Once the village of Murino and the Okhta Alley were a quiet suburb of St. Petersburg. Mostly villagers lived there, who went for mushrooms, and caught fish and crayfish in the Okhta River. It’s hard to imagine that for some 100 years there was no trace of a quiet ecological village, and the river is so polluted that it’s even scary to wash your hands in it.
However, this does not frighten hundreds of thousands of people who are very eager to buy apartments in this area, and the Okhta Alley today has turned into a high-rise street, because of which no stars can be seen at night.
Murino
Murino village appeared long before the formation of St. Petersburg. Previously, it belonged to the Swedes and had a similar name. After the capture of these lands by the Russians, the village passed into our possession. In Murino, an estate was erected, which for some time passed from hand to hand, until in 1749 it passed to the Vorontsov family and belonged to them until the February Revolution of 1917. Under the Vorontsovs, the estate developed and grew, became a volost and gained a new status. A church was built, monuments and monuments were erected.
The Vorontsovs gave the peasants land a few years before the official abolition of serfdom. After the communists came to power, all the Vorontsovs fled around the world, the estate was nationalized and destroyed, and the monuments were demolished.
During the years of Soviet rule, the village of Murino became a favorite place for summer residents. The land there was inexpensive, and nature was amazing. Crayfish were caught in the cleanest river Okhta, the forest was generous with mushrooms and berries, and the land was suitable for cultivating horticultural crops. In 1988, the church was restored, which was soon returned to believers. During the years of active construction, civilization came very close to Murino. A new metro line "Devyatkino" was opened, and new buildings were attacking the once rural area.
Today Murino is hard to imagine as an environmentally friendly suburb of St. Petersburg. This is an area with actively developing infrastructure, high-rises and gas contamination of modern roads.
Okhtinsky Alley
The residential complex "New Murino" has 12 residential 27-storey complexes. Just a few years ago, a real boom in construction began in the village of Murino. The central Okhta Alley is an alley of high-rise buildings.
Murino is a city in a city. Metro station "Devyatkino" - and you find yourself in a stone jungle, where in every house there are shops, flower salons, sushi shops. Across the road - kindergartens, schools, parking lots, shopping centers, restaurants, but only with a clinic is still problematic. Relatively inexpensive housing attracted young people from all over Russia and Petersburgers who dream of their own apartment. Almost every third apartment in a mortgage, many children. Moreover, houses continue to be built, the area is populated, and of course there is no work. The whole stream of young working-age population daily strives to the city, some by cars, some by metro. And this creates its problems, kilometer traffic jams on the CAD Ring Road, crowded wagons. What will happen next, one can only guess, but so far the flow of people wishing to purchase housing here has not diminished. Also in Murino you can rent an apartment relatively cheaply, which also attracts those who want to save citizens.
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The zip code of the Okhtinsky alley in the village of Murino, Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region, is 188662.