Kuzminki District is a district of South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

South-Eastern Administrative Okrug

South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, or Yugo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug , is one of ten administrative okrugs of Moscow. It was founded in 1991 and has an area of...

 of Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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. Its area is 493 hectares (1,218.2 acre). Population:

History

The main point of interest in the district is the Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki

Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki

Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki is an estate formerly belonging to the Stroganov and Golitsyn families of the Russian nobility. Today, it is incorporated into Kuzminki-Lyublino historical park located in Moscow's Kuzminki District...

, a former estate of the Stroganov and Golitsyn families. In 17th century the territory of the modern district belonged to the Simon monastery. In 1702 Peter the Great gave this land to Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov

Stroganovs

The Stroganovs or Strogonovs , also spelled in French manner as Stroganoffs, were a family of highly successful Russian merchants, industrialists, landowners, and statesmen of the 16th – 20th centuries who eventually earned nobility.-Origins:...

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Transportation

Two Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...

 stations are located in the district: Kuzminki and Volzhskaya

Volzhskaya

Volzhskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. The station was opened on 28 December, 1995 as the final part of the first stage of the Lyblinsky radius and was the line's terminus for just under a year Volzhskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. The station...

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External links

History of Kuzminki District Local government in Kuzminki

• Kuzminki - Photo Album - 310 photos and 113 digital paintings discovering the beauty of Kuzminki (Moscow, Russia) region. (Russian website)