Cheryomushki District

For other uses, see Cheryomushki (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 55°39′53″N 37°33′38″E / 55.66472°N 37.56056°E / 55.66472; 37.56056

Gazprom head office

Cheryomushki (Russian: район Черёмушки, derived from "черёмуха", meaning "Bird Cherry tree") is a district of South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. District's population: 101,847 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 89,264 (2002 Census).^[2]

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.

History

In 1956, northern side of the district became a site of a massive, cheap housing construction and a microdistrict 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 (Царское село, Royal village). 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.^[3]

Public transportation

Western side of the district is accessible by Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of Moscow Metro (stations Profsoyuznaya to Kaluzhskaya). Eastern side is also accessible through Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line (Sevastopolskaya, Nakhimovsky Prospekt).

Economy

Gazprom has its head office in the district.^[4] The airline Aero Rent has its head office in the district.^[5]

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
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4. ^ "Contacts." Gazprom. Retrieved on 11 September 2011. "Location: 16 Nametkina St., Moscow, Russian Federation" - Address in Russian: "ул. Наметкина, 16, Москва, ГСП-7, 117997"
5. ^ "To contact us." Aero Rent. Retrieved on 9 September 2011. "Sevastopolsky prospekt, 28/1, Moscow, Russia 117209" - Address in Russian: "117209 г.Москва, Севастопольский проспект, д.28 корпус 1"

External links

Russia portal

• Official website of Cheryomushki District (Russian)