Ostozhenka

The street is located on the bank of the Moscow river. Hay and haystacks used to be part of its landscape, hence the name Ostozh'e (stog is the Russian for haystack). The street managed to retain its historical name from the XVII century until 1935, when it was changed to Metrostroevskaya (Metro Builders street), as under the street the first line of the Moscow metro was paved. And in 1986, it was the first of the streets, to get back its historical name.