Babushkinsky District: from the Metro to the Cemetery
A walk through the streets and history of Moscow's Babushkino district
Stories along the route
Бабушкинская (станция метро) · 0.0 km
You are standing above a station that bears the name of a man whose surname became the name of an entire district. Babushkinskaya is not about grandmothers — it's about a pilot, but more on that a little later.
Раевское кладбище · 0.8 km
Before you lies Raevskoye Cemetery — a place where history seems frozen between past and present. You are standing on ground that preserves the memory of the village of Raevо, which once stretched along the right bank of…
Енисейская улица (Москва) · 1.5 km
You are standing on Yeniseyskaya Street, and you may not realize that beneath your feet runs one of the main arteries of an entire district.
Бабушкинский парк · 3.0 km
You're standing in the very heart of a district that was once a separate town. Yes, that very Babushkin, whose name this park bears, is not just the name of a metro station or a street.
Ленская улица (Москва) · 4.4 km
You are standing on Lenskaya Street, and you may not even realize that just half a century ago this place bore a completely different name.