55°44′56″N 37°37′28″E / 55.74889°N 37.62444°E / 55.74889; 37.62444 The Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge (Russian: Большой Москворецкий мост ) is a concrete arch bridge that spans the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia, immediately east of the Kremlin . The bridge connects Red Square with Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Zamoskvorechye . Built in 1936–1937, it was designed by V. S. Kirillov ( structural engineering ) and Alexey Shchusev (architectural design).
7-624: Wooden bridges east of the Kremlin have existed since the fifteenth century, as witnessed by Venetian Ambrogio Contarini , who travelled through Moscow in 1476. The first permanent Moskvoretsky bridge was built in 1829, about 50 metres (160 ft) west of the present site. Three wooden arches, each 28 metres (92 ft) long, were supported by stone abutments . It was loosely based on Kamennoostrovsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg designed by Agustín de Betancourt . The bridge burned down in 1871; after
14-710: A larger alliance against the Ottoman Empire and sent Contarini with a diplomatic mission to Uzun Hassan , the Iranian ruler of the Aq Qoyunlu clan. He left Venice in February 1474, traveled through central Europe , Kiev , and Georgia and reached Tabriz in August 1474. In October, he met Uzun Hassan at his capital of Isfahan . He was kindly received, but the Venetian proposal of alliance
21-440: The current bridge consists of three concrete boxes, 92 metres (302 ft) long and 6.1 metres (20 ft) high. The two arches over the embankments are each 42.8 metres (140 ft) long. The bridge has a total width of 40 metres (130 ft) (8 lanes), and its total length with approach ramps is 554 metres (1,818 ft). Although it is a concrete structure, Alexey Shchusev finished the bridge in pink granite slabs to create
28-516: The fire, steel arches and decking were installed on the old abutments. In 1935–1938, all the bridges in town centre Moscow were replaced with high capacity ones. Moskvoretsky Bridge was the first to be completed, and was the only concrete bridge of the 1930s. The bridge was placed at the narrowest point of the Moskva River, west of its predecessor; as a result, blocks of Zaryadye and Balchug were razed to make way for construction. The main arch of
35-454: The illusion that the bridge is actually built in stone. On 27 May 1987 German aviator Mathias Rust landed on the bridge. On 27 February 2015 opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot to death while crossing this bridge. This article about a bridge in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ambrogio Contarini Ambrogio Contarini (1429 – 1499)
42-627: Was a Venetian nobleman, merchant and diplomat known for an account of his travel to Iran . Ambrogio Contarini was a member of the patrician family of Contarini and spent his youth in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople as a merchant. He left the city after the Ottoman–Venetian war began in 1463. In 1470, he was aboard the Aegeus , fighting the Ottomans at sea. The Republic of Venice sought to forge
49-884: Was declined. Contarini returned to Venice only in April 1477, after many delays and a difficult return voyage. On his journey home from Iran, Contarini stopped in Moscow , where he had an audience with the Russian tsar Ivan III . On the day of his arrival in Venice, Contarini orally reported to the Council of the Republic . His report was published in Venice in 1476 by H. Foxius as Questo e el Viazo de misier Ambrogio Contarini . A written account of his mission appeared in print in 1486 in Vicenza . Contarini's itinerary
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