Bersenevskaya

Bersenevskaya embankment is the embankment of the Moscow River in the Yakimanka area of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The embankment begins from the Great Stone Bridge and ends opposite the monument to Peter the Great.

There are two theories of the origin of the name of the embankment. According to one theory, the embankment is named after a grid that existed in the 16th century nearby, blocking the path of robbers. The lattice was built at the expense of the nobleman I. Bersen-Beklemishev, by whose name the degeneration was named. The second theory connects the origin of the name with the Old Russian word “bersen” (gooseberry).

Initially, the embankment was pedestrian, but after the reconstruction of 1737-1745 Bersenevskaya embankment was fortified with stilts and became a roadway with a width of 4 to 11 sazhens. Today Bersenevskaya embankment is famous for such architectural monuments as the building of the factory "Red October" (1911), the hostel of the confectionery factory "Red October" (1898), the Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker (1657), etc.