Patriarch Ponds
Coordinates: 55°45′50″N 37°35′32″E / 55.763883°N 37.592120°E / 55.763883; 37.592120
Patriarshiye Ponds (Patriarch's Ponds, Russian: Патриаршие пруды), nicknamed Patriki (Патрики), is an affluent residential area in downtown Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. For the last 200 years, there has been only one pond, although, as the name of Tryokhprudny Pereulok (Трёхпрудный переулок, lit. Three-Pond Lane) suggests, there used to be more. The area of the existing pond is 9,900 square metres (107,000 sq ft); the depth is about two meters. Because of the area's proximity to Tverskaya Street business district, the area is popular with expatriates.
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