Guest
Help the channel or ask a question: ====== My Instagram: ====== Bolshoy Afanasievsky Lane (1960-1993 - Myaskovsky Street) is a street in the center of Moscow in the Khamovniki and Arbat districts between Gagarinsky Lane and Arbat. origin of name The name of Bolshoy and Maly Afanasyevsky lanes originated in the 18th century from the church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria, which stands at the corner of Sivtsev Vrazhka and Bolshoi Afanasyevsky. In 1812 the temple was destroyed and in 1815 it was rebuilt at the expense of P.P. Yushkova (part of the lane was at one time called Yushkov lane). In 1960-1993 - Myaskovsky street, in memory of the composer N. Ya. Myaskovsky (1881-1950), who lived in the neighboring Sivtsev Vrazhek lane. Description Bolshoi Afanasyevsky begins from Gagarinsky lane as a continuation of Chertolsky, runs northward parallel to Gogolevsky boulevard, crosses Sivtsev Vrazhek, Maly Afanasyevsky a
