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The Neglinnaya River in its natural state used to flow openly from the northern parts of Moscow to the south across the very center of the city. It played a significant role in the life of the citizens. In the early s unearthed during a 1994 excavation), three-span Kuznetsky Bridge , Troitsky Bridge and Petrovsky Bridge (the remains of the latter discovered during the reconstruction of the Maly Theatre ). In the mid- 18th Century , the Neglinnaya River became Polluted due to the Population and Industry growth. They decided to drain a few of the ponds because of the awful smell. In 1817 — 1819 , a 3- Kilometer section of the river was encapsulated in a Pipe . However, the Sewer s got clogged on a regular basis, because they couldn't accommodate the volume of water, especially during High Water s and Freshet s, causing the streets of Moscow to flood. In 1966 , the Soviets built a second arm for the Neglinnaya River (length - 1 km, Width - 4 M ), which drained the waters into the Moskva River. In the 1970s , they constructed another Riverbed more than 900 Meter s long. In 1996 , when the Manezhnaya Square was reconstructed, they created an artificial watercourse, imitating a section of the Neglinnaya River. The area is dotted with diminutive statues on subjects taken from the Russian Fable s. The architect of this project is Zurab Tsereteli . |
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