Yuzhnoye Butovo District

Yuzhnoye Butovo District (Southern Butovo, Russian: Ю́жное Бу́тово) is the biggest residential district in South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The district's history dates back to 1612, and it is named after a Don Cossack Butov. The area of the district is 27 square kilometres (10 sq mi).[1] The population (July 2016) was 207,903.

Yuzhnoye Butovo District
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Street scene, Yuzhnoye Butovo District
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Location of Yuzhnoye Butovo District on the map of Moscow
Coordinates: 55°31′22.62″N 37°33′2.09″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow
Area
 • Total27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
207,967
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
OKTMO ID45909000
Websitehttp://ubutovo.mos.ru/

Butovo memorial
Main article: Butovo firing range

Situated approximately 27 km south-east of Moscow, Butovo is the site of the Butovo firing range, a mass grave dating from the "Great Purge" of the 1930s. In excess of 20,000 people were shot and buried there from August 1937 to October 1938 . It has become a shrine to Joseph Stalin's victims and has an Orthodox church on the grounds.

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References
  1. "General Information" (in Russian). Yuzhnoye Butovo District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  2. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

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