Cheryomushki District
Encyclopedia
Cheryomushki is a district of South-Western Administrative Okrug
of Moscow
, Russia
. District's population:
The district is delimited by Nakhimovsky Prospekt (north), Obrucheva Street (south), Sevastopolsky Prospekt (east), Profsoyuznaya Street, and Vlasova Street (west). The district is mostly residential, with an industrial area near Kaluzhskaya
subway station. It houses the Gazprom
headquarters.
was built there. Cheryomushki became a common word for such housing projects. The Soviet-era buildings in this area were torn down in the 1990s-2000s and replaced with high-rises, also of standardized prefabricated concrete.
In the early 1980s, the government built a number of better quality, brickwork
apartment buildings that acquired a reputation of, by local standards, elite housing, ironically called Tsarskoye Selo . In the 1990s, it served as a nucleus of a massive new housing construction project between Garibaldi Street and Gazprom tower.
of Moscow Metro
(stations Profsoyuznaya to Kaluzhskaya
). Eastern side is also accessible through Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
(Sevastopolskaya, Nakhimovsky Prospekt
).
has its head office in the district. The airline Aero Rent
has its head office in the district.
South-Western Administrative Okrug
South-Western Administrative Okrug, or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug , is one of the ten administrative okrugs of Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1991 and has an area of...
of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. District's population:
The district is delimited by Nakhimovsky Prospekt (north), Obrucheva Street (south), Sevastopolsky Prospekt (east), Profsoyuznaya Street, and Vlasova Street (west). The district is mostly residential, with an industrial area near Kaluzhskaya
Kaluzhskaya
Kaluzhskaya is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It opened on 12 August 1974, replacing a temporary station of the same name that had been operating since 1964. The new station was built to the pillar-trispan design with tapered octagonal columns in place of the usual...
subway station. It houses the Gazprom
Gazprom
Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
headquarters.
History
In 1956, northern side of the district became a site of a massive, cheap housing construction and a microdistrictMicrodistrict
Microdistrict, or microraion , is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Communist states...
was built there. Cheryomushki became a common word for such housing projects. The Soviet-era buildings in this area were torn down in the 1990s-2000s and replaced with high-rises, also of standardized prefabricated concrete.
In the early 1980s, the government built a number of better quality, brickwork
Brickwork
Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar to build up brick structures such as walls. Brickwork is also used to finish corners, door, and window openings, etc...
apartment buildings that acquired a reputation of, by local standards, elite housing, ironically called Tsarskoye Selo . In the 1990s, it served as a nucleus of a massive new housing construction project between Garibaldi Street and Gazprom tower.
Politics
The head of the local government, Sergey Burkotov, was shot dead in February 2007, in what appears to have been an assassination.Public transportation
Western side of the district is accessible by Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya LineKaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
The Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a single line as the central section connecting the stations Oktyabrskaya to Prospekt...
of Moscow Metro
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
(stations Profsoyuznaya to Kaluzhskaya
Kaluzhskaya
Kaluzhskaya is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It opened on 12 August 1974, replacing a temporary station of the same name that had been operating since 1964. The new station was built to the pillar-trispan design with tapered octagonal columns in place of the usual...
). Eastern side is also accessible through Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya Line , sometimes colloquially referred to as Grey Line , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Originally opened in 1983, it was extended throughout the 1980s and early 90s and again in the early 2000s...
(Sevastopolskaya, Nakhimovsky Prospekt
Nakhimovsky Prospekt
Nakhimovsky Prospekt is a station of Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line of Moscow metro between Nagornaya and Sevastopolskaya.It was opened in 1983....
).
Economy
GazpromGazprom
Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
has its head office in the district. The airline Aero Rent
Aero Rent
Aero Rent is an airline based in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It operates VIP charter flights out of Moscow Vnukovo International Airport.-Fleet:...
has its head office in the district.