Moyka River
Sign in to savethumb|The Blue Bridge (Saint Petersburg)|Blue Bridge spans the Moyka in front of the [[Mariinsky Palace, joining it to the larger part of Saint Isaac's Square with its landmark cathedral of the same name]]
Key facts
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- Russia
- River.region
- Saint Petersburg
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- Federal city
- River.river_system
- Neva basin
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- ALL
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- View of the Moyka from the Pevchesky Bridge
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- Fontanka
- River.mouth
- Neva
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- Russia Saint Petersburg central
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- Bridges
- Riverside architectural objects
- Source. Summer Garden, Saint Michael's Castle, Mikhailovsky Garden and the Field of Mars
- The Summer Garden
- Saint Michael's Castle
- Mikhailovsky Garden and the Field of Mars
- Royal Stables and eponymous square
- National Museum of Alexander Pushkin and his memorial last apartment at 12 Moyka Embankment
- Printing Museum at the former Lenin's typography
- Palace Square and the State Choir Capella
- Stroganov Palace
- Alexander Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University main campus
- Red Bridge trade centre
- Saint Isaac's Square
- Count Yusupovs' Moika Palace
- The Central Naval Museum
- New Holland island
- Musin-Pushkin House on the Moyka River
- See also
- References
thumb|The Blue Bridge (Saint Petersburg)|Blue Bridge spans the Moyka in front of the [[Mariinsky Palace, joining it to the larger part of Saint Isaac's Square with its landmark cathedral of the same name]]
The Moyka (, also latinised as Moika) is a short river in Saint Petersburg which splits from the Neva River. Along with the Neva, the Fontanka river, and canals including the Griboyedov and Kryukov, the Moyka encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making that area an island or a group of islands. The river derives its name from the Ingrian word Muya for "slush" or "mire", having its original source in former swamp. It is long and wide.