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Red Square
Vast central square in Moscow flanked by the Kremlin, St Basil's Cathedral, and the GUM department store.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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Zelenograd
Moscow, Russia · Europe
About Zelenograd
Zelenograd sits on the route: 10 minutes from Alabushevo, 37km from Moscow Kremlin.
Zelenograd is in Moscow, Russia, with about 220,000 people. The nearest town is Alabushevo, about 4 km away.
Zelenograd (Russian: Зеленоград, IPA: [zʲɪlʲɪnɐˈgrat], lit. 'green city') is a city and administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia. The city of Zelenograd and the territory under its jurisdiction form the Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug (ZelAO), an exclave located within Moscow Oblast, 37 kilometers (23 mi) north-westRead more
of central Moscow, along the M10 highway. Zelenograd is the smallest administrative okrug of Moscow by area, the second-lowest by population, and the largest Moscow exclave by area and by population within Moscow Oblast. Zelenograd, if it were a separate settlement, would be the fifth-largest city in Moscow Oblast and one of the 100 largest cities of Russia. Before the expansion of the territory of Moscow in 2012, Zelenograd occupied second place among the administrative okrugs of Moscow, second only to the Eastern Administrative Okrug, in terms of the share of greenery in its total area (approximately 30%).
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Within an hour or so of Zelenograd: Red Square (37 km), Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (37 km), Moscow Kremlin (37 km), St. Basil's Cathedral (38 km).
Where is Zelenograd?
Zelenograd is in Moscow, Russia, about 4 km from Alabushevo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 215,727
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Moscow
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 55.9825, 37.1814
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Worth the detour from Zelenograd
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world in central Moscow, demolished by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Moscow Kremlin
A fortified complex at the heart of Moscow serving as the official residence of the President of Russia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
37 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
St. Basil's Cathedral
Russia's most recognizable building with its colorful onion domes on Moscow's Red Square.
38 km · about 45 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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