Szao territory. Geography of the district
The North-Western Administrative District of Moscow (NWAD) is one of the twelve districts of the capital.
It was formed in 1991 from two districts of Moscow - Tushinsky and Khoroshevsky, for the administrative management of the corresponding territory.
The area of the district is 93,281 sq. km.
The total number of residents of the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow, according to Moscow City Statistics Service, as of January 1, 2013, is 959,548 people. In 2012, the district's population grew by almost ten thousand people.
The functioning of the district is managed by the Prefecture of the North-Western Administrative District and the corresponding territorial divisions of the executive authorities of the city of Moscow.
The district includes 8 districts:
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County coat of arms
- Silver wings (flight) and a golden propeller symbolize the Tushinsky airfield and aviation industry enterprises located in the district.
- The blue field of the shield symbolizes the water resources of the district: the Moscow River, the Moscow Canal, the Skhodnya River, and the Khimki Reservoir.
- The silver pine in the central green shield symbolizes the corners of wildlife carefully preserved in the area: Serebryany Bor, the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo forest park, the Skhodnenskaya Bowl natural monument.
- Swans symbolize the air and water elements, and also remind us of the Swan spring in the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo area.
- The lock towers of the Moscow Canal symbolize the beginning of this grandiose hydraulic structure in the area.
The North-Western Administrative District is one of the most attractive and environmentally friendly districts. It is rightly called the “lungs of the capital”. 46.4% of the district's territory is occupied by natural complex objects. In addition, it is surrounded by the waters of the Khimki Reservoir, the Moscow River and the Moscow Canal.
History and culture
The Northwestern Administrative District is rich in the greatest historical and cultural monuments of the city and country. The Trinity Churches in Khoroshevo (late 16th century) and in Trinity-Lykovo (late 17th century) are temples of the ancient boyar estates of the Godunovs and Naryshkins, and are valuable monuments of ancient Russian architecture. A magnificent mansion in Bratsevo, created by the outstanding Moscow architect A.N. Voronikhin, the mysterious Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo estate, built at the end of the 18th century.
The history of the village of Kurkino dates back more than 5 centuries. In 1672, a stone church of the Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God, which has survived to this day, was created here. In 1990, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Tushino, which was built back in 1889 according to the design of the famous architect Gruzinsky, was restored and consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus'.
In the Mitino area there is the Church of the Nativity of Christ, built before 1904. The temple was closed for a long time, but today it operates and even has a church Sunday school. This is only part of the rich architectural and cultural heritage of the North-West of Moscow.
No other district of the city organizes and hosts so many different cultural, sports and recreational events and holidays. The Severnoye Tushino Culture and Recreation Park, harmoniously located on the shore of the Khimki Reservoir, attracts thousands of guests and city residents to its orchards and recreation and entertainment areas. Places such as the airfield of the Tushinsky airfield, the beautiful forest park in Pokrovsky-Streshnevo and, of course, the magnificent and well-known Serebryany Bor, which is an island surrounded by the Moscow River with the Lemeshevskaya memorial recreation area, are also popular.
The attractions of the North-Western Administrative District are a large number of cultural institutions that open their doors to city residents. The main ones are the Phoenix club, the military-patriotic club Rodina and many others, which are no less popular among the townspeople.
The environmental situation in Moscow forces potential buyers of residential real estate to meticulously assess the level of pollution in the area where an apartment that suits them in terms of price and other parameters is located. As part of a series of articles devoted to the ecology of the administrative districts of the capital, experts from the information portal RealtyPress.ru analyzed the environmental background of the districts of the North-Western Administrative District.
General environmental picture of Northwestern Administrative District
Northwestern Administrative District differs from the vast majority of administrative districts of Moscow in its fairly good environmental situation, which is greatly facilitated by the absence of a high concentration of industrial enterprises, as well as the presence of a large number of natural areas - forested areas and reservoirs.
Four of all eight districts located on the territory of the North-Western Administrative District have the status of favorable for living, that is, environmentally friendly, and the remaining four can be classified as “moderately favorable” (there are still some environmental problems here, but these problems cannot be called critical). Moreover, it is worth knowing that even areas with a “moderately favorable” background make up only 1/3 of the total number of all districts of the capital, and “favorable” areas can be counted on one hand.
