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Tverskoy District

  • State DumaThe State Duma traces its lineage back to the boyar dumas of Kievan Rus and Muscovite Russia. Tsar Nicholas II established the first elected parliament in…
  • Bolshoi TheatrePrince Peter Urusov received a licence from Catherine II to organize theatrical performances on an unspecified date in the late 18th century.
  • Pushkinskaya SquareThe name Strastnaya Square once echoed through the streets of Moscow before 1937. This title derived from the nearby Passion Monastery, a religious site that…