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Taganskiy, Moscow — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Where to stay in Taganskiy
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Taganskiy is a central district of Moscow and a workable base for a stay. The metro makes it easy. Both Taganskaya and Paveletskaya open onto the wider city, and hotels near them put the monasteries of the old riverside quarter within reach on foot.
If you want the centre without the crush of the very core, Taganskiy earns a look. Novospassky Monastery anchors the view.
About Taganskiy
What are the main landmarks in Taganskiy?
Taganskiy carries some of the oldest religious houses in Moscow. Novospassky Monastery and Andronikov Monastery both stand within it, the latter holding the Andrey Rublev's museum of early Russian icons. Along the water rises the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building, one of the city's Stalin-era towers, while below ground the Tagansky Protected Command Point survives from the Cold War.
The Library for Foreign Literature sits nearby. Few districts pack in this range.
What is the history of Taganskiy?
Taganskiy is one of the older quarters of Moscow, and its monasteries mark that age. The religious houses came first. Novospassky Monastery and Andronikov Monastery were established here long before the surrounding apartment districts, and the quarter grew up around their walls over the centuries that followed.
The Taganka name stuck. It holds a long stretch of Moscow's history within the Russian capital.
Where is Taganskiy?
Taganskiy lies on the edge of central Moscow, in Russia, a district reached through the Taganskaya and Paveletskaya transport hubs.
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Updated July 2026