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31-400: Until 1957, Leningradsky Prospekt was part of Leningrad Highway (Petersburg Highway prior to 1924). Both avenues retain their Lenin -related names after the reinstatement of the historical Saint Petersburg name. The old road to Tver , changing its course over Middle Ages, settled in its present site in the 16th century. The name Peterburskoye Schosse (Highway) was established when the road

62-565: A criminal case was opened against him, and on 25 July 2006, he was arrested and soon convicted. In the elections on 7 December 2003, Vladimir Strelchenko was elected to the post of head of the Khimki district (20.0% of the votes, or 15,085); the vice-head was businessman Igor Belousov. Strelchenko was supported in the elections by the governor of the Moscow Oblast, Boris Gromov . The second candidate, Yevgeny Artamonov, received 16.8% of

93-784: A direct distance of 22 kilometres from Moscow city centre. At the time of the conflict this location was outside Khimki. This memorial is different to the Khimki War Memorial moved in 2007 to in Novoluzhinskoe cemetery. Khimki was home to several Soviet aerospace defense development centers that became the principal employers for the majority of the city population. This included R&D enterprises which designed surface-to-air missiles for S-75 , S-125 , S-200 , S-300 Soviet air defense systems, engines for intercontinental ballistic missiles and satellite launch vehicles , and other types of equipment. For this reason, Khimki

124-679: A great deal of commercial activity due to its location between Moscow and one of its main airports, Sheremetyevo . As of 2015 some aerospace-development centers located in Khimki contribute to a program of the International Space Station . Former Soviet aerospace and defense development centers located in Khimki: Khimki hosts one of the largest shopping malls in Russia , which features French chain-store Auchan and Swedish furniture-retailer IKEA . Khimki station

155-618: A letter of resignation from the post of head of the city district, which was approved by the Council of Deputies of the city district. On 10 November 2014, Vladimir Sleptsov was appointed acting head of the Khimki administration, and in December of the same year he was confirmed as head of the district administration. On 14 November 2014, deputies of the Council of Deputies of the Khimki City District elected Alexander Dryannov as

186-643: Is 1.8 km (1.1 mi) south east of Molzhaninovo railway station . The memorial was unveiled on 6 December 1966 as a 25th anniversary recognition of the launch of the Soviet counter offensive. This location is just short of an intersection with the Moscow–St Petersburg railway (close to where the IKEA shopping centre has since been built). This memorial and shopping centre on the Northern side of Khimki has

217-567: Is a city in Moscow Oblast , Russia. It is located approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) northwest from central Moscow , and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area . The city of Khimki is attached to the city of Moscow and has a border with it. Khimki was initially a railway station that existed since 1850 on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway . The Moskva-Volga Canal was constructed between 1932 and 1937 on which Khimki lies on

248-1023: Is a cloverleaf interchange with Belomorskaya Street . The highway crosses the Moscow Canal , MKAD and enters Urban Okrug Khimki in Moscow Oblast . There it crosses Yubileyiny Prospekt, Mayakovsky street, Novoskhodnenskoye Highway, Mashkinskoye Highway, and 9th May street, and returns to Northern Administrative Okrug near MEGA shopping center. In Molzhaninovsky District Mezhdunarodnoye Highway derives from Leningradskoye Highway and heads towards terminals D, E, and F of Sheremetyevo International Airport . Oktyabrskaya Railway goes under this interchange. After Sheremetyevskoye Highway derives from Leningradskoye Highway towards terminals A, B, and C, Leningradskoe Highway enters back to Moscow Oblast and follows towards Zelenograd . 55°50′41″N 37°28′38″E  /  55.84472°N 37.47722°E  / 55.84472; 37.47722 Khimki Khimki ( Russian : Химки , IPA: [ˈxʲimkʲɪ] )

279-456: Is improving transportation to remote districts beyond MKAD and Sheremetyevo Airport, however, the worst bottleneck on the road, in the city of Khimki , is not addressed at all. In addition, the project began with irreversible destruction of the public tram route along the Prospekt. In March, 2006, the approved project stages were valued at 57 billion roubles (2.1 billion US Dollars ) [1] ;

