Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo (russian: Ю́жное Изма́йлово, Southern Izmaylovo) is an area ( former Moscow neighborhood now part of Ivanovskoe just north of Shosse Entuziastov route) located in the eastern part 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 ...

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, just north of the Shosse Entuziastov (шоссе Энтузиастов) Route and west of the Moscow Ring Highway (МКАД). It borders

Izmaylovo District Izmaylovo District (russian: райо́н Изма́йлово) is a district in the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: It is a historical part of Moscow, the ancestral land of the Romanov noble fa ...

in the south and

Izmaylovsky Park Izmaylovsky Park or Izmaylovo Park is one of the largest parks in Moscow, Russia. The park consists of two areas: Izmaylovsky forest and Izmaylovsky Park for recreation. It is situated in the Izmaylovo District in the northeast of the city. The n ...

in the north and west. In 1960, it became a part of Moscow, after all territories inside Moscow Ring Highway were annexed by Moscow City proper. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo is in one of the green areas of Moscow. Izmaylovsky Park, one of the biggest forested areas in urban places in

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, is right across the street. The place was built up in the mid-1970s as an

Olympic village An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers. Afte ...

for the

Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

of 1980 but was eventually converted into a

bedroom community A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...

, a

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for the fast-growing population of the city. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo is less than an hour away from the center of the city by public transportation (bus and

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 ...

Streets

:''Source:'' *Bolshoy Kupavensky Drive — Большой Купавенский проезд *Maly Kupavensky Drive — Малый Купавенский проезд *

Chelyabinskaya Street Chelyabinskaya Street is located in the residential community of Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo in the Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow. The street was built in the mid 1970s as a central street for Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo. Named in 1975 for the city of Che ...

— Челябинская улица *Chechulina Street — Улица Чечулина (former Srednii (Middle) Kupavensky Drive) *Magnitogorskaya Street — Магнитогорская улица

References

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