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What part of Moscow?

posted 16 years ago by jeremy3
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Since I have only been to St Petersburg, I don't know what part of Moscow this is. However, it does look like it is close to the center of Moscow. There is a lot of traffic. There is one point in the film where the children stop and pronounce "Pravda". I don't know whether that was just a minor building or the actual building for the newspaper. There is a very nice park. Where the vendor is, is a very large impressive white stone building. All this leads me to believe that this is very close to the Kremlin, etc.

[–] Anna_Screengazer 12 years ago

The avenue with a lot of traffic is Tverskaya street.
The impressive building is the State Library at Vozdvizhenka street.

P.S. Don't bother to write reviews for "propaganda" (ROFL) movies in languages you don't understand. This makes you look silly.

[–] einsteinfile 9 years ago

Thank you for that info! I enjoyed the film, specifically for the pre-WWII showcasing of the city, and in color, as well. I was also wondering where this was filmed in Moscow. Looked up Vozdvizhenka Street
on Google Maps, and sure enough, there's the State Library, as impressive as ever ... directly around the corner from the large Samsung Russian headquarters!

[–] evguenimlodik 8 years ago

The film was originally shot in B&W. The color version is a digital forgery from 2010.