Around the Beginning of Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya

Old Building of Moscow State University and Mikhail Lomonosov Monument

Mikhail Lomonosov Monument (June 2013)

Located on the corner of Ulitsa Mokhovaya and Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya is the Old Building of the Moscow State University.  It was built between 1782 and 1793 in the neo-classical style under a project by the famous architect Matvey Kazakov.  The right wing of the building is taken up with the St Tatiana's Church, St Tatiana being the patron saint of students.  In front of the building is a statue of Mikhail Lomonosov who founded Moscow State University in 1755.


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Location 9c1 Ulitsa Mokhovaya
Metro Aleksandrovsky Sad