‘Pereulok’ means ‘that which crosses the streets,’ so lanes in Russia are mostly smaller streets that connect the bigger ones. In Moscow, until the middle of the 20th centur… See more

Literally “driveway” (or “way”, as in the UK), ‘proezd’ is how new streets connecting two streets are now called in Russia. Some proezds in newly constructed suburbs appear in f… See more

‘Tupik’ means “dead end,” but as a street name, it’s a nominal noun. Some tupiks have stopped being dead ends along with the reconstruction of the city: for example, Shvedsky … See more

A ‘liniya’ (line) is a straight street, usually pre-projected as such. There are a lot of liniyas in St. Petersburg, on Vasilyevsky Island – they were meant to be canals across the i… See more