310-522: The Triumph-Palace skyscraper and the 1730s baroque Church of All Saints ( photographs ) near the Sokol station. Its bell tower is one of Russia's leaning towers . Since 2005, the city of Moscow is engaged in a multi-billion project of converting Leningradsky arterial , from downtown Tverskaya Street to MKAD , into a 12-lane, non-stop freeway with frontage roads . Authorities declare the goal

341-657: The Administration of the Governor of the Moscow Oblast. Maria Kitaeva, the governor's adviser on information issues, told ITAR-TASS, "he wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will." The statement was written after Strelchenko's conversation with Sergei Shoigu . One of the reasons for the resignation of Vladimir Strelchenko was the appearance of compromising evidence on the Himkileaks website. On 17 August 2012, First Deputy Head of Administration Oleg Shakhov

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372-618: The Governor of Moscow, planned the first regular grid of city streets north from Petrovsky Palace; two streets in the area still retain Bashilov's name. Territories south of the highway - Khodynka Field - were used mostly for military training. Bashilov also laid down the boulevards along the highway; some of them remain to date. Soon, the beginning of Petersburg Highway turned into an upper-class recreation area, with country restaurants and racetrack (completed in 1883). Smolensky Rail station (forerunner of present-day Belorussky Rail Terminal )

403-483: The Khimki branch of the LDPR - Nikolai Kovtun. Chairman of the Khimki branch of A Just Russia - Mikhail Khorsev. Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is incorporated as Khimki City Under Oblast Jurisdiction —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , Khimki City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Khimki Urban Okrug . The city enjoys

434-752: The Khimki urban district consists of six parties: United Russia , the Communist Party of the Russian Federation , the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , A Just Russia , Yabloko , and Rodina . Secretary of the local branch of the United Russia Party - Dmitry Voloshin. First secretary of the Khimki city branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - Alexey Perfilov. Coordinator of

465-437: The border between Voykovsky District and Koptevo District . After crossing Small railway ring Leningradskoye Highway enters Golovinsky District . There is an interchange with Golovinskoye Highway near Vodny Stadion metro station. Until 2008 this crossing was served by traffic lights. That was the last traffic light on the highway. After crossing Flotskaya Street the highway follows across Levobereznhy District . There

496-468: The city has placed an absolute cap on this project at 1 trillion roubles (38 billion US dollars). The plan includes the following stages (from city center to MKAD): So far, there are no definite plans of reconstructing the highway in Khimki . There are plans to build a bypass private toll road to the airport currently in design stage. Daytime traffic is frequently paralyzed by construction detours, thus

527-556: The closest point the Germans reached to Moscow (Khimki at the time was 8 km (almost 4 or 5 mi), from the edge of Moscow). Among the sources stating the Germans visited Khimki the details of the date and unit involved are inconsistent and disputed. One story of events asserts a skirmish took place in Khimki on 16 October at the Leningradskoe Shosse bridge involving a German motorcycle unit, but this would have been far from

558-490: The head of the Khimki region was Yuri Korablin, and the vice-head was Sergei Krivorotenko. In 2001, Korablin became a deputy of the Moscow Oblast Duma, and his post was automatically taken by the vice-head. Unlike other municipalities in the Moscow Oblast, the charter of the Khimki district clearly provided for this option. In September 2003, Sergei Krivorotenko disappeared from the administration. Subsequently,

589-681: The immediate threat to Moscow" started on 5 December on the North-Western Front (the area around Khimki North West of Moscow). The South-Western Front and Western Fronts began their offensives on 6 December. The German forces were driven back. Moscow was never under such close land threat again during the war. A memorial in the form of a giant tank trap is located at the "Kilometer 23" point 55°54′46.103″N 37°24′10.577″E  /  55.91280639°N 37.40293806°E  / 55.91280639; 37.40293806 ) of Leningradskoye Highway (the highway to St. Petersburg). The memorial

620-461: The junction of Petersburg and Volokolamsk highway, remains one of the last two single-family neighborhoods in Moscow (the other one is Serebryany Bor ). Since the 1910s, Khodynka has been used as Moscow's airfield, and housed Moscow's Central Airport until the 1950s; irregular DOSAAF flights continued until the 1980s. Leningradsky Highway (beyond city limits) is now home to Sheremetyevo Airport ,