In principle, those who are looking for real estate for their own residence and want to live in the most comfortable environmental conditions can safely choose almost any area of the North-Western Administrative District. In the cleanest district, you can choose a place to live almost blindly, unlike most districts of Moscow, where the chances of detecting the presence of at least one of the factors that negatively or critically affect the state of the environment are very high. One of the most well-known developers working with real estate and offering one-, two- and three-room apartments in the Northwestern Administrative District is the Donstroy company, which has several new buildings in different areas of the North-Western District.
Environmental problems of Northwestern Administrative District
Traditionally, high levels of emissions are provided by motor vehicles - 90% of all harmful substances end up in the atmosphere precisely due to intense traffic flows. On the other hand, the level of concentration of hazardous substances in the North-Western Administrative District is the lowest relative to other districts of Moscow. Mainly, residents of microdistricts directly adjacent to the Moscow Ring Road and Volokolamsk Highway - the busiest highways passing through the territory of the North-Western Administrative District - suffer from exhaust gases. On the Stroginskoye, Kurkinskoye and Pyatnitskoye highways the situation is more favorable.
One of the “sensitive” places in environmental terms includes the work of the Kurchatov Institute (Shukino), which specializes in nuclear research. Various tests, first related to the development of nuclear weapons, and subsequently to energy technologies, have been carried out here since 1943 and have not left their mark on the environment. The institute’s nuclear reactors and similar equipment complexes are still operating now, which is generally hidden, in contrast to the possible facts of the burial of potentially dangerous radioactive waste.
Favorable environmental factors of North-West Administrative District
More than 46% of the area of the North-Western Administrative District is occupied by natural landscapes - forested areas, reservoirs, and protected areas. An attraction is the artificial island of Serebryany Bor, which occupies an area of 328 hectares - this historical natural reserve is located on the banks of the Moscow River. There are also four fairly large natural parks, the largest being the massif located in the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo area.
As already mentioned, the number of industrial enterprises on the territory of the North-Western Administrative District is minimal; in total, there are about 20 plants and factories, and there are only a few enterprises that, in one way or another, affect the environmental background. These are reinforced concrete plants (Khoroshevsky and Tushinsky), as well as a machine-building plant in Tushino.
Ecology of North-East Administrative District - where to buy housing in the North-East of the capital
Strogino 
This area is considered the cleanest area of the capital, and, despite the fact that it is located at a sufficient distance from the central part of Moscow, Strogino is the most prestigious area of the North-Western Administrative District. Half of the territory is occupied by natural landscapes and reservoirs - Rublevsky forest, Stroginsky floodplain, two bays - Kirovsky and Stroginsky, the area is surrounded on three sides by the Moscow River.
The rather large distance of the area from the center (the western border of Strogino is adjacent to the Moscow Ring Road) does not reduce the attractiveness of residential and commercial real estate on its territory. Good transport accessibility is provided by the North-West Tunnel, which connects Strogino with the Center (Zhukov Avenue), there is also a metro station.
Very expensive real estate in the North-Western Administrative District, located along reservoirs, the modern village of Troitse-Lykovo (next door to government dachas), excellent ecology (the absence of any industrial enterprises) - all this makes the area a desirable place for wealthy Muscovites to live.
The modern residential infrastructure of the area is represented by high-comfort real estate and business-class properties in the North-Western Administrative District, built using monolithic technology. Of the older housing - houses built in the 70-80s, already belonging to the economy class, dilapidated housing is simply absent.
Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo 
The area is located, in fact, on an island formed by the Skhodnya River, the Moscow River and the Moscow Canal. On the “island” of Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo there is a park of the same name - a fairly large green area, including springs (from which you can still drink) and an old estate.
The ecological background of the area is considered quite prosperous, even taking into account the location on the territory of Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo of the large industrial zone “Knitting”, within which several factories producing reinforced concrete products operate, as well as a defense industry enterprise (the “Red October” plant).
Volokolamsk Highway, which operates at the limit of its capacity, creates a certain burden on the environment. However, in comparison with the vast majority of Moscow districts, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo is an area with a very low level of environmental pollution.
It should be noted that Volokolamsk Highway is the only direct highway along which residents of the region can get to the center of the capital by car. In addition, certain problems with transport accessibility are associated with the lack of a metro station in the area; the nearest station is Tushinskaya.
New buildings on the territory of Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo (in the North-Western Autonomous District) are represented mainly by business-class properties with wonderful view apartments, and the main housing stock is quite old, construction was carried out in the period 1940-1970.
