More than 2.5 thousand kilometers stretches Moscow. A huge modern metropolis, with endless streams of cars, always in a hurry, constantly in motion. It seems impossible to find a quiet patriarchal corner in this not falling asleep city. Surrounded on three sides by water and on the fourth cut off by factory buildings, the enclave lurks in the Filevsky floodplain.
Historical reference
For the first time, the future Filevsky possession of the Naryshkins is mentioned in chronicles dated 1454. Then in this remote place was a small monastery of St. Sava. Nearby stood a mill and two villages. One of them - Ipsky - formed the future possession.
In 1520, Vasily III granted the land to Mstislavsky. Owners practically did not appear in their lands. The area came to life a bit only during the royal hunt. In summer, the surrounding forests were famous for falconry, in winter they took a bear.
Only the new owner Naryshkin from 1690 began to equip the estate. A rich wooden master's house appeared, standing out for hours with a tower. A large garden was laid out nearby, several ponds were equipped, and a stone church was built on the Filevskaya floodplain. Peter I granted a very large sum at that time to decorate the interior of the building. The best stone masters worked on the temple. Before the entrance, a cascade of park lawns and ponds descending to the river was arranged.
Khrunichev Plant
Only by the XIX century Filevskaya floodplain became a suburb of Moscow. Rich possession was fragmented. The plots changed owners. A railroad approached Fili from Moscow. Residents of the floodplain got the opportunity to go to work in the city. The pre-revolutionary 1916th was the year of birth of the automobile plant in the area of the Filevskaya floodplain. After the October Revolution, the new Soviet government was actively engaged in the industrialization of the country. By 1927, the automobile plant was reoriented, the construction of the aircraft of the German company "Junkers" began. Over the next 8 years, Fili joined Moscow and became a large industrial area. Throughout World War II, the aircraft factory did not stop working. The famous I-4 fighters, a number of models of bombers and reconnaissance aircraft were made.
After the war, it was decided to redesign the plant to develop new equipment. In 1960, the rocket history of the enterprise began.
The birth of the neighborhood
Initially, the field between the Moskva River and the aircraft factory was occupied by an airfield. After the cessation of aircraft production and the beginning of work on rocketry, the airfield lost its significance. It was decided to build a residential district in its place for new plant specialists. Filevskaya floodplain began to be rebuilt as a residential area.
Instead of the runway, the boulevard was laid, which became the center of construction. Passing from east to west, it ends with a small wooden church in the name of Seraphim of Sarov. This, of course, is not a magnificent temple, built during the time of Peter I, but in any case it carries the spiritual life of the area. Nearby is the stone structure of the Church of All Saints.
To the north of the boulevard, along the bend of the river, two modern microdistricts have been built. Residential complex "River House", which has excellent access to the coastal strip. Due to its isolation, the forest belt along the coast has a pristine natural appearance.
How lives Filevsky Boulevard
As already mentioned, water surrounds the neighborhood from the east, west and north. In the south, Filevsky Boulevard connects with Myasishchev Street and forms a ring along the industrial zone. The corps of the Khrunichev factory stretches further . The only road leading to the big city is Novofilevsky passage. Public transport that allows you to get to the metro - bus number 653 (metro "Fili"), number 152 (metro "Krasnopresnenskaya").
Despite their remoteness from the life of a big city, the floodplain old-timers were not very happy about the appearance of the modern River House microdistrict. The load on the coastal zone has increased, Novofilevsky passage does not allow to significantly increase the throughput for cars. The only clinic of the Filevskaya floodplain is located south of the plant. This creates certain inconveniences, especially with a sharp increase in the number of inhabitants.
The future of the floodplain
Given that the Kremlin from the Filevskaya floodplain is only 15-20 minutes away by car, the value of the land in this place is obvious. Ecologically clean area of Moscow, near the largest recreation area - Filevsky and Voroshilovsky parks. The reconstruction project of the city assumed that along with the construction of a new microdistrict, a road would be laid along the Moskva River embankment, the district would be connected to the opposite bank by a bridge. Filevskaya floodplain will receive in 2020 its own metro station. The Central Bank of Russia was to build an office and business center along the boulevard. It was planned to build a pedestrian bridge across the Moscow River and provide access to the Children's Wonderland Park.
So far, all the grandiose plans have remained only on paper.
How to get to the big city
So far, the only road remains Novofilevsky passage and two public transport routes to the metro. True, in severe winters, when the ice on the river becomes strong enough, residents can walk to Karamyshevskaya embankment. Five hundred meters on ice and trolleybuses 43, 61, with buses 48, 294 are available. There is a connection with the Zvenigorod highway and then the road to the south-west.
In summer, you can stroll along the western bank of the river to Filevsky Park. Distance - a little more than a kilometer from the temple.
Moscow is a big city. Quiet courtyards and noisy tracks, stone jungle and calm green neighborhoods coexist in an amazing way here. Filevskaya floodplain is a vivid example of such contrasts.