Historic buildings with ancient towers under a clear blue sky.

Gothic bridge connecting historic buildings in a narrow, sunlit alley.

Ornate gothic spire rises between ancient stone buildings.

Gogolevsky Boulevard (until 1924 — Prechistensky Boulevard) is a boulevard in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, part of the Boulevard Ring. It runs from Prechistenskie Vorota Square to Arbatskie Vorota Square. Its original name, Prechistensky, like that of Prechistenskie Vorota Square (from which it begins) and nearby Prechistenka Street, was derived from the Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Smolensk in the Novodevichy Convent. In 1924, during the celebrations of the 115th anniversary of the great Russian writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, Prechistensky Boulevard was rename