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MKAD Москва
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten interchanges). It was completed in 1962. The speed limit is 100 km/h. History The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis needed a Bypass (road), bypass to redirect incoming traffic from major roads that run through the city. Opened in 1961, the MKAD had four lanes of asphalt running 108.9 kilometres along the city borders. Although not yet a freeway, it featured Interchange (road), interchanges at major Junction (road), junctions, very few traffic lights, and a speed limit of . For a long time the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow city, until in the 1980s Moscow started annexing territory outside the beltway. In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reutov
Reutov ( ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: History The exact date of Reutov's foundation is unknown; however, most historians believe that it was founded between 1492 and 1495. In the 17th-18th centuries, the village of Reutovo belonged to the dynasties of Prince Turenin and Prince Vasily Dolgorukov. At the beginning of the 18th century, Reutovo became a village. Census Book of 1709 has a record of the village of Reutovo, owned by the Prince Vasily Dolgorukov. In 1787, the village was acquired by Prince N. I. Maslov. Under his rule Reutovo became a luxurious country estate. At the beginning of the 19th century, Prince Maslov went bankrupt and the village became a property of Lt. Col. A. M. Pokhvistnev who in 1824 built a cotton mill. Yarn from the factory was among the best in Russia and won a gold medal at the All-Russian National Show in 1831. Shortly after that Pokhvistnev sold the land and the mill. In 1843, the land and the cotton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leninsky Avenue, Moscow
Leninsky Avenue ( "Leninsky prospekt") is a major avenue in Moscow, Russia, that runs in the south-western direction between Kaluzhskaya Square in the central part of the city through Gagarin Square to the Moscow Ring Road. It is a part of the M3 highway which continues from Moscow to Kaluga and Bryansk to the border with Ukraine, and used to provide connections with Kiev and Odessa. It is also a part of the European route E101 connecting Moscow and Kiev. It is the second-widest street in Moscow after Leningradsky Avenue. Its width varies between 108 and 120 metres. Location Leninsky Avenue continues north beyond Kaluzhskaya Square as Yakimanka Street and southwest beyond the Ring Road as Kievskoye Highway. Oktyabrskaya, Leninsky Prospekt, Novatorskaya, and Troparyovo are the only four metro stations located at the avenue, the second one being named after the avenue itself. The major intersections are with the Zhitnaya Street/ Krymsky Val (Kaluzhskaya Square), Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasenevo District
Yasenevo District () is an administrative district (raion) of South-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . Population: 172,300 (2017 est.). General Yasenevo is located in the South of Moscow and is adjacent to the Moscow Ring Road. The development of the residential area started in 1976 under the leadership of Yakov Belopolsky, an architect specialising in complex development of residential districts. Yasenevo is a commuter area without major industrial sites. The neighbouring districts are Tyoply Stan to the West, Konkovo and Zyuzino to the North, and Chertanovo to the East. To the South, the area beyond the Ring Road has never been developed; it was part of the Moscow Oblast until 2012 when it was assigned to the newly created Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug. From all directions except the Western one, the Yasenevo residential area is surrounded by the Bitsa Park and is not directly adjacent to any ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostafyevo International Airport
Ostafyevo () is a "B" class international airport, located to the south of Moscow Ring Road in Novomoskovsky administrative okrug of Moscow. The airport is owned by Gazpromavia company, a division of Gazprom. It was renovated and opened for civilian flights in 2000 on the grounds of a former military airbase. Ostafyevo features a new modern glass terminal, and caters primarily to business aviation. It can handle aircraft such as the Boeing 737-700, Bombardier Global Express, Dassault Falcon 2000, Antonov An-12, Ilyushin Il-18, Yakovlev Yak-42, Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain oth ... and smaller, as well as helicopters of all types. Description The airport belongs to the Russian Ministry of defence and is operated jointly with Gazpromavia. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domodedovo Airport
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport ( rus, links=no, аэропорт Домодедово, p=dəmɐˈdʲɛdəvə) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD), formally Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport, is an international airport serving Moscow, the capital of Russia. It is located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, south-southeast from the city centre of Moscow. Domodedovo Airport serves regular flights across Russia and Belarus, as well as to various destinations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. As of 2024 it is the 4th busiest airport in Russia and Post-Soviet states (after Sheremetyevo, Pulkovo and Vnukovo) as well as 40th busiest airport in Europe. In 2019, following a naming contest and a presidential decree, the airport was renamed after Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. History The airport is named after the town of Domodedovo, on the territory of which it is located. Survey work on the construction of the new Capital Airport began in 1948, after a dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapotnya District
