Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo (, Southern Izmaylovo) is an area located in the eastern part of

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, just north of the Shosse Entuziastov (шоссе Энтузиастов) Route and west of the Moscow Ring Highway (МКАД). It borders

Izmaylovo District Izmaylovo District () is a administrative divisions of Moscow, district in the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: History The history of the village of Izmaylovo goes back ...

in the south and

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in the north and west. In 1960, it became a part of Moscow, after all territories inside the Moscow Ring Highway were incorporated into Moscow proper. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo is in one of the green areas of Moscow. Izmaylovsky Park, one of the largest forested urban areas in

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, is right across the street. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo was built in the mid-1970s, initially as an

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for the

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. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo would later be converted into a

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, a

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for the fast-growing population of the city. Yuzhnoye Izmaylovo is less than an hour away from the center of the city by public transportation (bus and

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Streets

:''Source:'' *Bolshoy Kupavensky Drive — Большой Купавенский проезд *Maly Kupavensky Drive — Малый Купавенский проезд * Chelyabinskaya Street — Челябинская улица *Chechulina Street — Улица Чечулина (former Srednii (Middle) Kupavensky Drive) *Magnitogorskaya Street — Магнитогорская улица

References

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