square, burnt down. New city administration preferred to keep the open area and installed the monument to Kliment Timiryazev (1923), one of the oldest extant monuments of Soviet age. Gallery Architectural diversity - from Neoclassicism to Art Nouveau Notable buildings and institutions Within Boulevard Ring 1,2,3,4,6 - Moscow State University 5,7 - Orlov House by Matvey Kazakov 6 - Zoological Museum of Moscow State University (official site) 12 - by Matvey Kazakov 13 - Moscow Conservatory 14 - Jacob Bruce estate 18 - Lesser Ascension Church, 1584 19 - Mayakovsky Theater, Helikon Opera, Glebov Estate 28 - TASS Building Beyond Boulevard Ring 36 - Greater Ascension Church by Joseph Bove and Afanasy Grigoriev 42 - Alexander Suvorov estate, with Embassy of Nigeria facing Malaya Nikitskaya Street 41 - Embassy of Myanmar 44, 46 - Neoclassical estates, 1820s 50 - Embassy of Spain 51 - Consulate of Cyprus 54 - Lopatina Building by Alexander Kaminsky (Embassy of Brazil) 55 - Svyatopolk estate by Pyotr Boytsov 56 - Art Nouveau Jacob Reck House by Gustav Helrich Public transportation access Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya - east Pushkinskaya or Arbatskaya - center (Nikitsky Gates Square) Barrikadnaya, Mayakovskaya - west References Russian: П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 75-78 (Sytin) Streets in Moscow History of Moscow Diplomatic districts