651-424: The largest airport in Moscow, which makes the avenue connecting the city center with the highway an even more important street in Moscow. Local transportation developed from trams (1901–2005) to trolleybuses (1933) and subway (1938). Leningradsky Prospekt itself is home to the future Dynamo Stadium and CSKA Moscow 's winter and basketball arenas. Educational institutions include: Notable buildings include

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682-459: The main body of German forces at that time. Another account is a patrol reached Khimki around 30 November or early December before returning to its main unit without combat. The dates mentioned for this second account vary. A myth surrounding this is that the Germans would have been able to see the Kremlin 19 kilometres in the distance from Khimki. The Soviet Army counter offensive for "removing

713-564: The major thruways of Russia's capital, it connects Moscow with several large commuter towns such as Khimki and Zelenograd , as well as with Sheremetyevo Airport . Leningradskoye Highway begins in Sokol District in Northern Administrative Okrug where it derives from Leningradsky Prospekt along with Volokolamskoye Highway . The highway follows northwestbound, crosses Rizshkaya Railway and goes along

744-431: The new Head of the city district. On 2 August 2016, Vladimir Sleptsov was appointed head of the Khimki city district. On 22 September 2016, Sleptsov resigned of his own free will. First Deputy Head of Administration Dmitry Voloshin was appointed acting head of the city district. In December 2016, by decision of the Council of Deputies, Dmitry Voloshin was elected head of the Khimki city district. The Council of Deputies of

775-404: The only reliable transportation is through Zamoskvoretskaya Line of Moscow Metro ( Belorusskaya to Sokol ). 55°47′34″N 37°32′54″E  /  55.79278°N 37.54833°E  / 55.79278; 37.54833 Leningrad Highway Leningradskoye Highway ( Russian : Ленинградское шоссе ) is a part of M10 federal highway Moscow – Saint Petersburg inside Moscow. One of

806-481: The vote (12,672). In the 2009 elections, Vladimir Strelchenko was re-elected to the post of head of the Khimki urban district (50.4%, or 27,443). Igor Belousov also participated in the elections and scored 22.8% (12,401). On 15 August 2012, Vladimir Strelchenko announced through the official website of the City Administration that he resigned, effective 17 August 2012. This information was confirmed by

837-522: The west bank. Khimki was then officially founded in 1939. The German attack starting the Battle of Moscow (code-named 'Operation Typhoon') began on 2 October 1941. The attack on a broad front brought German forces to occupy the village of Krasnaya Polyana (now in the town of Lobnya ) to Moscow's North West. Krasnaya Polyana was taken on 30 November. Many sources state that at least one German army patrol visited Khimki. Similarly many sources state this as

868-553: Was appointed acting Head of the Khimki City District, having taken this position only two days earlier - on 15 August 2012. Before this, Shakhov worked as first deputy governor of the Tula Oblast . Having defeated opposition candidate Yevgeniya Chirikova in the elections held on 14 October 2012, Shakhov became the Head of the city district. In November 2014, Oleg Shakhov was accused of fraud of 22 million rubles, after which he wrote

899-586: Was inaugurated in 1870. Between 1882 and 1896, Khodynka housed the national Exhibition of Industry and Arts, later transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod fairground. In the 1890s-1900s, the highway was gradually urbanized, with factories and residential quarters, ranging from working-class barracks to luxury country homes of the Morozov family, Nikolay Eichenwald and Fyodor Schechtel . The Sokol Settlement of single-family homes, built in early 1920s near

930-686: Was off limits for all foreigners visiting the country, despite its location on a highway between Moscow and its major international airport. In 2010 the city saw protests over the construction of the new Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway through the Khimki Forest . The city of Khimki is adjacent to the city of Moscow, immediately beyond the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD). Population: 254,748 ( 2019 Census ); 207,425 ( 2010 Census ); 141,000 ( 2002 Census ); 132,902 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 106,000 (1977); 23,000 (1939). Until 2001,

961-426: Was properly paved between 1786 and 1790. The most important historical building on the road, Gothic Revival Petrovsky Palace , was built in 1776–1780 by Matvey Kazakov as the last station of royal journeys from Saint Petersburg to Moscow. Coaches for lesser classes arrived and departed from Vsekhsvyatskoye village near present-day Sokol metro station. In the 1830s, general Alexander Bashilov , then employed by

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