Maryina Roshcha
| Maryina roshcha District район Марьина роща (Russian) |
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 Location of Maryina roshcha District in Moscow (pre-2012 map) |
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| Coordinates: 55°48′N 37°37′E / 55.800°N 37.617°ECoordinates: 55°48′N 37°37′E / 55.800°N 37.617°E | |
.jpg) Street in Maryina roshcha District |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | federal city of Moscow |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2013) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Maryina roshcha Municipal Okrug |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 65,973 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 65,973 |
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| 2002 Census | 60,194 |
Maryina roshcha District (Russian: райо́н Ма́рьина ро́ща, lit. "Mary's grove") is an administrative district (raion), one of the seventeen in North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 65,973.
The historical area of Maryina Roshcha, which emerged in the mid-19th century on the site of Sheremetev family lands, retained its low-rise, country style until the 1960s.
The village of Maryino (Ма́рьино), also known as Boyarkino (Боя́ркино), appears in official registers since 1678, when it had a population of 102 people in 22 households. Maryino and the adjacent village of Ostankino (located on the territory of modern Ostankinsky District) with a park were owned by the Cherkassky family. In the mid-18th century, the last Princess Cherkassky married Count P.B. Sheremetev and the land passed into Sheremetev family's possession. Sheremetevskaya Street—the main north-south street of the district—is still named after these past landlords. Around this time, a grove (roshcha) near the village of Maryino was called "Maryina", a name that "has stuck to this day, even though the grove was completely cut down in the late 19th century".
After the Great Fire of 1812, the groves between Moscow and Maryino were felled for timber, but quickly recovered and became a popular picnic destination. The name Maryina Roshcha became a toponym independent of the old Maryino village. Vasily Zhukovsky wrote a romantic story of the same name; his version of the etymology is pure fiction, as is the legend linking Maryina Roshcha to a female highway robber called Marya.
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