The village of Ostrovtsy today is experiencing its rebirth. Cottage villages are being built not far from the village, the number of inhabitants is growing, life in these places begins to beat in full swing. However, things did not start so rosyly - once the village of Ostrovtsy in the Moscow Region was a small island of economic life with 86 inhabitants, who had 12 peasant and 16 bobyl households in total.
Village History
The first evidence of life in these places, archaeological scientists date back to the middle of the XII century. It was possible to find a number of jewelry and utensils, which historians were able to identify as objects made precisely at that time. So, in the territory of a modern village, archaeologists unearthed two barrows and found more than 3,000 different household items, for example, amber beads, pendants in the form of coins, clay products.
In those days, the small village belonged to the church - officially it was the property of the Novospassky monastery. And so it went on for a long five centuries, until one day the Russian tsar decided in his own way the fate of the settlement. In 1709, by his highest command, the village of Ostrovtsy in the Moscow Region was transferred to the eternal possession of the family of Count Sheremetev Boris Petrovich, a famous commander, diplomat, who by that time had been awarded the count's title for three years already. It is believed that it was Count Sheremetev who was at the head of the Russian army when it won the battle of Poltava, for which in the same year Peter the Great awarded him numerous awards and also bestowed land estates.
Settlement development under the Sheremetyevs
The village of Ostrovtsy in the Moscow Region brought the Count's family a good income, mainly due to its convenient location - it was located right on the famous Astrakhan highway, along which merchants brought a lot of goods to Moscow. Merchants stayed in Ostrovtsy to take a break before the last leg of the journey - in front of them was waiting for the capital. In addition to several extremely profitable inns, a flour mill was a significant material income for the count family - in a year it brought in net 1,500 rubles of profit, which at that time was simply a huge amount. For comparison, the clerk in the sovereign service in the middle of the XVIII century received 20 rubles a year, as Leonty Avtonomov wrote in his memoirs.
According to the mid-19th century, Ostrovtsy still remained in the family, which was then headed by Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetev, and had 96 yards in which 717 peasants lived.
Under Soviet rule
With the advent of Soviet power, the village of Ostrovtsy in the Moscow Region entered the Podmoskovny state farm and became a large agricultural complex. Even more rapid development began in the 60s and 90s of the last century, when the state farm, and then the joint-stock company, began to energetically build a microdistrict of high-rise buildings.
Ostrovtsy Village, Moscow Region: how to get there
Today, the former Astrakhan tract is the Ryazan highway, and the location of the village is still successful in terms of transport accessibility, because only 15 km from the village to the Moscow Ring Road. By car or public transport it takes literally a few minutes. The village stands directly on the M5 federal highway Ural, which connects it with a direct road to the nearest stations of the Moscow metro: Vykhino, Kuzminki, Kotelniki. The bus stop "Ostrovtsy 1" is located in the very center of the village, and 12 minibuses pass here. The most popular of them: No. 558 to Kuzminki, No. 68 to Bykovo, No. 33 to Lyubertsy.
Here, near the Ostrovtsy stop in the Moscow Region (photo above), there is a local attraction - a pink Indian elephant. This is a stone structure that belongs to a private person and is still uninhabited. It is decorated with small rhombus-shaped windows and numerous paintings. While there is no data on what is planned to be placed in this building, it is not difficult to assume that it is unlikely to be residential.
Ostrovtsy in the Moscow region: cemetery
The local cemetery is considered a landmark. Famous personalities who have left a noticeable mark on the history of the country, and especially in the history of astronautics, are buried here. The former village of Ostrovtsy, Moscow Region, is located near the city of Zhukovsky, named after the founder of Soviet rocket science, and many figures in this important area were buried in a necropolis specially equipped for them. The cemetery has 54 sites on which lie, for example, Hero of the Soviet Union Daniil Gaponenko and a major scientist who made many discoveries in aerodynamics - V.V.Sychev. Famous Soviet athletes are buried here.
Today, Ostrovtsy is a popular holiday destination for Muscovites. There is a recreation center "Russian Fishing", which offers a range of services and entertainment, including fishing in a pond with livestock. There is a sports club, restaurant, sauna and fitness center. And the construction of new cottage villages nearby gave a second wind to the development of the Ramensky district and the village of Ostrovtsy.