Kurkino 
The area is distinguished by wonderful environmental conditions and a modern architectural appearance - construction began only in 2000, so Kurkino (the area is also called “Moscow Switzerland”) is the youngest district of Moscow. Plenty of green spaces and the absence of industrial enterprises ensure high demand for residential real estate within the area.
The housing stock does not include standard houses; all blocks and complexes were built according to individual projects and were harmoniously integrated into the natural landscape, the elements of which fit perfectly with modern blocks and townhouses. The developed social infrastructure allows us to talk about Kurkino as a comfortable and convenient area.
Despite the fact that the area is actually located outside the Moscow Ring Road, the cost of apartments cannot be called low - the combination of civilized conditions and good ecology in the North-Western Autonomous Okrug has its price. A conditional disadvantage of the area can be considered to be not very good transport accessibility (after all, it is the outskirts of Moscow).
Khoroshevo-Mnevniki 
The ecological state of the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki region is quite contradictory. The district is closest to the central part of the capital and is the most densely populated, but it cannot be called prestigious. The main reason is that in the southeast of the district there is a large industrial zone, which includes more than 50% of the industrial enterprises of the Northwestern District.
On the other hand, all enterprises are located separately from residential areas, and, thanks to the favorable wind rose and location for Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, the main environmental burden falls on the neighboring Khoroshevsky district.
In the west of the district there is part of the territory of the Serebryany Bor nature reserve - a vast green area with unique natural landscapes and reservoirs. In addition, most of the perimeter of Khoroshevo-Mnevniki has water boundaries, thanks to which many apartments in residential buildings have beautiful views of ponds and green landscapes.
The big disadvantage of the area is the poorly organized internal transport network and the lack of a metro station. But the development here is very diverse; construction projects are represented by business-class properties, economy-class real estate, and townhouses. It’s quite possible to find inexpensive housing in Khoroshevo-Mnevniki; in this area of the North-Western Administrative District there are many offers of one-room apartments costing from 5 to 5.5 million rubles.
Shchukino 
This area of the North-Western District is distinguished by a rather favorable geographical location: in the west it borders on the Moscow River, in the south on the green territory of Serebryany Bor, and in the north there is the Volokolamsk Highway, along which you can quickly get to the center of the capital.
The ecological state of the area can be considered favorable; this part of the district developed as a center of scientific thought. Many research institutes of all-Russian importance are concentrated here, which affected the quality of the population and, accordingly, the quality of development and infrastructure in general - this is one of the most socially prosperous areas of Moscow.
The absence of industrial enterprises and a large number of green areas lead to good ecology, however, the work of the Kurchatov Institute, associated with nuclear research, negatively affects the ecology of this comfortable area. The housing stock includes many business-class complexes, but you can also find three-story buildings built before the war. The economy class residential real estate segment, on average, makes up 25% of the housing stock in the Shchukino district.
Southern and Northern Tushino 
Two districts formed on the site of the once town of Tushino near Moscow are distinguished by a fairly good state of the environment. The districts represent the classic outskirts of Moscow, where manufacturing enterprises are mixed with residential areas and picturesque natural areas.
The infrastructure is quite well developed, there are many social facilities, but the same cannot be said about transport accessibility. There is no direct connection with the central regions, and all roads lead to the congested Volokolamsk Highway.
Northern Tushino is considered more attractive: both in terms of the number of green areas (Aleshkinsky Forest Park, the large park area of Northern Tushino, the coast of the Khimki Reservoir), and in terms of infrastructure development, it is a rather cozy area.
Mitino 
The area is located “on the outskirts” - it is the outskirts of Moscow outside the Moscow Ring Road, however, Mitino is a very convenient and green area with a well-developed transport infrastructure. The well-thought-out layout of the neighborhoods in Mitino, conceived as experimental, is reinforced by high-quality social infrastructure; it has everything you need for a fulfilling life. The location of the area determines the presence of large green areas, which Mitino is surrounded on almost all sides; in addition, natural landscapes were preserved when planning the blocks.
Since Mitino is a fairly young district of Moscow, the entire housing stock is of standard high-rise buildings with residential buildings erected according to individual projects. What makes the area attractive is the fact that the cost of housing is very affordable - a three-room apartment in Mitino can be purchased for an amount that in other areas you would have to pay for a one-room apartment in a dilapidated building.
