What is the zero kilometer of Moscow, and where it can be found

It is not for nothing that Moscow is the capital of Russia. This is a huge city, the territory of which occupies 2511 square kilometers, and it is inhabited by more than twelve million people - it is only officially registered. Experts argue that even more than a million people live in the capital of the Russian Federation, without having an official permit.

What is Moscow for the citizens of the Russian Federation?

Center for Cultural Heritage, Tourism, Economics and Politics. With the desire to study in a Moscow higher education institution, it is released from school, probably every third teenager, every girl dreams of living behind the Garden Ring. This is the center of life, where they aspire to get not only from other cities of Russia, but also from other countries.

Want to? Forward! "The Earth begins, as is known, from the Kremlin!" (V. Mayakovsky)

To get to the city simply (physically), given the fact that Moscow is also the largest junction of the whole country. Here is the zero kilometer of Moscow, from which the road distances are counted. It has already become a landmark of the city and grow up to be believed, although it was established relatively recently, just twenty years ago. By the way, such a reference point is present in many cities around the world, somewhere in the form of a special sign, and somewhere in the form of a monument, as, for example, in Barnaul, Minsk. But the honorary title of the first zero kilometer in the world can probably be awarded to the column of Milliarium Aureum, located on the forum in the center of Ancient Rome. From it all the roads of the once great empire began, and now we can observe only some parts of the base of this column.

Zero kilometer sign in Moscow: history of the bronze road sign

The author of this attraction is Alexander Iulianovich Rukavishnikov, whose father and grandfather also devoted their lives to art. Honored Artist of the RSFSR, among the known works of which are monuments to Vysotsky, Mikhalkov, Dostoyevsky, Nikulin. There is evidence that the Sign, which was cast from bronze, was ready already in 1985. Then came the talks about the place where the sign will be placed, but probably because of historical events, the sign was lost. But by a lucky chance during the dismantling of storage facilities in 1995, it was discovered and installed in a place of honor, accessible to any tourist. Now the sign, denoting the zero kilometer of Moscow, is between Red Square and Manezhnaya, next to the Ascension Gate. Many tourists believe that if you throw yourself up through a coin through your left shoulder, standing at zero kilometers, then the desire, conceived before the throw, will necessarily come true. This, by the way, people are used, so to speak, without a definite place of residence, and actively collect ringing penny.

Whence actually count the length of the roads

Where in Moscow zero kilometer in fact, you can learn from historical sources. Earlier counting was conducted from the main post office building, and in Moscow this building is the Central Telegraph. It is slightly north of the established popular sign, at: ul. Tverskaya, house 7. And in the times of the Russian Empire, the zero kilometer was in the then capital, in St. Petersburg, and as the zero kilometer of Moscow, it was located at the main post office.

Now tourists, when they come to Moscow, will necessarily fall into the place where the Sign is located. It is built into paving stones and is surrounded by various memorable places that are sure to be visited in the capital (the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812, the Historical Museum, the aforementioned squares). And by the way, the place where the zero kilometer of Moscow is located, was previously Lobny. Here they gathered to listen to the decrees of the kings or to bow to the holy relics.