Few people wonder why modern roads often do not follow the shortest route, they loop heavily and have many bends. Indeed, in our time there are many technical tools that allow you to quickly make clearings in the forests, bridges, tunnels in the mountains. And the thing is that many roads in Russia are simply laid on the site of the old ones, rolled back in antiquity. This route category includes, for example, the Moscow Schelkovo highway - the former Stromynsky highway.
When was laid
This road appeared in Russia in ancient times - even before Moscow was built. In any case, there are references to it in the annals until 1147. The Stromynsky tract was originally laid before Suzdal. The road passed through Moscow, Izmailovo, Shchitnikovo, Ledovo, Bear Lakes, Aniskino, Fomino (now Chernogolovka), Stromyn, Kirzhach. She ended in Vladimir and Yuryev-Polsky.
Who and when paved this way, historians do not know. But it is known for certain that Vladimir Monomakh himself once traveled along this highway. There is a mention of this, for example, in his “Teaching”.
"Blood vein"
What was the Stromynsky tract once? The history of the road dates back to ancient times. And up to the XIX century. she was one of the busiest transport routes in the country.
The tract got its name in honor of the Stromynsky Monastery. In ancient times, merchants who transported a variety of goods traveled along this road. The coachmen also worked on the tract. Foreign guests traveled along it.
In those distant times, this road became a real “blood vein” of inhospitable wooded, swampy lands. Over time, of course, many villages were built along it. Real estate was being built on the Stromynsky tract in Chernogolovka (Fomino), Aniskino, Ledovo, Kirzhach and other cities and villages. The population living here was mainly engaged in pottery and weaving. The finished linens and earthenware dishes of the villages were carried out to the road and sold to those passing by.
The tract in later times
With the advent of the industrial era, the life of the villages of the Stromynsky tract changed. Merchants who settled here taught the locals how to make expensive fabrics - silk velvet, halfmech and plush. Later, enterprising people built estates along the road and opened factories. Weaving at home has since begun to be a thing of the past. Local craftsmen became wage laborers. Weavers received about 25 rubles in those days. per month (with a cow cost of 5 rubles) and produced about 1 arshin of material per day. One of the interesting features is that the factory workers had the opportunity to go on vacation for three months in the summer - in order to grow vegetables in the garden.
Of course, at that time various kinds of infrastructure along the highway were actively developing. Hospitals, schools were opened in the settlements, temples were built. The velvet produced at local factories was exported, including to Europe, and won many awards.
What was transported along the road
It is believed that in the old days the Stromynsky tract was primarily a trade route. According to historians, basically two groups of goods were transported along it:
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local
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distant.
In the first case, in addition to fabrics and pottery, these were vegetables and fruits, tar, coal, firewood, honey, fish, felt boots, various kinds of peasant equipment, grain, sheepskin, etc. Fur goods included furs, gem stones, Ural metal, Kazan soap and morocco, Siberian gold, bear meat (in winter), Chinese raw silk, bone products. Carts of distant merchants often could consist of hundreds of carts.
Sunset time
For a long time, therefore, this road was the most important highway in the country. However, at the beginning of the XIX century. on the Stromynsky tract there was a decline in traffic stress. Then in Russia the steamship movement began to actively develop. Also, at the beginning of the industrialization era, many new highways, and later railways, were laid in the country. Among other things, a more direct, in comparison with Stromynsky, Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod (Vladimir) highway was built. As a result, the road, and with it the settlements along it, fell into economic decline.
In the end, the Stromynsky tract, whose history began in the 12th century, turned into an ordinary big dog, which has almost only local significance. Goods were still being transported along this road. But they were already much smaller than in the old days.
Modern road
This ancient tract has been preserved, as already mentioned, partly in our days. In Moscow, this is Stromynka Street and Schelkovskoye Shosse. The Stromynsky tract continues in Chernogolovka. Here it is two transport branches - Institutsky Prospekt and Semenova Ave. Also part of this old road are some sections of the Chernogolovka-Kirzhach-Kolchugino-Bavleny-Yuryev-Polsky highway.
