• Kitay-gorod's central location in Moscow. Iverskiye Gates leading to Red Square are the only extant gates of the Kitay-gorod wall...
  • Although ravaged by fire in 1610 and again in 1812, Kitay-gorod continued to be the commercial centre of Moscow.
  • After the new district of Moscow – Kitay-gorod – had been formed, people replaced its wooden pale with a stone wall to protect this trading quarter.
  • Kitay-gorod is one of the oldest parts of Moscow. ... Kitay-gorod was once encircled by medieval walls, it was like a town within a bigger town.
  • His Russian apprentices misheard it and pronounced as Kitai, so it has nothing in common with Chinese at all although in modern Russian [Kitay] means China.
  • By the beginning of the twentieth century, the largest Russian trading companies, warehouses, banks, and department stores were in Kitay-gorod.
  • Kitay Gorod the oldest part of Moscow after the Kremlin, emerged in the 14th century due to the expansion of the boundaries of the Kremlin.
  • Top 10 Things to Do in Red Square & Kitay-gorod: See reviews and photos of Red Square & Kitay-gorod, Moscow (Russia) on Tripadvisor.