, when the space age was only beginning and every flight was an event of planetary scale.
Рижский рынок · 0.8 km
Before you is a place that began with a simple market stall and became a symbol of an entire era. This market, which many still call Krestovsky, appeared in 1982, when Moscow was preparing for the Olympics.