Ramenki District

District in Moscow, Russia
Ramenki District
район Раменки
District
Park at Moscow State University, Ramenki District
Park at Moscow State University, Ramenki District
Flag of Ramenki District
Flag
Coat of arms of Ramenki District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Ramenki District in Moscow
Coordinates: 55°42′24″N 37°31′00″E / 55.70667°N 37.51667°E / 55.70667; 37.51667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow
Area
[1]
 • Total18.76 km2 (7.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total125,128
 • Estimate 
(2017)[1]
126,000
 • Density6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
100%
 • Rural
0%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[3])
OKTMO ID45325000
Websitehttps://ramenki.mos.ru/

Ramenki District (Russian: район Раменки) is a district in the Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located approximately in the middle-southwest of the city.

The Ramenki District's border runs along the axis of the Third Ring Road from the north, along the track of the Kiyevsky suburban railway line and along the axis of Lobachevskogo Street [ru] from the west, the middle of the 50th Anniversary of October Park [ru] from the south, and along Vernadsky Avenue [ru] from the east. Ramenki is home to the Moscow State University, 16 embassies, and Mosfilm.

The area of the district is 18.76 square kilometres (7.24 sq mi).[1] Population: 126,000 (2017 est.) 125,128 (2010 Russian census);[2] 101,485 (2002 Census).[4]

History

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 was located in a straight line, perpendicular to the modern Michurinsky Prospekt and in the place where Ramenki Street [ru] currently connects with Michurinsky Prospekt.[9]

The modern district was formed in 1997 by the merger of Remenki District and Mosfilmovsky District.[10] Russia's largest university, Moscow State University, is situated here, as are the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the film studio Mosfilm. It is also rumored to be the location of a large nuclear bunker.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Ramenki District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  5. ^ Kolodny, L.E. (2005). Края Москвы // История географических названий [Moscow Region // History of Geographical Names]. Golos-Press. p. 480.
  6. ^ Имена московских улиц [Names of Moscow streets]. 1988.
  7. ^ Barandeyev, A.V. (2015). Путешествие по карте(топографические этюды) // История [Travel by map (topographical sketches) // History]. Librokom Publishing House. p. 318.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Старые карты: Раменки на карте Москвы 1952 года" [Old maps: Ramenki on the map of Moscow in 1952]. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "History" (in Russian). Ramenki District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  11. ^ "Russia has 'enormous' underground bunkers ready for nuclear war". New York Post. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
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