Bolotnaya Square (Russian: Болотная площадь, Bolotnaya ploshchad) is a square in the center of Moscow, in Yakimanka District, south of the Moscow Kremlin, between the Moskva River (north) and the Vodootvodny Canal (south).

The name of the area, Boloto (literally meaning the marsh), was known since the 14th century, when it was located in the meadows on the low bank of the Moscow River and frequently flooded.

[2] The area was flooded on a regular basis until the 1780s, when the Vodootvodny Canal was dug to normalize the situation.

[3] In the 19th century, the area was built up by the addition houses and warehouses of local merchants, some of which are still intact.

[4] In 2001, the sculpture group of Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices by Mihail Chemiakin was unveiled on the square.