Kutuzovsky Prospekt (Russian: Куту́зовский проспе́кт) is a major thoroughfare in Moscow, Russia. It is named after Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, the Field Marshal popularly credited with saving Russia from Napoleon's invasion.
The street stretches from Rublevskoye Shosse to the south-east, in the Southern Administrative Okrug. It runs north-eastwards crossing Third Ring and the Moskva River, ending on the Krasnopresnyenskaya Embankment becoming New Arbat Street.
Kutuzovsky Prospekt is notable for being home to several important landmarks, for example the Hotel Ukraina in the beginning of the street, one of Stalin's Seven Sisters skyscrapers.
26 Kutuzovsky Prospekt is the apartment building that Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Suslov, and Yuri Andropov lived in.
Kutuzovsky Prospekt is also home to the Ploschad Pobedy (Victory Square) known for the triumphal arch. The street is also home to the Park Pobedy (Victory Park) on the famous Poklonnaya Hill, one of the highest points in Moscow.The Kutuzovskiy Prospekt used to be a residential area for important people of the Soviet Union.
Apart from that, there are some more interesting sights along the road like the Moscow Hero City Obelisk and the Ukarina Hotel which is one of the Stalin's seven sisters. The Kutuzovskiy Prospekt is located west of the city centre. It starts at the river Moskva near the Ukrainia Hotel and leads in a westerly direction (metro: Kutuzovskaya, blue line).
