Where is the shortest street in Moscow

Like any metropolis in the world, Moscow has a huge number of streets, avenues, thoroughfares, alleys, boulevards and other objects. Some of them are so small that they are not on many maps. However, it may be interesting to know such facts about the capital as the shortest and longest, the narrowest and widest, the oldest and newest streets.

Viazianova Street

To date, this is undoubtedly the shortest street in Moscow. It is located in the village of Sokol in the Northern Administrative District, and its length is only 48 meters. On this street there are only 2 private houses, so it can bear the name and the shortest street by the number of houses.

Since the Falcon was built as a village of artists, the streets also received their names by the surnames of famous Russian painters. So, our heroine received the surname of A. G. Venetsianov and is adjacent to the streets named after Surikov and Levitan. Initially, in the 1920s, this street was an isthmus between neighboring longer ones, and had a small park. But in 1937, in his place, the artist AM Gerasimov built his house. This building separated the passage and made the street deadlock, shortening it more than twice. It is noteworthy that during the Great Patriotic War it was here that the line of defensive fortifications ran.

Note also the fact that Venetsianov Street is not only the shortest street in Moscow, it occupies the fourth place among the shortest streets in the whole world. By the way, in the third place is 40 meters long Sibstroyput in Novosibirsk. The first two positions of this kind of ranking behind the streets in the cities of Scotland and England.

Lenivka

This street is slightly longer than the previous one, it has 160 meters. But before 1920, she had no competitors, and today many local historians, not recognizing Venetsianov full-fledged street, believe that the shortest street in Moscow is Lenivka. She got her name from the nearby Torah. But he got his name because of the fact that the trade was not from the counters, but directly from the carts. There is, however, still a river Lenivka, currently flowing through the underground reservoir. Perhaps because of her and the street got its name.

Today this shortest street in Moscow is a quiet place with expensive and prestigious housing. It is located between the Volkhonka and the Kremlin embankment. In several buildings there is a trendy barbershop, a mini-hotel, a gallery, a couple of cafes and shops.

Prokudinsky Lane

If you take into account not only the streets, but also other topographic objects, then among the alleys there are competitors Lenivka. This, for example, Prokudinsky lane in the Presnensky district of Moscow. Until the 19th century, he was Nameless, but later received the name of the homeowner Prokudin.

Today, on 100 meters of a lane there are only 3 apartment houses with administrative premises, these are shops, hairdressers and small offices.

Lubochny Lane

Another contender is the 58-meter Lubokny Lane. We can say that this is the shortest street in Moscow in the center of the city.

It is located near the metro station "Novokuznetskaya" between Bolotnaya street and Sadovnicheskaya embankment, simultaneously between the Little Moskvoretsky bridge and the bridge, called the Cast-iron bridge. Once upon a time there was also a floating bridge, the mobile parts of which were connected together by ropes of bast, that is, bast shoes. This gave the alley the name of Lubochny.

By the way, by the number of houses this lane can be considered a leader - there is only one building on it. At 6, Lubochny pereulok, there is a 6-storey administrative building.

Daev Lane

It is difficult to call it the shortest in the literal sense of the word (because the length of the lane is a whole half a kilometer), but we can assume that this is the shortest street in Moscow by name. It has only 4 letters, while other streets in Moscow have a minimum of 5 letters.

Daev Lane is located in the Central District between Sretenka and Sakharov Avenue. Lane for his long history has repeatedly changed the names given to him in honor of prominent figures of this or that time. The present-day name was given to him by the landlord and a major official of the 19th century, Petr Daev.

Knowing such unusual facts as the shortest street in Moscow, you can always flash with erudition or extraordinary information that is interesting in any company.