Tsvetnoy Boulevard

Originally the boulevard had the name Trubny (truba is the Russian word for tube). The present name was given to it, because since 1851 in this place a Flower Market had been located. In 1789-1791 the riverbed of Neglinnaya river, flowing through the modern Tsvetnoy Boulevard, was turned into a canal, in the middle of which there was a pool. In 1819 the river was put into the underground pipe and the pool was liquidated.