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Chertanovo (russian: Чертаново) is a housing area in the
Southern Administrative Okrug of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
,
Russia
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. The name derives from Chertanovo village first mentioned in 1665. The territory became part of Moscow in 1960. The area is 21,3 km
2 and has a population of 364,693 (
census of 2010). There are three
administrative districts of Moscow (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
s), five
metro stations
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, three railway stations, 25 streets and five parks.
History
There are 10 groups of burial mounds of
Vyatichi
The Vyatichs or more properly Vyatichi or Viatichi (russian: вя́тичи) were a native tribe of Early East Slavs who inhabited regions around the Oka, Moskva and Don rivers.
The Vyatichi had for a long time no princes, but the social struc ...
and one of the medieval
Slavic tribes, dated 12 - 13th century.
There are many version of origin of the name Chertanovo. According to
Vladimir Toporov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporov (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Топоро́в; 5 July 1928 in Moscow5 December 2005 in Moscow) was a leading Russian philologist associated with the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school. His wife was ...
, the name of Chertanovo village derives from name Chertanovka river and its name derives from medieval
Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric ( or ; ''Fenno-Ugric'') or Finno-Ugrian (''Fenno-Ugrian''), is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages. Its formerly commonly accepted status as a subfamily of Uralic is ...
.
Chertanovo village was located on the territory of modern Northern Chertanovo district near Chertanovo railway platform.
Chertanovo village was mentioned for the first time in 1665 in the book by S.A. Belokurov "Daily notes of
Prikaz
A prikaz (russian: прика́з, ''prikaz''; , plural: ) was an administrative, judicial, territorial, or executive office functioning on behalf of palace, civil, military, or church authorities in Muscovy and in Russia from the 15th to the 1 ...
of Secret Affairs" (Moscow, 1908): "On December 28, on Saturday, the
great sovereign desired to go to Cheratnovo in an hour before dawn" (Russian: "декабря в 28 день в субботу великий государь изволил итить в Чертаново за час до света"). However, it was not mentioned in census books in 1646. Therefore, Chertanovo village may have been built between 1646 and 1665.
Additionally, 8 other villages were situated on today's Chertanovo territory:
* Krasnoe sel`tso (сельцо Красное; Red village; sel`tso is a historical type of inhabited localities in Russia)
* Krasny Mayak sovkhoz (совхоз Красный Маяк; Red lighthouse state farm)
* Biryulyovo sel`tso (сельцо Бирюлёво)
* Pokrovskoye selo or Pokrovskoye-Gorodnya selo (село Покровское or село Покровское-Городня; Intercession village; "Pokrov" means
Intercession of the Theotokos
The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches on October 1 (Julian calendar: ...
i.e. Protection of the Virgin;
selo meant a village with a
Church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
)
* Pokrovskiye Vyselki village (деревня Покровские Выселки; vyselki is a type of inhabited localities meaning "village of evicted people"; that is, a new village found by people who resettled)
* Krasny Stroitel` (Red Builder) workmen's settlement or Gazoprovod (Gas pipeline) workmen's settlement (рабочий посёлок Красный строитель or рабочий посёлок Газопровод)
* Mosstroyput` settlement (посёлок Мосстройпуть; meaning Moscow communications development), formerly known as settlement of Communications Department (посёлок МПС, Министерства Путей Сообщения)
* Annino village (деревня Аннино; "Ann`s village")
In 1960, Chertanovo and all territories right up to modern Moscow Ring Road became a part of Moscow.
Since the late 1960s intensive building of houses of mass (panel) series began. (architects: V. Voznesensky, T. Drozdova, V. Serzhantov, V. Gromoglasov, N. Suzdaleva). In the late 1970s, building of Exemplary Perspective Housing Area began in Northern Chertanovo (engineers: L. Dubek, architects M. Posokhin, A. Shapiro, L. Misozhnikov, A. Kegler, Yu. Ivanov, B. Malyarchuk, V. Loginov, V. Uborevich-Borovsky, V. Dadya etc.).
In 1980, it was used as an Olympic village. Now this territory is called microrayon Chertanovo Severnoye (microdistrict Northern Chertanovo) and is part of Chertanovo Severnoye District.
Geography and transport
![Moscow aerial view looking towards the south-east](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Moscow_aerial_view_looking_towards_the_south-east.JPG)
The northern border of the area is Balaklavsky (
Balaklava
Balaklava ( uk, Балаклáва, russian: Балаклáва, crh, Balıqlava, ) is a settlement on the Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of Sevastopol. It is an administrative center of Balaklava Raion that used to be part of the Cri ...
) prospekt (avenue); the eastern border is
Paveletsky and
Kursky railway lines; the southern border is
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 ...
; the western border is a border of
Bitsa Park
Bitsevski Park (russian: Битцевский парк), or Bitsa Park, is one of the largest natural parks (forests) in Moscow, Russia. The park, traversed by the Chertanovka River and the Bitsa River, sprawls for some 10 km from north to sou ...
