Clean Ponds

Chistye Prudy (Russian Чистые пруды, dt " Clean Ponds " ) is a large pond on the Boulevard Ring in Moscow, which is the result of several ponds. The pond is the Tschistoprudny Boulevard his name. It is supplied from the stream Ratschka with water, which now flows along its entire length of 1.86 km through an underground channel.

In the 17th century the ponds still considered "dirty puddles " (Russian Поганые лужи ) were known since the residents there disposed of their garbage. After Prince Alexander Menshikov ponds acquired in 1703, he made them clean and renamed it " Clean Ponds " to.

In winter, the pond of ice skaters is used.

In 1990, the nearby station of the Moscow Metro in Chistye Prudy renamed ( previously Kirovskaya ) was.