Miusskaya square, Moscow

The Miusskaya square is located inside the Central Administrative Capital District, in the Tverskoy District, beyond the Garden Ring. Now the square has become a part of the heart of the city, and was not even in its line before. In order to get to this area, you need to look for the following coordinates. Exit to A. Nevsky Street and go to the south-west. Northeast direction - along the First Miusskaya, north-west - on the Second Miusskaya, ul. Chayanov - on the southeast side. In addition, on the east side of the square adjoins the street Fadeeva, and in the west you can go through the lane Miusskiy.

origin of name

The unique Miusskaya Square takes its name from the locality where it was located. She was in Miussah, or Miyusah. Near this territory flowed the river Mius, from which the name took place. Although this is only one of the versions. There are others, more original ones.

According to some information, at the very mouth of the river Tsar Peter the First built a flotilla for the Azov campaign. The legend says that he used the Miusskaya square as a warehouse for logs, of which later ships were built. Nevertheless, there is no official confirmation of this theory. Although this possibility can not be discarded, given the extraordinary views of the emperor.

Some other legends

According to another version of the researchers, the name of the square came from the Turkic word "mius", which translates as "cape", and also "corner". And according to one hypothesis, the Miusskaya square was named so because in 1673 the robber Miuska, a supporter of Stepan (Stenka) Razin, was executed on her. The royal official letter with the report that the bandit was caught and tortured, is still kept in the archives, but the place of execution is not mentioned there.

In written testimonies, historians first get acquainted with the area in the eighteenth century. Then it was the name of a certain locality, where
People lived. The very same area is mentioned only in the XIX century. She was called
In that period Miusskaya Lesnaya, or Miyuza Forest. The second word is due to the fact that the area was denser in the thick.

History of the square

Due to its location, Miusskaya Square, since the second half of the seventeenth century, was used as a warehouse for storing logs. It was surrounded by dense forests. From time to time, markets for the sale of timber operated on it. But in 1812 a fire broke out, and the stocks stored in the warehouse burned down. And in the plans of the city of Moscow from 1739 this area in general
Did not exist. Instead of it on the map there were arable fields, fenced with one
Side of Novoslobodskaya street, on the other - Tverskaya-Yamskaya.

In the eighteenth century, this area was more like a wasteland that stretched from the Oruzheiny Lane to the Kamer-Kollezhsky shaft. He differentiated the territory of Moscow and the rest of the surrounding land. The shaft, which stretched for 35 versts in length, accommodated 16 gates with large gate gates. And at the outposts until the 50-ies of the XIX century, all products imported to Moscow were inspected. At that time the Miusses were the outskirts of Moscow.

In this territory there were several buildings, among which
Towering Butyrskaya prison. And also the Miusskoye cemetery, built during
Plague epidemic in 1771. Butyrskaya prison was plotted on city plans for 1787. According to them, the zone was in the north of the Miusskoye field. Until the end of the XIX century, the area seemed so impartial and uncomfortable that her contemporaries compared this place with a marsh, surrounded by forest. So, for example, a certain bytopisatel Dmitry Ivanovich was deeply disappointed by the fact that he had to cross this area twice in his life, where both times he was stuck in the mud with a crew with horses. He compared the area to the swamp, from which his coach had to be pulled out by several workers with levers. The rescue operation was complicated by the fact that the area was not covered by all the road rules.

The best times of Miusskaya Square

While Moscow itself was upset, Miusskaya Square was also used as an additional territory of the capital. In the 1890s, the first plans of surveyors for the construction of streets, roads, houses on this territory appeared. In the center of the territory it was decided to create a park. However, land surveyors' plans arose somewhat later than the untouched Miusskoe field turned into a park of equestrian and railroads. It was named Miusskiy in honor of the area itself. In Miuss, smithies, stables and even workshops appeared. And when the electric tram began to be in great demand, a special department for 214 cars was built in the park. The transport park is still standing near Miusskaya Square.

Soviet times

During this period, the whole of Russia underwent a change. Moscow, Miusskaya square with its large free space, was no exception. With the arrival of the Bolsheviks on Miusskaya Square, a number of houses were built. Soviet power has turned this territory into a center of culture and education, supporting existing schools and building new universities. They were known by millions of Soviet schoolchildren. Many students from both the capital and other regions of the country wanted to study in one of the establishments located on Miusskaya Square.

All educational institutions that operated on Miusskaya Square, in the chronological order of their occurrence:

• The school of Alexander the Second for industrial sciences, was built by 1903. Now this school has become the Russian Chemical and Technological University named after Mendeleyev.
• The school for artisans named after Shelaputin, built in 1903, is now part of the Russian Chemical Technical University. D. I. Mendeleyev.
• The Shanyavsky University on folk foundations, the city of Moscow, built in 1912, became the RSUH.
• The Moscow Institute of Archeology, built in 1913, later merged with the Russian State Humanitarian University.

All of the listed higher education institutions exist to this day. They were educated by prominent scientists, musicians, researchers from Russia and other countries.

History with the Cathedral

The modern palace of pioneers on the Miusskaya square stands on a historically valuable foundation. Earlier in its place towered the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the crown of architectural construction. In 1915, the work on it was completed by engineer Alexander Nikanorovich Pomerantsev. During the big holidays, the choir participants from all existing at the Miusskiy Universities came to the cathedral. Prior to the October Revolution, local residents called the area "Singing", as every Sunday there were pupil voices. In the warm season, the united choir even went out into the street to arrange a gala concert.

Modern Miusskaya square

Now Miusskaya Square is a continuation of the center of Moscow. It is also built up with apartment buildings, administrative buildings, like the entire capital. The main attractions are the monument to Keldysh, as well as the pedestal to the writer Fadeev, depicting him along with the characters from the works "Young Guard" and "Defeat". An excellent place to relax is the swimming pool on the Miusskaya square at the children's creativity center with the name "In Miussa". The pool could not be completed for a long time, and from 2007 to 2012 it was empty. Here is the department of finance - Miusskaya square, house 2/2.

How to get to Miusskaya square

Alas, the ground public transport that would go to the square does not exist. Nevertheless, to the north of it there is a station 2-nd Lesnoy pereulok, along Lesnaya Street. There passes the route of the seventy-eighth trolleybus and tram number nine.

In the south-west of the square along the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya street you can go along Bolshaya Gruzinskaya or Belorussky railway station. There stop 1 and 12 trolley buses, and 12C bus number. In the southeast there is a metro, a stop Mendeleevskaya, and also metro Novoslobodskaya. In the same place, along Novoslobodskaya street, trolley buses number 3, 3 and 47 stop.

Prior to the Miusskaya square, you can reach by underground connections:

• Station "Mendeleyevskaya" on Serpuhovo-Timiryazevskaya line;
• "Novoslobodskaya" on the Ring Road;
• Station "Belorusskaya" on the Zamoskvoretskaya line.

What to see on Miusskaya Square?

Here history borders on the present time. A tourist who first came to Moscow, Miusskaya Square will like its pre-revolutionary buildings
Old colleges that successfully function to this day, monuments, and
Also a beautiful green park.

The Miussky park is located on the 2nd Tverskaya Yamskaya street. For fans of outdoor recreation, the Miusskiy Liman is suitable . This is the estuary of the river Mius, which flows into the Sea of Azov. Despite the fact that locals complain of a decrease in the amount of catch, a lucky fisherman can catch fish for dinner.