Chertanovo


Chertanovo is a 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 and has a population of 364,693. There are three administrative districts of Moscow, five metro stations, three railway stations, 25 streets and five parks.

Historyhttp://chertanoved.msk.ru/index.shtml About Chertanovo history Retrieved on September 11, 2014

There are 10 groups of burial mounds of Vyatichi and 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" : "On December 28, on Saturday, the great sovereign desired to go to Cheratnovo in an hour before dawn". However, it was not mentioned in census books in 1646. Therefore, Chertanovo village may have been built between 1646 and 1665.
Additionally, 8 other villages were 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 series began.. In the late 1970s, building of Exemplary Perspective Housing Area began in Northern Chertanovo. In 1980, it was used as an Olympic village. Now this territory is called microrayon Chertanovo Severnoye and is part of Chertanovo Severnoye District.

Geography and transport

The northern border of the area is Balaklavsky prospekt ; the eastern border is Paveletsky and Kursky railway lines; the southern border is Moscow Ring Road; the western border is a border of Bitsa Park.
The territory of Chertanovo is a plain.

Rivers

Two main rivers:
Other rivers:
16 ponds are located in Chertanovo, most of them are formed from two main rivers:
A large part of the territory is occupied by high-rise buildings. Apartment buildings can have anywhere from three to 39 storeys. The majority of the buildings are blocks of flats of 9 or 17 storeys.
An industrial zone is situated in the eastern part of Chertanovo, however most of the plants do not work and its buildings are used for offices of different companies.

Administrative districts of Moscow">Administrative divisions of Moscow">Administrative districts of Moscow

The territory of Chertanovo is divided among three Moscow administrative districts and Intra-city municipal territories as follows:
and the Butovskaya Line of Moscow Metro passes through Chertanovo.
Metro stations of Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line:
Metro station of Butovskaya Line:
and Kursky railway lines run along the edge of Chertanovo. There are three railway stations:
Four bus parks, one of which is located in Cheratnovo, 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 is a fenced tram line
Tram number: 1, 3, 16
Routing taxi number: 225М, 328М, 518М.
From the metro station "Yuzhnaya" and "Annino", suburban and long-distance long-range buses go to the southern regions of Russia.

Streets

There are 25 streets.
Main roads:
Other roads:
In Chertanovo, there are many parks, squares, green yards and streets.

Culture

Theatre

- Yury Petrovich Tikhomirov, unit commander, pilot, lieutenant
- Aleksey Yakovlevich Onchurov, gunner-bombardier-air sentry, lieutenant
- Pavel Aleksandrovich Vorona, gunner-radio operator, sergeant
The most significant sports facilities are

In the media

The 2017 Fedor Bondarchuk Sci-Fi film Attraction is set in the housing district, and revolves around the crash of an alien spaceship.

Pictures