BOL’SHOY ZLATOUSTINSKIY LANE

0.5 HA

AREA

76 MILLION RUBLES

BUDGET

GKU UKRIS

EMPLOYER

MOSCOW, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT

CULTURAL HERITAGE

In the heart of Moscow inside the boulevard ring one can distinguish Bol’shoy and Maliy Zlatoustinskiy lanes. During various years many outstanding architects lived and created here, leaving after themselves a vast cultural heritage.

Bol’shoy Zlatoustinskiy pereulok consists of administrative and apartment buildings. It is a through city street. The name appeared in the 18th century in connection with the Zlatoustovskiy monastery (named after St. John Chrysostom) that was mentioned in documents dated 1412.

Bol’shoy Zlatoustinskiy lane is situated in the old part of Moscow and includes many historically valuable buildings. The main goal of the redevelopment was increasing the size of pedestrial area.

MALIY ZLATOUSTINSKIY LANE

0.68 HA

AREA

85 MILLION RUBLES

BUDGET

GKU UKRIS

EMPLOYER

MOSCOW, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT

TOURISTIC

ROUTE

On Maliy and Bol’shoy Zlatoustinskiy lanes, adjoining old streets of Moscow such as Maroseyka and Myasnitskaya street, the flair and atmosphere of old Moscow is kept intact. As a result of this they blended seamlessly into existing touristic routes near the Kremlin.

WHAT WAS DONE

• Increasing the width of sidewalks by decreasing the size of carriage way;

• Changing the sidewalk paving to granite paving stones;

• Changing of the road carpet;

• Hard landscaping

The main goal of redevelopment is increasing pedestrial area.

Maliy Zlatoustinskiy lane was named in the 18th century alongside its sibling – Bol’shoy Zlatoustinskiy lane – after the Zlatoustovskiy monastery. In soviet era it was renamed to Maliy Komsomol’skiy lane (from 1923 to 1994), then it was given its original name back. In the end of the 12th – beginning of the 13th centuries the lane was famous with its fish markets, blinis and various cookshops.