Okhtinskaya alley in Murino

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:40

Once the village of Murino and Okhtinskaya alley were a quiet suburb of St. Petersburg. Mostly villagers lived there, who went for mushrooms, and in the Okhta River they caught fish and crayfish. It is hard to imagine that in just 100 years there has not been a trace of a quiet ecological village, and the river is so polluted that it is even scary to just wash your hands in it.

However, this does not frighten hundreds of thousands of people who are eagerly buying up apartments in this area, and Okhtinskaya Alley today has turned into a high-rise street, due to which stars are not visible at night.

Murino

The village of Murino appeared long before the formation of St. Petersburg. Previously, it belonged to the Swedes and had a similar name. After the seizure of these lands by the Russians, the village passed into our possession. An estate was erected in Murino, which for some time passed from hand to hand, until in 1749 it passed to the Vorontsov family and belonged to them until the February Revolution of 1917. Under the Vorontsovs, the estate developed and grew, became a parish and acquired a new status. A church was built, monuments erectedand monuments.

The Vorontsovs gave the peasants land a few years before the official abolition of serfdom. After the communists came to power, all the Vorontsovs scattered around the world, the estate was nationalized and destroyed, the monuments were demolished.

During the years of Soviet power, the village of Murino became a favorite place for summer residents. The land there was inexpensive, and the nature was amazing. Crayfish were caught in the purest river Okhta, the forest was generous with mushrooms and berries, and the land was suitable for growing horticultural crops. In 1988, the church was restored, which was soon returned to believers. During the years of active construction, civilization came very close to Murino. A new branch of the Devyatkino metro was opened, and new buildings were advancing on the once rural area.

Today it is difficult to imagine Murino as an ecologically clean suburb of St. Petersburg. This is an area with actively developing infrastructure, skyscrapers and gas pollution of modern roads.

Okhtinskaya alley

Residential complex "New Murino" has 12 residential 27-storey complexes. Just a few years ago, a real boom in construction began in the village of Murino. The central Okhtinskaya alley is an alley of high-rise buildings.

Murino is a city within a city. Metro station "Devyatkino" - and you find yourself in a stone jungle, where every house has shops, flower shops, sushi shops. Across the road - kindergartens, schools, parking lots, shopping centers,restaurants, but with the clinic is still problematic. Relatively inexpensive housing has attracted young people from all over Russia and St. Petersburg residents who dream of their own apartment. Almost every third apartment in the mortgage, a lot of children. Moreover, houses continue to be built, the area is populated, and, of course, there is no work. The entire flow of the young able-bodied population daily strives to the city, some by car, some by subway. And this creates its own problems, kilometer-long traffic jams on the Ring Road, overcrowded cars. What will happen next, one can only guess, but so far the flow of those wishing to purchase housing here has not decreased. Also in Murino you can rent an apartment relatively cheaply, which also attracts city dwellers who want to save money.