Izmaylovo District (russian: райо́н Изма́йлово) is a
district
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in the
Eastern Administrative Okrug of the
federal city
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Germany
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of
Moscow
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,
Russia
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. Population:
It is a historical part of Moscow, the ancestral land of the
Romanov noble family.
History
The history of the village of Izmaylovo goes back to 1389. Since the days of
Ivan the Terrible it was an estate of
boyars in the Romanov family. In 1654, it was inherited by
Alexis of Russia
Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...
, who built a
château
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Now ...
on an
artificial island
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around 1664—1690. At about the same time, in 1671—1679, a medieval church was rebuilt into ''Church of
Intercession
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The Apostle Paul's exhortation to Timothy specified that intercession prayers s ...
of the Most Holy
Theotokos''. The château was later expanded by architects
Konstantin Thon
Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (russian: Константи́н Андре́евич Тон; October 26, 1794 – January 25, 1881) was an official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Nicholas I. His major works includ ...
and
Mikhail Bykovsky into
Izmaylovo Estate
Izmaylovo Estate (russian: Усадьба Измайлово) was a country residence of the House of Romanov built in the reign of Alexis I of Russia. Originally located 7 kilometres east of Moscow's city limits, it became part of the expanding ci ...
. It survived the
fire of 1812, and is now an outdoor tourist destination.
Peter the Great grew up in Izmaylovo and had been known for sailing a
small boat which he discovered in the storage of his great grandfather
Nikita Romanov
Nikita Ivanovich Romanov (''Russian'' Никита Иванович Романов) (c. 1607 – December 21, 1654) was a first cousin of Tsar Michael of Russia. His cousin Michael became the first Romanov Tsar of Russia by election in 1613. Nikit ...
. This boat is now in
Central Naval Museum
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in
St. Petersburg, and is credited as the "grandfather of the
Russian Navy".
According to the Russian population audit of 1800, the population of Izmaylovo was 121 homesteads comprising 753 people. The village continued to grow slowly until the
October Revolution
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, when the buildings were confiscated and given to laborers. In 1924, a part of Izmaylovo became known as Bauman township, named after the Russian
revolutionary Nikolay Bauman
Nikolay Ernestovich Bauman () ( – ) was a Russian revolutionary of the Bolshevik Party.
His death in a struggle with a royalist upon his release from Taganka Prison in 1905 made him one of the first martyrs of the Revolution, and later o ...
. Other objects named after him are the
Baumanskaya metro station
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and
Bauman University, both are located outside of Izmaylovo.
Geography
Izmaylovo borders
Preobrazhenskoye and
Sokolinaya gora Districts in the west,
Perovo District in the south,
Ivanovskoye District and
MKAD
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 borde ...
in the east, and
Golyanovo District in the north. Almost a half of its territory is occupied by
Izmaylovsky Park, which, with an area of , is one of the largest
urban park
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s in the world and is about 3.5 times the size of the
Central Park
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in
New York City
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.
Serebryanka River, which flows through the park, is the main river in the district.
Izmaylovo Kremlin
The Kremlin in Izmaylovo is a unique center of culture and entertainment, based at the famous Izmaylovo
Vernissage
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. It is built in a architecture style of Old
Muscovite Russia
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which consists of colorful ornament and wooden architecture in the Russian style. It is an imitation of Moscow based on sketches from the 14th-17th centuries. It is supposed to depict many elements of Old Russian architecture as it looked like in pre-Petrine times. It is also inspired by drawings of
Russian fairy tales
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. This complex is used for civil weddings as it has a wedding palace, a restaurant and bars. However, it is also used as an amusement park/open-air museum for children on the theme of 'Old Russia'. There is a reconstruction of a wooden Russian church that used to dot the Russian countryside before the Russian Revolution but it is not used for weddings. There is also a big market that sells souvenirs amongst other things.
Izmaylovo Market
Next to the Kremlin there is a large open flea market where people sell various Russian crafts and souvenirs. Goods from Central Asia are offered too. Dishes from different regions of Russia are also sold as well as from other former countries of the Soviet Union. Izmaylovo became a market already in the 17th century.
Izmailovo Hotel
Izmailovo Hotel was the largest hotel in Europe
largest hotel in the world from 1980 until 1993. It consists of four high-rise buildings and has 5,000 rooms. It is located in Izmaylovo District near the
Partizanskaya subway station of
Moscow Metro
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.
References
Notes
Sources
Izmaylovoin Moscow Encyclopedia
External links
The kremlin in Izmaylovo
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Districts of Moscow
Eastern Administrative Okrug