So, having studied the totality of factors influencing the ecology of the regions of the North-Western Administrative District, RealtyPress.ru specialists concluded that when searching for real estate to live in, potential buyers should definitely pay attention to the offers of apartments within this district.
A minimum of production activities and a large number of natural landscapes determine a good ecological background in almost every district of the district. Certain environmental problems present in certain areas of the North-Western Administrative District are characteristic of the entire metropolis and are, rather, the costs of a multimillion-dollar city. No difficult environmental situations that would pose a potential health hazard were found in any of the areas.
History of the Northwestern Administrative Okrug (North-Western Administrative District)
In the north it is limited by the residential areas of Kurkin, in the west by the Moscow Ring Road, in the east by the Khimki Reservoir, in the south by the Moskva River valley, the green massif of the Khoroshevsky forest park (Serebryany Bor) and the Mnevnikovskaya bend of the Moskva River. Includes 8 districts: Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Northern Tushino, Strogino, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, Shchukino, Yuzhnoe Tushino, as well as Kurkino and Mitino (located outside the Moscow Ring Road). The district includes historical areas: Trinity-Lykovo, Verkhniye Mnevniki, Nizhnii Mnevniki, Terekhovo, Bratsevo, Serebryany Bor, etc.
The area of the district is 106.9 km2 (10.8% of the city’s area), including residential areas - 73 km2. Population 617.6 thousand people (7.2% of the total number of Muscovites); population density 5.8 thousand people per 1 km2 (1995).
Northwestern Administrative Okrug has powerful industrial and scientific potential. The leading industry is mechanical engineering, including aircraft manufacturing and radio electronics (Tushinsky Machine-Building Plant, Orbita Plant, mechanical engineering enterprise MMPO named after V.V. Chernyshev, NPO Molniya, NPO Astrophysics, NPO Vympel, NPO Mir "). Light industry is developed (Tushinskaya hosiery factory, Tushinskaya textile factory "Pobeda").
The district is home to more than 200 industrial enterprises and about 220 scientific institutions, among them the Russian Scientific Center "Kurchatov Institute", the All-Russian Research Institute of Automobile Transport, the largest medical institutes (Research Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Institute of Virology named after D.I. Ivanovsky, Research Institute of Epidemiology and microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya, Institute of Molecular Genetics).
The environmental situation in the Northwestern Administrative District is influenced by more than 150 polluting industrial (CHP-16, MMPO named after V.V. Chernyshev, Sovremstroymaterialy plant, etc.) and motor transport enterprises. In terms of environmental quality, the Strogino and Kurkino districts are considered environmentally friendly.
The total area of the housing stock is 12.5 million m2; the population's housing supply is 20.2 m2 per inhabitant (1995). Massive housing construction in the district took place in the 1960s–80s, when Northern Tushino, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki and Strogino were built. In the 1990s. residential areas are being built in Mitino, and the reconstruction of five-story buildings in Khoroshevo-Mnevniki began (1994). In accordance with the natural landscape, a planning project for the residential area of Kurkino (it is called “Moscow Switzerland”) was approved (1994), providing for the construction of multi-story houses, including cottages, as well as the development and reconstruction of the villages of Kurkino and Yurovo. In Nizhny Mnevniki, construction of the first stage of the Children's Wonder Park began (1995).
The trade sector is represented by 360 enterprises of all types of ownership (including Ocean, Universam-Strogino, Vesna; the radio market in Mitino; the city market Tushinsky). Household and communal services are provided (1995) by about 240 consumer service enterprises (including the large bath and health complex "Skhodnya") and over 270 public catering enterprises.
The district has 29 clinics (including 12 children's hospitals), 2 maternity hospitals, 2 children's sanatoriums, a children's home and a nursing home for the elderly, 18 hospitals (including the Tushino Children's Multidisciplinary Hospital, the Central Clinical Hospital No. 1 of the Ministry of Railways, the central hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs , central basin hospital).
In 1995, the public education system included over 160 preschool institutions, 92 general education, 7 music, 11 art schools, 4 gymnasiums, 3 experimental lyceum schools, a police college, 9 vocational schools, 3 universities, including the Tushino complex of the Russian Chemical-Technological University named after DI. Mendeleev, Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry and Academy of Public Utilities named after K.D. Pamfilova.
