Prospekt Vernadskogo District

Prospekt Vernadskogo District (Russian: Проспект Вернадского райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.[4] The area of the district is 4.6154 square kilometers (1.7820 sq mi).[1] Population: 62,000 (2017 est.),

Prospekt Vernadskogo District
District
Vernadskogo prospekt in winter
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Location of Prospekt Vernadskogo District on the map of Moscow
Coordinates: 55°40′37″N 37°30′1″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow
Area [1]
• Total	4.6514 km^2 (1.7959 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  (2018)[2]	63,597
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [3])
OKTMO ID	45324000
Website	http://vernadskogo.mos.ru/

History

The district is named for Vladimir Vernadsky, the famed mineralogist and geochemist. In the 14th century, the area was a forested landholding of the Moscow metropolitans, known for its pine trees and associated shipbuilding. After a plague in 1655, Belorussians moved into the area. The population was only 600 at the start of the 20th century, but residential building began in earnest in the 1970s when large avenues and the subway reached the district. Until 1991, the district was known as Gagarinsky District, after which the current name was adopted.[1]

The Federal Security Service's anti-terrorism and analytical center is located in Prospekt Vernadskogo.[5]

Education

In the district is the main campus of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), one of the most exclusive institutions of higher education in Russia. Moscow International Prescool, an international kindergarten, is also situated in Prospekt Vernadskogo district.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Moscow

References

Notes

1. "General Information" (in Russian). Prospekt Vernadskogo District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
2. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
4. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 45», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 45, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
5. Bellingcat Investigation Team (February 17, 2020). ""V" For "Vympel": FSB's Secretive Department "V" Behind Assassination of Georgian Asylum Seeker in Germany". bellingcat. In addition to his visits to the FSO’s headquarters, Vadim Krasikov’s phone also connected on two different days to a cell near FSB’s anti-terrorist center at Prospect Vernadskogo: once in the afternoon on April 2, and a second time in the morning of July 2, 2019.

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