Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow
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Prospekt (street)
A prospekt is a broad, multi-lane and usually straight street in urban areas. The term originated in Russian Empire, where in the first years of construction of St Petersburg the broadest avenues were called ""...
in Moscow
Moscow
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, Russia
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, that goes from Oktyabrskaya in the central part of the city to Yugo-Zapadnaya
Yugo-Zapadnaya
Yugo-Zapadnaya , is the southwestern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Like dozens of other Metro stations dating to the 1960s , the station was built according to the standard pillar-trispan or "centipede" design. The architect was Ya.V. Tatarzhinskaya. Visually...
in the outskirts.
It is the second widest street in Moscow after Leningradsky Avenue. Its width varies between 108 and 120 metres.