Voykovsky District

Voykovsky District (Russian: Во́йковский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the sixteen in Northern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.^[1] It is located 10 km northwest of the Moscow city center. The area of the district is 6.6 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi)^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 64,933.^[3]

Voykovsky District Войковский район
District
A shopping center in Voykovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Voykovsky District in Moscow (pre-2012 map)
Coordinates: 55°49′N 37°30′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	federal city of Moscow[1]
Area [2]
• Total	6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	64,933
• Density	9,800/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Voykovsky Municipal Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	45336000
Website	http://voykovsky.mos.ru

Population of Voykovsky District

2010 Census	64,933[3]
2002 Census	67,470[6]

Municipal status

As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Voykovsky Municipal Okrug.^[4]

History

The territory of the present area "Voikovsky" was inhabited by people in ancient times, as evidenced by archaeological excavations in 1932-34. However, multi-storey construction began only under Soviet rule. The main highway of the district is the Leningrad Highway which has a long history. The former Petrograd Highway in 1924 became Leningrad and is the main thoroughfare on the way to St. Petersburg. In the 15th-17th centuries through the village of Nakhinskoe, later Nikolskoe, there was a large trade road to Tver, along it there were trade people, numerous convoys with goods, drove cattle. No wonder the old adage read: "The City of Tver - the door to Moscow". In the 18th century, when Peter I moved the capital to St. Petersburg, the road connected the two largest cities of Russia.

The metro station "Voykovskaya" got its name from the settlement Voikovets located in this part of Moscow at the plant named after. Behind the second lobby of the "Voykovskaya" metro station in 1970, the "Warsaw" cinema was built with a large concert hall for 1200 seats, which at the moment does not work, and the room is rented to a restaurant.

The present appearance of the Voykovsky district began to form in the 1930s, when together with the Khimki Reservoir, the first multi-storey residential buildings, appeared on its territory. After 1945, mass housing and industrial construction began, new neighborhoods appeared (for example, the micro district "Lebed" that was famous in the 1970s). Now the reconstruction of a dilapidated housing stock and vast territories of industrial enterprises is in full swing in the region, objects of social and cultural life are being built. On the territory of the district there will be a section of the Fourth Ring Road with a network of large interchanges and flyovers, as well as a high-speed track for the Leningrad highway.

References

Notes

1. Law #13-47
2. "General Information" (in Russian). Voykovsky District. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
3. 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.
4. Law #59
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. 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).

Sources

• Московская городская Дума. Закон №13-47 от 5 июля 1995 г. «О территориальном делении города Москвы», в ред. Закона №38 от 26 июня 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 4 Закона города Москвы от 5 июля 1995 г. №13-47 "О территориальном делении города Москвы" и Закон города Москвы от 15 октября 2003 года №59 "О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве"». Вступил в силу с момента опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Мэрии Москвы", №14, июль 1995. (Moscow City Duma. Law #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow, as amended by the Law #38 of June 26, 2013 On Amending Article 4 of the Law of the City of Moscow of July 5, 1995 #13-47 "On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow" and the Law of the City of Moscow of October 15, 2003 #59 "On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow". Effective as of the moment of publication.).
• Московская городская Дума. Закон №59 от 15 октября 2003 г. «О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве», в ред. Закона №38 от 26 июня 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 4 Закона города Москвы от 5 июля 1995 г. №13-47 "О территориальном делении города Москвы" и Закон города Москвы от 15 октября 2003 года №59 "О наименованиях и границах внутригородских муниципальных образований в городе Москве"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования (16 ноября 2003 г.). Опубликован: "Вестник Мэра и Правительства Москвы", №64, 5 ноября 2013 г. (Moscow City Duma. Law #59 of October 15, 2003 On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow, as amended by the Law #38 of June 26, 2013 On Amending Article 4 of the Law of the City of Moscow of July 5, 1995 #13-47 "On the Territorial Division of the City of Moscow" and the Law of the City of Moscow of October 15, 2003 #59 "On the Names and Borders of the Internal Municipal Formations in the City of Moscow". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication (November 16, 2003).).