Alleys are a carriageway or a pedestrian road, seated on both sides at equal distances from each other by large bushes or trees. There are a lot of such alleys in Moscow, as well as in many cities of Russia.
In the Northern administrative district of the capital of Russia (the territory of the airport district) there is the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya alley (name until the 19th century is Zadnaya Prudovaya).
A brief history of the name
The alley got its modern name in connection with its location near the Petrovsko-Razumovsky passage. It was called Back Pond in the 19th century by the location of this green zone behind the pond located in Petrovsky Park (relative to the estate).
How did it all start?
Part of the territory where the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya Alley is now located earlier (the 16th century) was occupied by the village of Semchino on the river. Zhabne (now the Oktyabrskaya Railway area, at the platform of the same name). In 1676, these lands were bought by K.P. Naryshkin (grandfather of Peter I), and after the construction of the church of Peter and Paul at the end of the 17th century, the village was called Petrovsky. For information, this church was demolished in 1938. In the period of the XVIII-XIX centuries, the village passed into the possession of the famous counts Razumovsky, from where the second part of the name went. Petrovsky-Razumovsky in 1860 passed into the treasury, and in 1865 the Petrovsky Forestry and Agricultural Academy was opened there.
On the site of the wooden palace of Razumovsky G.K. demolished in 1862-1865, the architect Kampioni P.S. designed the main building of the academy in the Baroque style (palaces of the middle of the 18th century) according to the designs of Benoit N.L. Service buildings, forming a polygonal square in front of the main facade, were rebuilt from the wings of the estate (1750-1760) with the addition of another floor.
The academic complex also included buildings made in the style of early classicism (greenhouse, farm, playpen, etc.). In 1980, four cast-iron sculptures were installed in the park - allegories of the seasons. In 1917, this territory began to belong to Moscow, and since 1954 it turned into a mass housing development area. Today, the name in the name of the Petrovsky-Razumovsky Alley and the homonymous passage, as well as the passage of the Old Petrovsky-Razumovsky, has been preserved. Now there is a new metro station of the same name with an alley - Petrovskaya station.
Location
The Petrovsko-Razumovskaya alley of Moscow stretches to the northwest along the northeastern border of the Petrovsky park, starting from the driveway of the same name and the streets Nizhnyaya and Verkhnyaya Maslovka. From the southwest to the carriageway is adjacent Militiysky Lane and Theater Alley, then it turns to the north, where Letnaya Alley borders on the west, and then Mirsky Lane on the east side. Then the green park zone goes to the northwest, and from the southwest it is adjoined by the Lipovaya alley. Then it passes to the roundabout with the streets of Seregin and Planetnaya, as well as with the Naryshkinsky alley and the Old passage Petrovsko-Razumovsky.
On the south-western side, not far from the road, are the Petrovsky Palace and the Dynamo Stadium, and in the north-east, at the very beginning of the alley, is the Artist's Town. Here the picturesque natural vegetation of forests of Petrovsky Park grows. The total length of the alley is 1, 400 meters.
Buildings and constructions
The place from which the numbering of houses on the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya alley begins is Nizhnyaya Maslovka Street. Notable buildings in this place are the Artists' Town with apartments and workshops, a residential building of the Ministry of Defense, and CSKA Sports Boarding School.
In more detail, mention should be made of the Town of Artists, which is a cultural object of regional significance. The history of its creation began in the mid 20-ies of the XX century. At that time, ideas on the construction of public and residential buildings, cooperatives and communal houses on a professional and sectoral basis were quite widespread.
However, the grandiose plan to create an “art ship” with an exhibition pavilion and decorated with cuts in the form of sculptures, as well as with monumental buildings with large passage arches and spacious terraces, was not realized.
And yet, the plan to create a center of creative forces at Maslovka was realized. Today, in a huge number of workshops, professional artists work, where monuments, bas-reliefs, statues, as well as sketches of murals and frescoes for many public buildings and city squares are created. The town was located in two houses: No. 2 and No. 9 (respectively Petrovsko-Razumovskaya Alley, Verkhnyaya Maslovka).
