by Anni Pelmeni
There is a place in Moscow called Vorob’evy Gory aka Sparrow Mountains. But there are neither a special settlement of sparrows nor actually real mountains. What was the reason for this rather peculiar name? In medieval times here used to be a village named Vorob’evo. The named also transferred to the hills around. In Soviet time this placed used to connected to and had the name of Leninskye Gory. In 1949-1953 here was built a new campus of Moscow State University with the viewing spots which offer great panoramic sights of Moscow.
The main building of Moscow State University located here is one of those Stalin Empire constructions.
Interesting enough that the many wedding pictures are took here so if you come over on Fridays and Saturdays you may be surrounded by newlyweds. In winter this is the place for skiing and ski jumping.
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