In addition, the former highway is some streets in such settlements as:
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Stromyn.
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Draft.
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Filippovskoe.
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Courtyards.
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Alenino.
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Berezhki.
In Suzdal, Stromynka Street, also a former highway, passes.
The busiest section of the ancient Stromynsky tract - Shchelkovo highway - is currently the shortest radiation path in Moscow. After the Moscow Ring Road, the city blocks along it were built for as much as 20 km. These areas belong to Moscow and, for example, in this part of the former Stromynsky tract, apartments cost the same as in the capital. Until 1960, the Shchelkovo highway was called Stromynsky.
sights
The Stromynsky tract was built in ancient times. And of course, along this road many of the most interesting sights have been preserved. For example, noteworthy tourists and researchers along the way are:
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Bear Lake.
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Pokrovsky temple.
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Trinity Cathedral.
Of course, other, no less interesting sights have been preserved along this old tract. However, these three are located closest to Moscow and it will not be difficult to examine them.
Bear Lake
This ancient pond is located next to the village of the same name in the Shchelkovo district of Moscow oblast along the route. Once these lands were owned by the close Peter I Alexander Menshikov. An ancient legend exists about this lake, according to which, in its depths, a huge mysterious snake lives. This lake can be very interesting for fishermen as well. You can sit here with a fishing rod for a small fee. Judging by the reviews, fish on the lake is very well caught.
Pokrovsky temple
This attraction is located near the Shchelkovo highway about 10 km from the Moscow Ring Road. Once there was the estate Pehra-Pokrovsky, also owned by Alexander Menshikov. In this place, the close associate of Peter I, among other things, built a palace and park ensemble, named in honor of the tsar’s son Alexey Palace. After the death of Peter I, Menshikov, as you know, fell out of favor and was exiled to the Tobolsk province, where he later died.
Without the owner, the estate and the palace complex quickly fell into decay. After some time, the local father-superior had the idea to remake the village Pokrovsky wooden church of the 15th century into a stone one. At the same time, it was decided to take the material from the Alekseevsky Palace.
After the revolution, this temple was closed, and the priests were repressed. However, in the 90s, this church, like many others, was again transferred to believers. Today anyone can visit her.
Trinity Cathedral
This attraction is located in the city of Schelkovo on Proletarsky Prospekt. A feature of the Trinity Cathedral is primarily unusual Gothic architecture. This church is a unique architectural object of the Moscow Region, once built by local residents. The land for this temple was donated in 1909 by the merchant A.I. Sinitsyn. The project was developed by Moscow architect S. Goncharov, the grand-nephew of Pushkin's wife, Natalia Goncharova.
For a very long time, the Holy Synod did not dare to approve the unusual design of the Orthodox church. The drawings were redone several times, but in the end the church was built. In 1912, the residents of Schelkovo sent an application to Emperor Nicholas II for the name of the temple in honor of his son Tsarevich Alexei and received permission.
This church was consecrated in 1916. In 1929 it was closed. During the Second World War, a foundry was operating in the church. In 1980, the church decided to demolish. However, the Olympics prevented this. The authorities did not want to spoil the appearance of Shchelkovo near Moscow before the arrival of foreign guests. In the 90s, prayers again began to take place in the church.
Real estate on the Stromynsky tract
Of course, many people would like to live in the settlements located next to this old road. Along the Shchelkovo highway and several kilometers beyond the MKAD, real estate is fabulously expensive. The price of one and a half in new buildings in local residential complexes is not less than 2.7-3.0 million rubles.
The farther from Moscow, the lower the cost of apartments in the settlements along this old road. For example, the price of real estate in Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, on the Stromynsky tract is still quite high. The cost of a lorry here starts from 2.4 million rubles. In Vladimir, the price of such apartments is already 1.5-2.5 million rubles.
Those who want to buy an apartment on the Stromynsky Trakt in Chernogolovka, Filippovsky, Yards, etc., need to prepare a very large amount of money in this way. You can also take a mortgage for 15-20 years.
