Zamoskvorechye (administrative region)

The district is located in the central part of Moscow , as part of the Central Administrative District .

The contours of the municipality pass along the axes of the following geographical objects (clockwise): along the axis of Kozhevnicheskaya Street , Letnikovskaya Street , Zhukov Proezd , Dubininskaya Street , 4th and 1st Schipkovsky Lane, Pavel Andreev Street , Mytnaya Street , 4th and 1 Dobryninsky Lanes, Koroviy Val Street , the western and northern borders of Serpukhov Square , Bolshaya Ordynka Street and Kadashevskaya Embankment , Chugunny Bridge , Baltschug Street , Moskva River Channel, Novospassky Bridge to Kozhevnicheskaya Street .

Zamoskvorechye borders on the municipal districts of Yakimanka , Danilovsky , Tagansky and Tverskaya ^[4] .

The coat of arms and flag of the district are approved and entered in the Moscow City Heraldry Register with assignment of a registration number on December 25, 2003.

The emblem of the district is a green shield of Moscow form with a golden wavy head with two blue wavy belts, in the center of which are shown the crossed golden berdysh and the rod of Mercury . Wavy belts symbolize the Drainage Canal and the Moscow River , passing through the municipality. Berdysh symbolizes the glory of the former territory of the district in wartime and peacetime. The rod of Mercury indicates the heyday of merchants and trade in the XVIII-XIX centuries within the current municipality ^[5] .

The district got its name from the historical part of the city , located beyond the Moscow River in relation to the Kremlin ^[6] .

The first documented mention of the Moscow area called Zarechye dates back to 1365 . Subsequently, there were settlements of archers, sheepskins, blacksmiths, tanners, interpreters, which was reflected in the toponymy of the district ( Novokuznetskaya street , Kozhevnicheskaya street, Old Tolmachevsky lane). During the period of the Golden Horde dominance, the tribute collected in Moscow was taken from the Kremlin to the Horde along the road, which is now called Bolshaya Ordynka Street .

Tatar settlement was located in Zamoskvorechye, which was reflected in the names of the streets.

The life of Zamoskvorechye significantly changed during the reign of Peter I : merchant families, such as the Shmelyovs , settled in the area, and large noble estates formed. A. N. Ostrovsky - “singer of Zamoskvorechye”.

Culture

Today in Zamoskvorechye there are many of the most important cultural and historical monuments, museums and other sights of Moscow, in particular, the A. A. Bakhrushin Theater Museum , A. N. Ostrovsky House Museum, S. A. Yesenin House Museum. A branch of the Maly Theater is located on Bolshaya Ordynka Street. The State Tretyakov Gallery is located in the neighboring Yakimanka district , two blocks from the border of the two regions.

Religion

On the territory of the district there are Orthodox churches of the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow city diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church .

Business life

Here are the buildings of the head offices of major Russian companies and banks - Rosneft , Tyumen Oil Company , Moscow Human Rights Center , Mosenergo , ROSNO , Transneft , Alrosa , as well as the Paveletskaya Plaza business center ( Nestle and others) and the Riverside Towers business complex ”, Located on the arrow of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal and includes the Moscow International House of Music , the five-star hotel-tower “ Swissotel Red Hills ” , the business center“ Riverside Towers ”.

Education

Schools and kindergartens

There are 11 comprehensive schools ^[16] and 10 kindergartens ^{[17] in the} district.

• In 1921-1923, Rosalia Zemlyachka was the secretary of the Zamoskvoretsky district committee of the RCP (b).
• According to the Decree of the CPSU MGK of June 25, 1972 “On the development of the central part of the city of Moscow”, Zamoskvorechye was completely planned to clear from the old buildings, replacing it with standard new buildings. From the Bolshoi Kamenny to the Moskvoretsky bridge, it was planned to unite the Moscow River and the Obvodny Canal, building a lake. The plan was criticized by several Soviet academics. Lev Artsimovich , Boris Rybakov and Petr Kapitsa wrote a letter to the newspaper Pravda in November 1972, after which the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev ordered a review of the development plan ^[18] .

• Metro stations Novokuznetskaya , Tretyakovskaya , Paveletskaya ( radial and ring ), Dobryninskaya , Serpukhovskaya .
• Paveletsky station (station Moscow-Passenger-Paveletskaya).
• Tram lines along Sadovnichesky passage, Novokuznetskaya street, Dubininskaya street, Kozhevnicheskaya street (routes A, 3, 35, 38, 39).
• Trolleybus routes B, Bk, 8, 71.
• Bus routes M5, M6, K, 6, 13, 25, 41, 106, 158, 275, 632, 700, 907.

The ecological situation of the district is assessed, as in the whole center , dysfunctional. This is due to intensive traffic flows, insufficient landscaping, and poor water quality in the Moscow River ^[19] .

• Zamoskvorechye. Guide / G. Bilyalitdinova, A. Tarasov. - M.: New Elite, 2007 .-- 328 p. - ISBN 5-901642-15-5 ; ISBN 978-5-901642-15-3 .

• Site of the district administration and the intracity municipality
• The site of the newspaper "Bulletin of Zamoskvorechye"
• The text of the excursion "Zamoskvorechye"
• Site about the history of the Zamoskvorechye district
• Temples of Zamoskvorechye