Lenin Hills (Moscow): history, location

This microdistrict, bordered by Lomonosovsky, Michurinsky avenues, st. Kosygin and Prospect Vernadsky, is part of the Moscow district of Ramenki.

This article will briefly present historical information about this remarkable corner of the Russian capital, the Vorobyovy Gory.

Location:

Vorobyovy Gory (in 1924-1991 - Leninskie) are located in the southwestern part of Moscow, opposite the sports complex "Luzhniki". Like all the Moscow mountains, and these do not correspond to this status, because it is just a hilly part of the bank of the Moskva River (part of the Upland of Teplostanskaya), washed up by the current. The Vorobyovy Mountains are one of the seven hills on which Moscow was built. They stretch from the mouth of the river. Setuni to the very Andreevsky Bridge. With the Neskuchny garden adjoins the southern border of the hills.

The Vorobyevy Mountains are located practically in the center of the capital of Russia, about 5.5 kilometers from the Kremlin, and 13 from the Moscow Ring Road.

Infrastructure, attractions

Here are the streets of Lebedev, Mendeleevskaya, Academicians of Samara and Khokhlov, University Square and University Ave.

On the territory of the district (Lenin Hills) are the buildings of the famous Moscow State University. M. Lomonosov, the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University and many other historically significant buildings. Nearby are the station "University" and "Vorobyovy Gory" of the Moscow metro.

The viewing platform, which towers opposite the high-rise building of the Moscow State University (main building), has long been a popular holiday destination for many Moscow residents and guests of the capital. Its height is about 80 meters above the river. Moscow, which allows you to see the spectacular panorama of the city.

Not far from the observation deck on the Vorobyov Mountains is the Church of the Trinity of the Life-Giving. This miraculously survived during the struggle against the fascists architectural structure. When it was erected, it is unknown. But he is mentioned by Tolstoy in his world-famous novel "War and Peace."

History

The history of the origin of this area (the Lenin Hills) goes back to distant times. Its name came from the oldest village of Vorobyevo. It is known that the princess Sophia (the daughter of the Lithuanian Grand Duke and the wife of Prince Vasily I of Moscow) at the end of the XV century acquired from the Orthodox priest (the nickname of his Sparrow) a village named Vorobyevo. According to inaccurate data, there is a probability that the village is the oldest settlement that existed once in the territory of modern Moscow. It turned into the residence (summer) of the Grand Duke, and later - the king.

Numerous tourists have long visited the Lenin Hills. Moscow from this place is surveyed magnificently. Vorobyovy mountains - a kind, a viewing platform for some of the conquerors of the city. From this place, Kazi-Girey (Crimean Khan) and Khotkevich (Polish hetman) looked at Moscow . In the XVII-XVIII centuries at the foot of the Vorobyovy Mountains (northern part) there was a monastery called Andreevsky, and the second half of the XIX century is significant because this corner became popular as a country district.

It is not known exactly when the Vorobyovy Mountains were renamed Leninsky. There are 3 dates: 1924, 1935 and 1936. Many historians claim that this happened in memory of Lenin, the year of his death. Some argue that the renaming is the result of the construction in this area of a large center of physical education them. Lenin.

In 1999, the old official name was officially returned to the mountains. At the same time, the Moscow metro station was renamed.

Today, the microdistrict, unlike the metro station and the park, was not renamed the Vorobyovy Gory. For example, the address of the main building of the main Moscow University is officially written as follows: Moscow, 119991, Lenin Hills, Moscow State University, house 1.

Conclusion

The Lenin Hills in 1987 were declared a natural monument. In 1988, the State Nature Reserve "Vorobyovy Gory" was established on this site. And today the reserve is engaged in projects aimed at protecting the heritage (historical and natural) of the city of Moscow. Within the framework of these projects, various eco-tourism routes were developed, along which excursions are conducted, environmental education is conducted among schoolchildren, and studies are also being conducted.

It should be noted that the Vorobyovy Gory never conducted construction and the land was not used for agricultural needs. This is due to the fact that in these places there are large differences in the relief, and there are quite active landslide processes.