Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge

Wooden bridges east of the Kremlin have existed since the fifteenth century, as witnessed by Venetian Ambrogio Contarini, who travelled through Moscow in 1476.

The first permanent Moskvoretsky bridge was built in 1829, about 50 metres (160 ft) west of the present site.

It was loosely based on Kamennoostrovsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg designed by Agustín de Betancourt.

The bridge was placed at the narrowest point of the Moskva River, west of its predecessor; as a result, blocks of Zaryadye and Balchug were razed to make way for construction.

[2][3] On 27 February 2015 opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot to death while crossing this bridge.