History of Bolotnaya Square

Archival photographs of the square and animated frames — fountain, canal, House on the Embankment.

Archival photographs of the square and five animated frames. The House on the Embankment, the build and a little of Yakimanka are in House on the Embankment — archive.

Fountain of 1948. The bowl was cast from melted German guns.

Repin fountain, 1950s. The garden is already tree-lined.

By the fountain on Bolotnaya, late 1940s–1950s.

Vodootvodny Canal before granite. View of the House on the Embankment.

Bridge over the canal, House on the Embankment, granite already in place.

Colourised archive. From the Kremlin: Beklemishevskaya Tower, Moskvoretsky Bridge, Zamoskvorechye. Boloto is the low bank beyond the river. Not a present-day shot.

Panorama of the square with the circular fountain, tram tracks and embankments.

Map of the square and Vodootvodny Canal.

Animated archive — the fountain, people by the bowl.

Animated archive — the square and canal from above.

Animated archive — Repin fountain from above.

Animated archive — two women by the fountain.

Animated archive — bridge, canal and the House on the Embankment.

AI reconstruction, c. 1800. Bersenevka church and the low bank. Not a document.

AI colour of an archive frame, c. 1930. Canal without granite; the house already up.

AI colour of an archive frame, c. 1980. Garden and fountain.