BERSENEV EMBANKMENT

Located on the Right Bank of the Moscow River 

Bersenev Embankment is in the Yakimanka District in the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow. It sits between the spit of the island, and the Bolshoi Kammeny Bridge. The embankment was widened of 4 to 11 fathoms. In the 1930s, the embankment was faced with granite, the confluence of the Moscow River and the Voodtvodny Canal was designed by I.A. Frantsuz with gentle steps that smoothly envelop the cape of the island. In 2004, the first stage of the Patriarch’s Bridge opened.  

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 5/13/06 Right: 19th-Century House, Bersenev Embankment (Demolished for Pedestrian Bridge)

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 6/7/92

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 6/1/92

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 6/4/96

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2, view from Prechistenka Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 7/9/94 Right: 19th-Century House, Bersenev Embankment (Demolished for Pedestrian Bridge); Left: Kremlin

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2, View from Hotel Intourist

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 8/1/97

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2, view from Prechistenka Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 12/29/07 Visible through trees is Chambers of Averkii Krillov and Church of Saint Nicholas on Bersenevka

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 7/9/94 Left: Kremlin

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2/ Bersenev Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 7/9/94 Left: Kremlin

Government House (“House on the Embankment”), Serafimovich Street 2, view from Vodootvodnyi (diversion) Canal with Bolotnaia (marsh) Embankment

Architect: Boris Iofan Photo date: 5/23/98 Left: Udarnik (Schockworker) Cinema