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Where Moscow lives
From the old lanes of Prechistenka and Ostozhenka to the river towers of Moscow City, the districts where people buy in Moscow. We never publish prices.
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Image courtesy of © Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsMoscow’s most sought-after old addresses lie in Khamovniki, between Prechistenka, Ostozhenka and the river, and in the lanes around Patriarch’s Ponds. Zamoskvorechye keeps its merchants’ houses, and Moscow City and the Presnenskaya embankment offer apartments in towers.
The old centre
Khamovniki (Prechistenka and Ostozhenka), the Patriarch’s Ponds lanes and Zamoskvorechye.
Towers on the river
Moscow City and the Presnenskaya embankment.
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Why it's on our list
- The old centre
- Towers on the river
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