.
The territory of Chertanovo is a plain.
Rivers
Two main rivers:
* Chertanovka
* Gorodnya
Other rivers:
* Vodyanka, right tributary of Chertanovka (it may mean merely "Water river")
* Krasny (Red) creek, right tributary of Chertanovka
* Kotlyakovka, left tributary of Gorodnya
* Teplyakovsky creek
Ponds
16 ponds are located in Chertanovo, most of them are formed from two main rivers:
* Bol`shoy Chertanovsky (Big Chertanovo) pond
* Maly Chertanovsky (Small Chertanovo) pond
* Verkhny (Upper Chertanovo) Chertanovsky pond
* Krasny (Red) pond
* Kirovogradskiye (Kirovograd) ponds
* Varshavskiye (Warsaw) ponds
* Pokrovsky (Intercession) pond
* Sobachy (Dog`s) pond
* Khrulyov pond and others
Buildings
A large part of the territory is occupied by high-rise buildings. Apartment buildings can have anywhere from three (old houses in Annino historical region in South Chertanovo district) to 39 storeys (modern building "Avenue 77"). The majority of the buildings are blocks of flats of 9 or 17 storeys.
An industrial zone is situated in the eastern part of Chertanovo, however most of the plants do not work and its buildings are used for offices of different companies.
Administrative districts of Moscow
The territory of Chertanovo is divided among three Moscow administrative districts and
Intra-city municipal territories as follows:
*
Chertanovo Severnoye (Northern Chertanovo)
*
Chertanovo Tsentralnoye (Central Chertanovo)
*
Chertanovo Yuzhnoye (South Chertanovo)
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line ("Grey" branch) and the
Butovskaya Line of Moscow Metro passes through Chertanovo.
Metro stations of Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line:
*
Chertanovskaya, since November 8, 1983
*
Yuzhnaya, since November 8, 1983
*
Prazhskaya, since November 6, 1985
*
Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya, since August 31, 2000
*
Annino, since December 12, 2001
Metro station of Butovskaya Line:
*
Lesoparkovaya, since 27 February 2014
Railway
Paveletsky and
Kursky railway lines run along the edge of Chertanovo (
Russian Railways JSC). There are three railway stations:
* Chertanovo rail stop with a platform (In contrast to the railway station stopping point, the tracks don't branch) of the Paveletsky suburban line (Northern Chertanovo district), since 1936
* Pokrovskoye (Intercession station; Pokrovskoye was the name of the village) of Kursky suburban line (Central Chertanovo district), since 1949
* Krasny Stroitel station with a platform (Red Builder station. Red Builder was the name of the workmen's settlement) of Kursky suburban line (South Chertanovo district), since 1929
Other public transportation
Four bus parks, one of which is located in Cheratnovo (17th bus park), service 36 bus routes.
Bus numbers: 28, 37, 118, 147, 160, 163, 168, 189, 218, 222, 225, 241, 249, 296, 624, 635, 643, 668, 671, 674, 675, 680, 682, 683, 784, 786, 796, 797, 819, 828, 831 and others
Trolleybus number: 40
Along Chertanovskaya street is a fenced tram line
Tram number: 1, 3, 16
Routing taxi (commercial microbuses) number: 225М, 328М, 518М.
From the metro station "Yuzhnaya" and "Annino", suburban and long-distance long-range buses go to the southern regions of Russia.
Streets
There are 25 streets (the date of official assignment name is given in parenthesis).
Main roads:
*
Varshavskoye Shosse (Warsaw highway) (1950)
*
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 ...
(1960)
* Chertanovskaya (Chertanovo) street (24.12.1968)
* Balaklavsky prospekt (
Balaklava
Balaklava ( uk, Балаклáва, russian: Балаклáва, crh, Balıqlava, ) is a settlement on the Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of Sevastopol. It is an administrative center of Balaklava Raion that used to be part of the Cri ...
avenue) (29.04.1965)
* Podolskikh Kursantov (of
Podolsk
Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River).
History
The first mentions of the village of Podol, ...
cadets) street (9.08.1989) (Podolsk cadets are young heroes of Second World War who killed about 5 thousand Nazis)
Other roads:
* (
Academician Yangel) street (27.12.1972)
* Gazoprovod (Gas pipeline) street (affirmed on 26.08.1960)
* Dnepropetrovskaya (
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
) street (3.09.1968)
* Dnepropetrovsky proyezd (Dnepropetrovsk driveway; proyezd means a small street) (23.12.1971)
* Dorozhnaya (Road) street (1960) is in fact a three different streets
* Dorozhny 1st proyezd (Road 1st driveway) (23.12.1971)
* Dorozhny 3rd proyezd (Road 3rd driveway) (23.12.1971)
* Kirovogradskaya (
Kirovograd) street (3.09.1968)
* Kirovogradsky bul`var (Kirovograd parkway) (2008) is a well-organized pedestrian street from Chertanovskaya metro station to Kirovogradskaya street, passing over the metro line.