Kapotnya District () is an administrative district (raion) of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. Kapotnya is best known as the site of Moscow Refinery, one of the few remaining industrial facilities within Moscow proper (since most others were moved to less populous areas for ecological reasons). The refinery claims minimizing environmental risks as its priority. See also *Administrative divisions of Moscow The federal city of Moscow, Russia is divided into administrative districts called ''administrative okrugs'', which are a subdivision of state administration. They are further divided into municipal formations called districts (''raions'') an ... References Notes Sources {{Administrative divisions of Moscow Districts of Moscow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast
Dzerzhinsky () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Moskva River, south of the city of Lyubertsy. The western part of Dzerzhinsky borders with the territory of the federal city of Moscow. Population: History St. Nicholas Monastery The settlement has grown around the Ugresha Monastery which stands at the heart of the modern town. The monastery has been one of the richest in Russia since the 17th century when Tsar Alexis and Patriarch Nikon built their palaces on the grounds. It was greatly expanded in the 19th century, under the supervision of St. Pimen of Ugreshi. One of the new churches in the monastery is dedicated to St. Pimen. The walled area of the monastery has several picturesque ponds. Modern history After the October Revolution of 1917, in an effort to fight child homelessness, the monastery was reorganized into a children labor colony in 1920. The colony was later transformed into a labor commune by Felix Dzerzhinsky. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotelniki
Kotelniki () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of the center of Moscow. Population: History The village of Kotelniki was first mentioned in the 17th century and belonged to Golitsyns in the 19th century. It was granted town status in 2004. On August 20, 2021, Russian security forces raided a mosque in the region and arrested up to 600 people. They were released later without any explanation as to the cause for the raid. Non-Russian Muslims were released after their DNA was collected. On July 7, 2023, an anti-Ukrainian far-right Russian telegram channel spoke out against the presence of Muslims prayer houses in the area leading to security forces raiding a prayer house on the pretext of finding illegal immigrants. Administrative and municipal status Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Kotelniki City of federal subject significance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bykovo Airport
Bykovo () was a small regional airport serving Moscow, Russia, of which only the runway remains. The airport was located about southeast of the city along the Ryazan highway and railway close to the town of Zhukovsky. It has one 7,250 ft (2,210 m) runway. The airport served mainly short-haul domestic flights due to its short runway. History Bykovo Airport first opened in 1933. The airport first had a grass-surfaced runway. During World War II, it was rebuilt (1000 × 80 m; brick-covered). In 1960, it was rebuilt again. In 1975, the terminal building was built (capable of serving 400 passengers per hour); in 1975, it served 1.5 million passengers. The airport was home to the charter flights department of Centre-Avia. On 18 October 2010, passenger operations at the airport ended due to the expiration of lease terms with the management company. In 2011, the terminal building was demolished. The airport shared its grounds with the Bykovo Aircraft Repair Facility, specializ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-Eastern Chord
The North-Eastern Chord (), abbreviated as CBX, is a motorway in Moscow that was completed and opened on September 22, 2022. The motorway starts from the south end of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway to along the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway, and ends at the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange with the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD), where east-bound the expressway gives access to Kosinskaya Highway and ultimately the M12 highway. The motorway links the Northern Administrative Okrug and the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug and will help unload traffic at the MKAD by 20—25% and redistribute traffic flows at the Third Ring Road, Shchelkovsky highway, Entuziastov highway, Ryazansky Avenue, and Volgogradsky Avenue. Route description The completed sections of the CBX begins at the Veshnyaki-Lyubertsy interchange with the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) where east-bound the expressway gives access to Kosinskaya Highway and ultimately the M12 highway. The CBX then runs under an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
