Bibirevo District (russian: райо́н Би́бирево) is an administrative district (
raion
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) of
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Се́веро-Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг - ''Severo-Vostochny administrativny okrug''), or Severo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-lev ...
near
Moscow Ring Road
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border ...
, and one of the 125 raions of
Moscow
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,
Russia
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.
The area of the district is .
History
The area is named after the village Bibirevo, known since the end of the 16th century. Until 1774 the village and the lands around it belonged to the Ascension Convent, based Dmitry Donskoy and his wife Grand Duchess Eudoxia. The monastery was located on the territory of the
Moscow Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (R ...
and in the summer nuns traveled to Bibirevo. In 1774 the village came under the jurisdiction of the State College of economy, and peasants became state owned.
Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Bibirevo was consecrated in 1894 in gratitude to God for the deliverance of the villagers from cholera. The temple was set flush with the wooden church of the Annunciation of the Virgin, known from the 16th century.
In 1852 in the village there were 164 farmers, 36 yards, 1 church. In 1960 was included in the Dzerzhinsky district of Moscow. Since the late 1960s its territory was subject to mass housing construction. In 1967 Bibirevo became part of the Kirovsky Raion. In 1991, after the administrative reform of some of it became separate administrative unit bearing the same name, and some - to "Altufievskoe".
See also
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Administrative divisions of Moscow
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* http://bibirevo-svao.ru/index.php/2010-11-17-13-15-49
Бибирево оказалось нечисто на реку , Новости СВАО Москвы
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North-Eastern Administrative Okrug