Kuzminki District (russian: райо́н Кузьми́нки) is a
district
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of
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Ю́го-Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of ...
of the
federal city
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Germany
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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 million ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
History
The main point of interest in the district is the
Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki
Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki is an estate formerly belonging to the Stroganov and Golitsyn families of the Russian nobility. Today, it is incorporated into Kuzminki-Lyublino historical park located in Moscow's Kuzminki District. The estate was named af ...
, a former estate of the Stroganov and Golitsyn families. In the 17th century, the territory of the modern district belonged to the Simon monastery. In 1702,
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
gave this land to
Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov
Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov (russian: Григорий Дмитриевич Строганов) (25 January 1656 – 21 November 1715) was a Russian landowner and statesman, the most notable member of the prominent Stroganov family in the late ...
.
Transportation
Two
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first unde ...
stations are located in the district:
Kuzminki and
Volzhskaya.
References
External links
History of Kuzminki DistrictKuzminki - Photo Album
- 310 photos and 113 digital paintings discovering the beauty of Kuzminki (Moscow, Russia) region.
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South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Districts of Moscow