The network of cultural institutions of the Northwestern Administrative District includes: 32 libraries, 7 cinemas (Baltika, Tajikistan, Patriot, etc.), 5 clubs, 8 palaces and houses of culture, exhibition halls “Tushino” and “Khodynka”, 3 museums (“Gems”, etc.). There are sports facilities and complexes: “October”, “Red October”, “Salute”, “Regatta”, etc. On the territory of the North-Western Administrative District there are historical, cultural and architectural monuments: the ancient estates of Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo and Bratsevo, 9 operating churches, including including the Church of the Transfiguration in Tushino, built in 1886. In the North-Western Administrative District there are two hotels: “Start” and “Gostiny Dvor”.
On the territory of the district there is the Tushino airfield, built in 1935 on the former water meadows of the Moscow River for the Central Aero Club of the USSR named after V.P. Chkalova. Since the mid-1940s. Traditional air parades have been held here, and since 1991, annual city aviation and sports festivals have been held.
Prefect of the district since October 2010 - Viktor Nazarovich Damurchiev
Biography: Born on November 19, 1953 in the city of Donetsk (Ukraine).
In 1990 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering named after V.V. Kuibyshev with a degree in civil engineering.
From 1974 to 1976 he served in the army.
From 1978 to 1986 he worked in engineering positions at RSU-1 of the Moskvoretsky Repair Construction Trust of the city of Moscow.
From 1986 to 1991 - Head of the Building Operations Directorate.
From 1991 to 1994 - Director of the southern territorial agency of the Property Management Committee of the city of Moscow.
From 1994 to 1997 he worked as deputy chairman, then first deputy chairman of the Moscow Property Management Committee.
From 1997 to 2004, he held the positions of first deputy chairman, chairman of the Moscow Land Committee, and head of the Moscow Land Committee.
From 2004 to 2010 - Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Land Resources.
On November 1, 2010, he was appointed to the position of prefect of the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow.
Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, author of scientific works and articles on property management and land relations. He has the title of Honored Land Surveyor of Russia.
He was awarded the Orders of Friendship and Honor, diplomas of the Moscow Government and the Federal Land Cadastre Service of Russia, and many medals.
Today Moscow is a huge city where you can find amazing places and attractions even far from the center. Having decided to study the Russian capital in more detail, it is worth starting with its North-Western District (NWAD), which is distinguished by the most favorable environmental and criminal conditions, as well as the best state of infrastructure.
As you know, the North-Western Administrative District includes such areas as Kurkino, Mitino, Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo, Strogino, Tushino, Khoroshevo-Mnevniki and Shchukino.
Even if you just look at a map of Moscow, you will notice that the North-Western District differs from the rest in the abundance of reservoirs, parks and other green areas. It is the North-Western Administrative District that amazingly combines picturesque corners of nature and places of mass recreation for people. One of the most famous attractions of the district is “Serebryany Bor” - a natural monument of regional significance, which has the status of a specially protected area.
Northwestern Administrative District is also famous for its natural and historical parks, the most popular of which is Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo. Here are the favorite vacation spots of the townspeople, clean beaches and springs, but the main highlight of the area, perhaps, is the ancient Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo estate. This architectural monument is truly worth a visit, despite the fact that it is now in a somewhat deplorable state. The estate has a red brick fence with observation towers and is very reminiscent of the Kremlin.
In addition, in the North-Western district of the capital, the Tushino district is quite interesting. Among its attractions are the Church of the Transfiguration, the Bratsevo estate, the Severnoye Tushino Museum and Park Complex, the Skhodnenskaya Bowl monument, the Severnoye Tushino park and the Tushinsky natural park, as well as the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a chapel in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Healer” and the chapel of the Holy Blessed Prince Dimitry Donskoy.
One of the best hotels in this area is considered to be “Tayozhny”, whose hourly rooms are made in a unique design style. It offers 12 cozy and spacious rooms to suit every taste and budget. After a busy week at work or a day spent walking around beautiful places, here you can relax and have a good time.
Not far from Tayozhny is the Strogino district, where you can see the Strogino yacht port, many ancient churches and chapels, a monument to the defenders of Moscow - a self-propelled vehicle, a monument to the soldiers of the village of Trinity-Lykovo and much more.
Having arrived to relax at the Tayozhny Hotel, it is not at all necessary to go to the center in search of attractions, because in the North-Western District of Moscow there is also a lot of interesting things. Moreover, the Tayozhny complex has its own bath complex, restaurant and karaoke.