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Khamovniki District

Khamovniki is known for upscale Ostozhenka Street, with Georgian restaurants offering hearty fare like flatbreads and meat stews, and bistros serving posh European cuisine. The opulent, gold-domed Cathedral of Christ the Saviour stands on the Moskva River banks. Novodevichy Convent is a 16th-century complex including fresco-lined Smolensk Cathedral and Novodevichy Cemetery, with the graves of Chekhov and Khrushchev.