Brateyevo District (Moscow)
Russia /
Moskovskaja Oblast /
Razvilka /
Moscow
World
/ Russia
/ Moskovskaja Oblast
/ Razvilka
, 4 km from center (Развилка)
World / Russia / Moscow City / South-Eastern
district, invisible, third-level administrative division
Administrative district (raion) situated within the Southern Administrative Okrug, one of the 125 in the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 102,600 (2010 Census). The area of the district is 7.63 square kilometers (2.95 sq mi).
Several pagan mounds dated back to ancient settlements have been discovered on the territory of Brateyevo District. The settlement transformed into the prosperous village located on the Brateyevo hill which later gave its name to the district. There are two common versions of origin the name of the village. According to one, the name the toponym "Brateyevo" came from the personal name "Bratey". According to another version, in the 16th century the nearest villages (Borisovo and Besedy) belonged to the Godunov family, while Brateyevo himself was owned by Boris Godunov’s brother (Russian: брат), Semyon. In 1960 Brateyevo village became administrative part of Moscow. In the 1980s Brateyevo village has been demolished during the construction of the modern district.
Several pagan mounds dated back to ancient settlements have been discovered on the territory of Brateyevo District. The settlement transformed into the prosperous village located on the Brateyevo hill which later gave its name to the district. There are two common versions of origin the name of the village. According to one, the name the toponym "Brateyevo" came from the personal name "Bratey". According to another version, in the 16th century the nearest villages (Borisovo and Besedy) belonged to the Godunov family, while Brateyevo himself was owned by Boris Godunov’s brother (Russian: брат), Semyon. In 1960 Brateyevo village became administrative part of Moscow. In the 1980s Brateyevo village has been demolished during the construction of the modern district.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brateyevo_District
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Coordinates: 55°37'57"N 37°45'35"E
- Yuzhny Administrative Okrug 16 km
- Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug 17 km
- Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug 21 km
- Shcherbinka 23 km
- Tsentralny Administrative Okrug 24 km
- Kommunarka municipal district 25 km
- Vnukovo District 42 km
- Yukhnovsky District 199 km
- Kirovsky District 284 km
- Lyudinovsky District 293 km
- Gorodnya River 1.3 km
- Tsaritsyno Natural and Historical Park 4.2 km
- Yuzhny Administrative Okrug 5.1 km
- Moscow 24 km