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Moscow State University
On the southwestern side of Red Sq is the fine edifice of Moscow State University , built in 1793. The classic Stalinist Hotel Moskva, once fronting the northeastern side of the square, was demolished in 2004 to make way for a huge underground car park. A replica of the original hotel (famous internationally for being on Stolichnaya Vodka labels) is to be built after the car park is complete.
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Synod Printing House
This is where Ivan Fyodorov reputedly produced Russia's first printed book, The Apostle , in 1563. (You can see the man himself at Old Fields). Over a century later, in 1703, the first Russian newspaper Vedomosti was also printed here. Up until the early 19th century, Kitai Gorod was something of a printing centre, home to 26 out of Moscow's 31 bookshops at the time.
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