Timiryazevsky District Explained

En Name:Timiryazevsky District
Ru Name:Тимирязевский район
Image View:Timiryazev Academy Main Bldg 2.JPG
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Timiryazevsky (municipality in Moscow).png
Federal Subject:Moscow
Area Km2:10.43
Pop Latest:82800
Pop Latest Date:2017
Website:https://timiryazevskiy.mos.ru/
Date:August 2011

Timiryazevsky District (Russian: Тимирязевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Northern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The district is known for its public parks - Timiryazavsky Park and the Dubki Park - and the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. The total area of the district is 10.43km2.[1] Population: 82,800 (2017 est.)

History

Timiryazavsky Park is near the site of the Petrovsko-Razumovskoye estate. The estate was the ancestral home of the Shuysky family, sold to the Naryshkin family in 1676 and passed to Peter the Great in 1705 and became known as 'Petrovsky'.[2] It was owned by the Razumovsky Family in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3] On the grounds was built the Razumovsky Palace, the architect of which was Nicholas Benois. 1n 1861, the palace became the home of the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy, today the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy.[2]

The academy, and the district, are named for Kliment Timiryazev, a botanist who established a faculty and laboratory of vegetable physiology at the Petrovsky Academy.[2] The academy houses several museums open to the public, including what the district government calls 'the only horse-breeding museum in the world'.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Information. Timiryazevsky District. ru. February 5, 2018.
  2. Book: A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders. 1998. DIANE Publishing. 9780788184956. February 22, 2018.
  3. Web site: Timiryazevsky Public Park. Moscow Info. February 22, 2018.
  4. Web site: History of the District. District of Timiryazevsky. ru. February 22, 2018.