The Pekhorka (russian: Пехо́рка) is a
river in the
Moscow Region
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Ru ...
in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...
, a left
tributary of the
Moskva. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
[«Река ПЕХОРКА»]
Russian State Water Registry
Flows from the north point in 1,5 km from Lukino village to the south, where it passes
Moscow through
Izmailovo,
Kuskovo and
Kosino (that part of the river in Moscow is about 10 km). Three
ponds - one on the north of Lukino, one near Pekhra-Pokrovskoye village and one in Balashiha-2
microdistrict
Microdistrict, or micro raion (russian: микрорайо́н, ''mikrorajón''), is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Socialist ...
.
Balashikha
Balashikha ( rus, Балашиха, p=bəlɐˈʂɨxə) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of the Moscow Ring Road. Population:
Etymology
In Finno-Ugric languages, ''Bala-shika'' means ''land of celebrations, ...
and
Zheleznodorozhniy cities are located on the river as well as
Tomilino
Tomilino (russian: Томи́лино) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: In terms of population, Tomilino is the largest urban-type settlement in Lyuberetsky District.
Tomi ...
and
Kraskovo settlements.
Name
etymology probably comes from the
Old Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic literary language.
Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other ...
«Ṕh» (Cyrillic: «пьх») with the «ur» (Cyrillic: «ъръ») suffix which means «to push».
River was included into the
1971 Moscow General Development Plant *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
which constitutes special emphasis on the construction of
Eastern Navigable Channel
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
* Eastern Air ...
. This channel was intended to
decongest the navigation through Moscow via Moscow River. Pekhorka would become a part of
Lyubertsy Reservoir, the largest water basin in Moscow Region. Channel was never built.
References
Rivers of Moscow Oblast
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