The area of the district is 18.76 square kilometres (7.24 sq mi).[1] Population: 126,000 (2017 est.) 125,128 (2010 Census);[2]101,485 (2002 Census).[4]
History
Fragment of a map of Moscow Oblast, 1860
The modern district received its name from the village of the same name, which was located on the district's territory; in turn, the village received its name from the Ramenka River [ru] (currently partially enclosed in an underground collector), which is the largest tributary of the Setun. Ramenka is a derivative of "ramenya"; its definition in different sources differs slightly, but usually means a dense forest, a forest adjacent to fields; the following etymologies have also been given:
the Old East Slavic word "rama", meaning "border adjacent to the forest";
"ramen'" ("ramenye"), the name of timber for construction and shipbuilding;[5]
"ramenye", a spruce forest in the European part of the USSR;[6]
"ramenye", "forest bordering a field". In the Central Russian region, the term is widely represented in the hydronyms of the Oka basin - the name of rivers and streams flowing out of the forest or flowing near it.[7]
The year of the founding of the village of Ramenki is considered to be 1389 (in 1989, the 600th anniversary of the settlement was celebrated in the district).[8] The main street of the village ran in a straight line, located perpendicular to the modern Michurinsky Prospekt and in the place where Ramenki Street [ru] currently connects with Michurinsky Prospekt.[9] The village was not large — in 1902, only 441 residents lived there, mostly peasants.[10] After the revolution, collective farms were established on the territory, and later vegetable plots (the remains of which could be seen in the early 1990s and even in the 2000s).[10]
Ramenki was located outside Moscow until the early 1960s, although already in the late 1950s it was located near the border of the city. On the east side of the village there was the old Borovskoye Highway [ru] (formerly Borovskaya Road), which went from Vorobyovy Gory through Ramenki and further towards the modern highway of the same name. A significant change in the architectural landscape of this area was brought about by the General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow of 1935, according to which, in particular, in the 50-60s, Vernadsky Avenue [ru] and Michurinsky Avenue [ru] were built (initially, according to the project, they were called "Eastern Ray" and "Western Ray", respectively).[11]
The village of Ramenki was incorporated into Moscow in 1958 and subsequently the village buildings were replaced by city blocks.[12] However, the territory of the district still contains buildings dating back to the 1950s, to the stage when the village began to actively expand and renew itself. In particular, during the construction of the main building of Moscow State University (1940–50s), a university construction town was located near the village of Ramenki. Two-story houses, a canteen, and the Vysotnik Community Center (which still stands today) were built.[5]
There were also several other settlements on the territory of the modern district, but the largest and most famous was the village of Vorobyovo, which was located on a vast hill on the east bank of the Moskva, which received the name Sparrow Hills (Russian: Воробьёвы го́ры, Vorobyovy Gory) after the village. The village of Vorobyovo was first mentioned in surviving documents in the will of 1453 by the widow of the Grand Duke Vasily I of Moscow, Sophia of Lithuania. Sophia bequeathed Vorobyovo and Semyonovskoye to her grandson Yuri Vasilyevich [ru], the Prince of Dmitrov.
^ abKolodny, L.E. (2005). Края Москвы // История географических названий [Moscow Region // History of Geographical Names]. Golos-Press. p. 480.
^Имена московских улиц [Names of Moscow streets]. 1988.
^Barandeyev, A.V. (2015). Путешествие по карте(топографические этюды) // История [Travel by map (topographical sketches) // History]. Librokom Publishing House. p. 318.
^"Празднование 600-летия Раменок" [Celebrating the 600th Anniversary of Ramenki]. Ramenki unofficial website (in Russian). Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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