Chertanovo

Chertanovo
Чертаново (Russian)

Chertanovo on Moscow map

View from the plane
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow
City Moscow
Statistics
Area 212,975 km2 (82,230 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 364,693 inhabitants[1]
Density 1.71/km2 (4.4/sq mi)[2]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[3]
Established before 1665
[www.chertanovo.info Official website]
Chertanovo on WikiCommons
Chertanovo village before 1955
Modern view of Chertanovo: Moscow Ring Road interchange with M2 highway

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.[4] 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.[5]

History[6]

There are 10 groups of burial mounds of Vyatichi, one of the medieval Slavic tribes, dated 12 - 13th century.[7]

There are many version of origin of the name Chertanovo. According 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

Chertanovo, Bitsa Park and neighbour Moscow districts

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"[8]). 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

Culture

Theatre

Cinema

Memorials

The monument to the pilots, died at the time of Second World War

- 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

Pictures

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  3. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  4. ↑ About history of Chertanovo village Retrieved on September 11, 2014 (Russian)
  5. ↑ About Chertanovo parks Retrieved on September 11, 2014 (Russian)
  6. ↑ About Chertanovo history Retrieved on September 11, 2014 (Russian)
  7. ↑ About Vyatichi burial mounds in Chertanovo Retrieved on September 11, 2014 (Russian)
  8. ↑ About Avenue 77 Retrieved on September 11, 2014 (Russian)
  9. ↑ Website of Horse-racing complex "Bitsa"
  10. ↑ Website of Moscow center of martial arts
  11. ↑ Website of FC Chertanovo Moscow
  12. ↑ "Школы МГФСО Москомспорта". ГБУ «МГФСО» Москомспорта. Retrieved 2014-03-05.