The year 1742 in the Russian Empire did not differ much from previous years. Empress Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Peter I, ascended the throne. The reforms laid down by the great emperor continued. Domestic customs duties were abolished, trade revived. St. Petersburg flourished. Moscow, as the old capital, received significant advantages and was constantly expanding.
History of Oleniy Val Street
The old fortifications of Moscow by 1742 ceased to correspond to the prevailing situation. Regarding order, the city needed protection from troubled suburbs. The construction of the Chamber-College shaft began. An earthen embankment 37 km long formed a new border. Entrance to the city was controlled by 18 outposts. But already 100 years after the start of construction, the importance of the shaft ceased to satisfy modern conditions. The outposts were liquidated, earthen fortifications were decided to remove. Streets began to form along the rampart. The last major project to build fortifications around Moscow was never completed. The ring did not close. The resulting streets awaited a different fate. Many began to play a significant role in the life of the city. Some disappeared like courtyard driveways. Some became part of a major traffic intersection of the third ring road. Another fate awaits the Deer Val.
Street location
The Kamer-Kollegsky fortification separated the ennobled Sokolniki Park from the Deer Grove, part of which is today known as the Deer Island.
The section from Sokolnicheskaya Zastava to the Yauza River remained deaf for many years. Civilization as if bypasses him. Quiet Moscow street The deer shaft begins from the square of Moscow Ognebortsev with a tram ring. The path of the 4th route runs parallel to the Bogorodsky highway, along the green zone. The movement of cars is not provided here. After 900 meters, after the Jäger pond, an automobile road appears parallel to the tram track. Two transport sections are connected by a 200-meter section of Korolenko Street. The tram route goes to Bolshaya Olenaya Street, and the road along Olenny Val after 800 meters rests on the embankment of the Yauza River. Then Glebovsky bridge, and begins Bogorodsky Val.
Interesting Facts
Oleniy Val is interesting not so much for its buildings as a wonderful green zone. Of the buildings there are only 15 houses, and those of a typical construction of the second half of the XX century. Another thing ponds:
- Jaeger pond has existed since the 17th century. Nearby was the settlement of the royal rangers. Rulers have been fond of hunting here for many years. Today, the water surface is 1.5 hectares, the territory is well equipped. An artificial island with a fountain was made in the center of the pond; nymphaea water lilies bloom.
- Deer ponds, namely two out of five - Big and Small. Ponds were laid under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. The cascade starts from the Temple of Tikhon Zadonsky and stretches to the Yauza River. An artificial island was made on the Big Deer, to which an openwork bridge leads.
How to get there
In the north-east of Moscow Oleniy Val is located near metro stations:
- "Transfiguration Square", 2 km along Preobrazhenskaya street past the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, then "Stromynka" and turn onto Korolenko street.
- Sokolniki, 150 meters along Sokolniki Park past the Jaegers Pond. You can travel by tram - routes 4l, 4pr, 13, 33, 45.