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The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.

Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.

In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.

During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.

After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.

Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.

Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.

Today's break by Klas-Goran Photo

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Owlets: Great Horned Owl by John Gremmer

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The third time can be a charm. The first two times I visited this owl tree, I got wretched images. Today, the third time, in the rain, I got a half dozen keepers. Seeing three owlets and a parent bird up in an old oak tree was certainly a thrill, and getting a moment when they had their eyes open was even better.

baby owls

growing every day

in an old oak

Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer

Tiny apple by @magda627

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Hello my amazing Flickr friends !

Today is a yellow day at Color my World Daily and this means we are in the middle of the week already !!! Isn’t that crazy ? The time flies so fast ! So here we are with another yellow picture. This one is all about watching what I eat. I need seriously to get back on track! And since we are Wednesday already that means that I have technically only one day left lol. We all know that starting a diet on Friday or during the weekend is virtually impossible for me… So you see, if i start something it has to be on Thursday … And since Thursday is a day off in Quebec this week, chances are that healthy eating will have to wait until next week or next year lol. Honestly my motivation is non existant right now. So that is why, we have Mr. Wooden Hand giving me a hand with my picture and showing a good exemple by holding a tiny apple (from a Lego set). This picture sums it all: I need a healthier diet and smaller portions ;-). And voilà !

But right now: another video meeting and coffee !! Mucho, mucho amor for you all !! Have a beautiful day my friends !! See you later!!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!

Todays backcountry trip by Della Fels

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Hi Semmi, what about this backcountry skiing??

Abi enjoyed it! :) What about you?

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) - Burnaby by BCBirdergirl

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Today Teresa Gagné found a male Tufted Duck at Burnaby Lake. I am wondering if it is the bird that was recently found in Everett, WA?. Regardless I've never seen such a tame Tufted Duck in Metro Vancouver!

Musselburgh today by themadbirdlady

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Lovely and sunny at home, not so along the coast at the hides, but some nice waders about. This Snipe got very close to the hise

no whales today by Anpiga Sunder

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Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow by Paulina Ungureanu

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