Meshchansky Destrict
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Meschansky Destrict (Roushie: Мещанский район) is a destrict o Central Admeenistrative Okrug o Moscow, Roushie. Population: 58,117 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 56,077 (2002 Census).[2]
The destrict extends due north frae Kitai-gorod tae Kamer-Kollezhsky Val. Wastren bundary wi Tverskoy Destrict follaes the track o Neglinnaya River (Neglinnaya Street, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, Samotechnaya Street, Soviet Airmy Street). Eastren bundary wi Krasnoselsky Destrict follaes Bolshaya Lubyanka Street an Sretenka Street, then ane block east frae Mira Avenue.
The destrict contains pairt o Kuznetsky Most Street, Rozhdestvensky monastery an Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, Olympic Stadium an a row o neoclassical, palace-lik biggins north frae the Garden Ring. It hooses heidquarters o Federal Security Service in Lubyanka Square, Central Bank o the Roushie Federation, FAPSI an ither govrenment agencies.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]Meshchane in the Roushie Empire denotit a social estate o poor toun residents who did no qualify as merchants or ceevil servants; in modren Roushie, it is a pejorative name for a nairae-mindit philistine. Meschansky Destrict acquired its name earlier, in the seicont hauf o 17t century, throu the Ukrainians an Belaroushies abductit frae thair hametouns in the course o Russo-Pols War (1654–1667). Thir fowk settled north frae present-day Garden Ring, reachin 692 hoosehaulds bi 1682 (Sytin, p. 296). In thair leids, meshchane meant simply "toun fowk", "the locals", athoot negative connotation; the name o Meshchanskaya sloboda persists tae date.
Seembols on the coat o airms denote:
- Gowden horn o plenty - the Central Bank
- Red brig - Kuznetsky Most
- The cannon - auld Moscow Armoury (пушечный двор) in present-day Pushechnaya Street
Gallery
[eedit | eedit soorce]North frae Garden Ring: fower historical biggins in a row are dividit atween Meshchansky an Maryina Roshcha Destrict
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Catherine's Institute, present-day Hoose o Cultur o Roushie Airmy
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Mariinsky Hospital, birthplace o Fyodor Dostoyevsky, an 1918 monument tae Dostoyevsky
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Alexander's Institute, a public hospital an aw
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Roushie Airmy Theater
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Notes
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- ↑ Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (21 Mey 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 o Roushie, Its Federal Destricts, Federal Subjects, Destricts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Admeenistrative Centres, an Rural Localities wi Population o Ower 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [Aw-Roushie Population Census o 2002] (in Roushie).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
Sources
[eedit | eedit soorce]- П. В. Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М. 1948
- City law on destrict boundaries, current version [1] Archived 2007-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Year o Dostoyevsky's monument referenced tae: "Архитектура РСФСР за XXX лет", М, 1949
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial wabsteid o Meshchansky Destrict Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie)