Yuzhnoye Tushino District
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 Location of Yuzhnoye Tushino District on the map of Moscow |
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 Former Bratzevo estate, Yuzhnoye Tushino District |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow |
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| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Yuzhnoye Tushino District (Russian: Южное Тушино райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of North-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.
Before 1960 district territories was part of Moscow oblast. It had part of city Tushino and villages Petrovo and Zakharkovo. The first wave of mass housing in the district began in the 1940-1950s still a part of the city Tushino. At that time, it was built along the streets of neighborhoods Skhodnenskaya, Lodochnaya and Okruzhnaya, but is currently under a mass demolition of these buildings and the construction in their place, modern high-rise buildings. The next wave of construction took place in the 1960-1970s, When neighborhoods were built along the boulevards Yana Raynisa (named after Janis Rajnis) and Khimkinski (after Khimka river, now this boulevard is near Khimkinskoye reservoir), Aerodromnaya (Tushino airport) and Turistskaya (tourist) streets. In the 1980s, neighborhoods were built along the streets Vasili Petushkova and knitting directions.
Coordinates: 55°49′53″N 37°26′24″E / 55.83139°N 37.44000°E
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