Kutuzovsky Prospekt
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Kutuzovsky Prospekt, (russian: Кутузовский Проспект), is a major thoroughfare in Moscow, Russia. It is named after Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, the Field Marshal popularly credited with saving Russia from Napoleon's invasion.
The street streches from Rubleyvskoye Highway to the south-east, in the Southern Administrative Okrug. It runs north-eastwards crossing 3rd Ring and the Moskva River, ending on the Krasnopresnyenskaya Embankment becoming New Arbat Street.
Kutuzovsky Prospekt is notable for being home to several important landmarks, for example the Hotel Ukraina in the beginning of the street, one of Stalin's Seven Sisters skyscrapers.
The street is also home to the almost finished Russia Tower, a business building of the Moscow International Business Center.
Kutuzovsky Prospekt is home to the Ploschad Pobedy (Victory Square) known for the triumphal arch. he street is also home to the Park Pobedy (Victory Park) on the famous Poklonnaya Hill, one of the highest points in Moscow.
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