Yuzhnoportovy District

Yuzhnoportovy District is an administrative district (raion) of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.[4] The area of the district is 4.53 square kilometers (1.75 sq mi).[1] Population: 74,729 (2019 est.).[2]

Yuzhnoportovy District

Южнопортовый район
District
The former South River Port Building, Moscow River, Yuzhnoportovy District
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Location of Yuzhnoportovy District on the map of Moscow
Coordinates: 55°43′08″N 37°40′23″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow
Area
 • Total4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
74,729
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
OKTMO ID45396000
Websitehttp://uzhnoport.mos.ru/

Overview

The district is bordered by the Tagansky District in the north, the Danilovsky District in the west, and the Nagatinsky Zaton District in the south, with the Pechatniki and Nizhegorodsky districts in the east.

The Moscow Tire Plant and the 1st State Bearing Plant were located in the Yuzhnoportoviy District KZhBI 5 and 7, now transferred to the territory of the Moscow region.

There are 5 medical clinics (including 1 dental clinic and 2 children's), 12 schools, 13 kindergartens in the district. Shopping centers in the region include "Mosaica" and "Dubrovka". The area of the district is 453 hectares.[5] In 1925 -1928 on the historical district of Dubrovka, comprehensive plans to build residential buildings were carried out, during when 25 five-storey houses were built for the workers. The first block of four-story buildings was built in 1926-1927 between the 1st and 2nd Dubrovskaya streets by architects I. Antonov, A. Mostakov and A. Panin. In 1927-1928, a larger complex of five-storey buildings was built to the west of 1st Dubrovskaya Street by architects V. Bibikov, E. Shervinsky and A. Wegman.[6]

The metro stations "Dubrovka" and "Kozhukhovskaya" is located in the district, while stations "Volgogradskiy Prospekt" , "Krestyanskaya Zastava" and "Proletarskaya" were located at the district's borders.

In March 2020 the Dubrovka metro station was one of the locations (along with Ostankino Tower, St Petersburg's Volkovskaya station, Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, and at least one Aeroflot flight) that were the subject of a bioterrorism threat posted by group of hackers onto various websites and Twitter feeds.[7][8][9]

Origin of name

The district's name comes from the Yuzhny river port, which is located on the territory of the neighboring Pechatniki district, as well as Yuzhnoportovaya street, which runs along the border of the district.

Notable places
  • Monument "Eternal Glory to the workers of the 1st GPP, who died in the Great Patriotic War.
  • Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Kozhukhov.

See also

References
  1. "General Information" (in Russian). Yuzhnoportovy District. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  2. "Численность населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2019 года" (in Russian). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 45», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 45, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  5. "Indicators of municipalities. Yuzhnoportovoe" (in Russian). Territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service in Moscow.
  6. Gershkovich, E. "Household working ensemble" (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow heritage: magazine. - M .: Department of cultural heritage of the city of Moscow, 2013. - No. 26 . - S. 20-24.
  7. "This page has been hacked by Thomas Little Evil Utoyo, Calton, David Law and Thanthom.(sic)". www.nawbo.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. "Wikinews report of 11 March, 2020". Wikinews. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  9. "Grady Newsource". Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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