Kommunarka

	Kommunarka Kommunarka is an urban-type settlement (posyolok) in Sosenskoye Settlement, Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. The Kommunarka (Sokolnicheskaya line) station opened in 2019. History A mass burial site of the late 1930s, known as the Kommunarka shooting ground The Kommunarka firing range (russian: Расстрельный полигон «Коммунарка»), former dacha of secret police chief Genrikh Yagoda, was used as a burial ground from 1937 to 1941. Executions may have been carried out th ... or "firing range". is also located in the area. Most of the defendants at the third and last Moscow Show Trial (March 1938) are buried there. References Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug Urban-type settlements under jurisdiction of Moscow {{Moscow-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Kommunarka Shooting Ground The Kommunarka firing range (russian: Расстрельный полигон «Коммунарка»), former dacha of secret police chief Genrikh Yagoda, was used as a burial ground from 1937 to 1941. Executions may have been carried out there by the NKVD during the Great Terror and until the war started; alternatively, bodies of those shot elsewhere might have been brought there for later interment."The Kommunarka burial site in Moscow", Russia's Necropolis of Terror and the Gulag ''en.mapofmemory.org'' As the late Arseny Roginsky explained: "firing range" was a popular euphemism adopted to describe mysterious and closely-guarded plots of land tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kommunarka (Sokolnicheskaya Line) Kommunarka (russian: Коммунарка) is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line. It was opened on 20 June 2019, along with Filatov Lug, Prokshino, and Olkhovaya. and became the southwestern terminus of the line, after Olkhovaya station. Kommunarka became the 232nd station of the Moscow Metro. It is in the Kommunarka area of Sosenskoye Settlement in the Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug southwest of Moscow. It has become the southern terminus of the line. History The city government decided to extend the line to Stolbovo in February 2016; an unexpected decision given that the city initially planned to extend the line only to Filatov Lug. The initial cost of the line was about 45 billion rubles. In July 2017, the city government confirmed that the extension would move forward, allowing construction to continue. In March 2017, the city began clearing space around the planned station to accommodate the construction. The station's working name during most of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Urban-type Settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: uk, с.м.т., translit=s.m.t.; be, пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, translit=pasiolak haradskoha typu; pl, osiedle typu miejskiego; bg, селище от градски тип, translit=selishte ot gradski tip; ro, așezare de tip orășenesc. is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (previously called a "town"), used in several Eastern European countries. The term was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union, and remains in use today in 10 of the post-Soviet states. The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922, when it replaced a number of terms that could have been translated by the English term "town" (Russia – '' posad'', Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sosenskoye Settlement Sosensky (masculine), Sosenskaya (feminine), or Sosenskoye (neuter) may refer to: Sosensky Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Sosensky and three rural localities in Kozelsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia are incorporated as Sosenskoye Settlement, an administrative and municipal division of Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia Sosensky (inhabited locality) Sosensky (russian: Сосенский; masculine), Sosenskaya (; feminine), or Sosenskoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities Sosensky, Kaluga Oblast, a town in Kozelsky District of Kaluga Oblast ... (''Sosenskaya'', ''Sosenskoye''), several inhabited localities in Russia {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug (russian: Новомосковский административный округ), is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow. The okrug was created on July 1, 2012. The administrative center of Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug is the town of Moskovsky. Territorial organisation At the time of formation it included the following 11 settlements, which previously belonged to Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts of Moscow Oblast: * Moskovsky Settlement * Shcherbinka Settlement Shcherbinka (russian: Ще́рбинка) is a town, formerly in Moscow Oblast, Russia, and since July 1, 2012 a federal city subject (settlement) of Moscow, Russia. It is located south of the center of Moscow. Population: History It was f ... * Kokoshkino Settlement * Desyonovskoye Settlement * Filimonkovskoye Settlement * Marushkinskoye Settlement * Mosrentgen Settlement * Ryazanovskoye Settlement * Sosenskoye Settlement * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When ... [...More Info...]