* Kirovogradsky proyezd (Kirovograd driveway) (23.12.1971)
* Kirpichniye Vyemki (Brick excavation, literally "Brick seizures") street (1960)
* Krasnogo Mayaka (Red lighthouse) street (2.12.1969)
* Mosstroyput` (Moscow communications development) street (1938) now exists only in the documents of the Moscow Government
* Pokrovskaya (Intercession) 1st street goes through the yards; no home is not attributed to the street, but it is marked on many official maps.
* Pokrovskaya 2nd street (3.09.1968)
* Rossoshanskaya (
Rossosh Rossosh (russian: Россошь) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Rossosh, Rossoshansky District, Voronezh Oblast, a town in Rossoshansky District of Voronezh Oblast
;Rural localities
* Rossosh, Belgoro ...
) street (2.12.1969)
* Rossoshansky proyezd (Rossosh driveway) (23.12.1973)
* Staropokrovsky proyezd (Old-Intercession driveway) (23.09.2013)
* Sumskaya (
Sumy
Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 23 ...
) street (24.12.1968)
* Sumskoy proyezd (Sumy driveway) (3.09.1968)
Parks
In Chertanovo, there are many parks, squares, green yards and streets.
*
Bitsa forest-park (edge of the park) is a second-large natural park (forest) of Moscow.
* Park of the 30th Anniversary of the
Victory
The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes ...
, since October 29, 1974.
* Chertanovskoye podvorye (Chertanovo farmstead)
* Pokrovsky park (Intercession park)
* The alley or School alley
Cemetery
* Staropokrovskoye (Old-Intercession) cemetery, since 1858.
Culture
Theatre
* Theatre "Small theatrical troupe", Sumskoy proyezd, 6A
Cinema
* Cinema of cinema circuit "Cinema park" (
Interros
Interros is a Russian conglomerate controlled by Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin with large stakes in mining, metals, energy, finance, retail, real estate and other sectors. The company's headquarters are located in Moscow.
Origins
The compan ...
), Dnepropetrovskaya street, 2 (shopping centre "Global City"), since April 2007.
* "Sezon Cinema" ("Season of Cinema"), Krasnogo Mayaka street, 2б (shopping centre «Prazhsky passage»).
* Cinema of cinema circuit "Formula Kino" ("Formula of movies"), microdistrict Chertanovo Severnoye, 1А (shopping centre "Aventura").
Memorials
* "Training airfield (fragment) in Cheratnovo": a monument to the pilots who died during World War II, Kirovogradskaya street, estate 10. In 1970 obelisk was opened. On May 9, 1995, at the initiative of front-line soldier and poet A.V. Tsvetkov and other members of district Council of Veterans, V.I. Bakhtin and L.I. Rappoport and subprefect of municipal formation "Chertanovo Severnoye" E.I. Mulenkov, opened the monument of memory. Authors: sculptor A.M. Ryleev and architect M.I. Sudakov. The memorial is dedicated to crew of bomber warplane
SB-2 of 173st air regiment who was brought down on October 1, 1941 (during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
):
- Yury Petrovich Tikhomirov, unit commander, pilot, lieutenant (1919-1941)
- Aleksey Yakovlevich Onchurov, gunner-bombardier-air sentry, lieutenant (1918-1941)
- Pavel Aleksandrovich Vorona, gunner-radio operator, sergeant (1919-1941)
* Memorial complex in Park of the 30th Anniversary of the Victory:
Sport
The most significant sports facilities are
* Horse-Racing Complex "Bitsa"
* Moscow Center of Martial Arts
*
FC Chertanovo Moscow
* Sport and Recovery Complex Krasny Mayak (Red lighthouse)
*
Chertanovo Sport and Education Center
* Sport Complex Yuzhny (South)
Notable people
Vladimir Molodenko - The Best Football Player
In the media
The 2017
Fedor Bondarchuk Sci-Fi film ''
Attraction'' is set in the housing district, and revolves around the crash of an alien spaceship.
Pictures
File:Chertanovo Caserne.jpg, The forsaken caserne in Chertanovo. Inscription on the wall: Glory to the great Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
File:Chertanovo Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы на Городне.jpg, The Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin near Gorodnya river
File:Chertanovo Храм иконы Божией Матери Державная в Чертанове old.JPG, The Church of "Imperial" Icon of Mother of God, old building (was built in 1990s)
File:Chertanovo Храм иконы Божией Матери Державная в Чертанове new.jpg, The Church of "Imperial" Icon of Mother of God, new building
File:Церковь Живоначальной Троицы в Чертанове.jpg, The Church of the Life-Giving Holy Trinity
References
Notes
External links
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