Density 1.71/km (4.4/sq mi) | Federal subject Moscow Population (2010 Census) 364,693 inhabitants | |
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Area 212,975 km (82,230 sq mi) | ||
Chertanovo
Chertanovo (Russian: Чертаново) is a historical region and housing area in the Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The name derives from Chertanovo village first mentioned in 1665. The territory became part of Moscow in 1960. The area is 21,3 km2, the population is 364 693 (census of 2010). There are three administrative districts of Moscow (raions), five metro stations, three railway stations, 25 streets and five parks.
Contents
- Chertanovo
- History
- Geography and transport
- Rivers
- Ponds
- Buildings
- Administrative districts of Moscow
- Metro
- Rail road
- Other public transportation
- Streets
- Parks
- Cemetery
- Theatre
- Cinema
- Memorials
- Sport
- References
History
There are 10 groups of burial mounds of Vyatichi, one of the medieval Slavic tribes, dated 12 - 13th century.
There are many version of origin of the name Chertanovo. According to Vladimir Toporov the name of Chertanovo village derives from name Chertanovka river and its name derives from medieval Finno-Ugric languages.
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 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"). But it was not mentioned in census books in 1646. Therefore, Chertanovo village might appear between 1646 and 1665.
Also 8 other villages was situated on today's Chertanovo territory:
In 1960, Cheratnovo 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 (engineer: 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 supposed to use 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
The northern border of the area is Balaklavsky (Balaklava) prospekt (avenue); the eastern border is Paveletsky and Kursk railway lines; the southern border is Moscow Ring Road; western border is a border of Bitsa Park.
The territory of Chertanovo is a plain.
Rivers
Two main rivers:
Other rivers:
Ponds
16 ponds is located in Chertanovo, most of them is formed from two main rivers:
Buildings
The large part of the territory is built by high-rise buildings. Number of storeys of apartment houses is from three (old houses in Annino historical region in South Chertanovo district) to 39 (modern building "Avenue 77"). Most of buildings is block of flats of 9 or 17 storeys.
On the east of Chertanovo is situated industrial zone, now most of plants does not work and its buildings is used for offices of different companies.
Administrative districts of Moscow
The territory of Chertanovo divide among three Moscow administrative districts and Intra-city municipal territories:
Metro
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line ("Grey" branch) and Butovskaya Line of Moscow Metro passes through Chertanovo.
Metro stations of Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line:
Metro station of Butovskaya Line:
Rail road
Paveletsky and Kursk railway lines runs along the edge of Chertanovo (Russian Railways JSC). There are three railway station:
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 goes 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 goes to the southern regions of Russia.
Streets
There are 25 streets (date of official assignment name is given in parenthesis).
Main roads:
Other roads:
Parks
In Chertanovo, there are many parks, squares, green yards and streets.
Cemetery
Theatre
Cinema
Memorials
- 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)
Sport
The most significant sports facilities are