Ostrovtsy village today is experiencing its secondbirth. Not far from the village, cottage villages are being built, the number of residents is growing, life in these places is starting to hit the key. However, it all began not so brightly - once the village of Ostrovtsy, Moscow Region was a small island of economic life with 86 inhabitants, who in total had 12 peasant yards and 16 bobyl yards.
The first evidence of life in these placesScientists and archaeologists refer to the middle of the XII century. It was possible to find a number of jewelry and tableware, which historians were able to identify as objects that were made at that time. Thus, in the territory of the modern village, archaeologists excavated two mounds and found over 3000 different household items, for example, amber beads, pendants in the form of coins, and articles of clay.
In those days, a small village belongedChurch - officially it was the possession of the Novospassky monastery. And so it went on for five long centuries, until one day the Russian tsar decided the fate of the settlement in its own way. In 1709, his highest command was that the village of Ostrovtsy, Moscow Region, was transferred to the family of Count Sheremetev Boris Petrovich, a famous commander and diplomat, who had already been awarded the title of count for three years. It is believed that it was Count Sheremetev who stood at the head of the Russian army when she won the battle of Poltava, for which Peter the First and honored him with numerous awards, and also presented land possessions.
Village Ostrovtsy Moscow region broughtThe family of the graph has a good income, mainly because of its convenient location - it was located just on the famous Astrakhan highway, along which merchants carried many goods to Moscow. The merchants stopped in Ostrovtsy to take a breath before the last stage of the journey - the capital was waiting for them. In addition to several extremely profitable inns, a flour mill was a substantial material wealth for the count family - it brought in a net 1,500 rubles of profit a year, which in those times was just a huge amount. For comparison, the clerk in the state service in the middle of the XVIII century received 20 rubles a year, as Leonty Avtonomov wrote in his memoirs.
According to the mid-XIX century, Ostrovtsy still remained in the family, which was then headed by Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetev, and had 96 yards, in which 717 peasants lived.
With the advent of Soviet power, the village of OstrovtsyMoscow region entered the farm "Podmoskovny" and became a large agricultural complex. Even more rapid development began in the 60s and 90s of the last century, when the state farm, and then the joint-stock company, began to energetically build a microdistrict from high-rise buildings.
Today, the former Astrakhan highway is Ryazanthe highway, and the location of the village is still successful in terms of transport accessibility, because only 15 km to the Moscow Ring Road from the village. By car or public transport to get just a few minutes. The village stands right on the federal highway M5 "Ural", which connects it by a direct road to the nearest stations of the Moscow metro: Vykhino, Kuzminki, Kotelniki. The bus stop “Ostrovtsy 1” is located in the very center of the village, and 12 minibuses pass through here. The most popular of them are: No. 558 to Kuzminok, No. 68 to Bykovo, No. 33 to Lyubertsy.
Here, next to the stop "Ostrovtsy"The Moscow region (photo above) is a local landmark - a pink Indian elephant. This is a stone structure that belongs to a private person and is still uninhabited. It is decorated with small diamond-shaped windows and numerous paintings. There is no evidence that it is planned to be located in this building, but it is not difficult to assume that it is unlikely to be residential.
The local cemetery is considered a landmark.Famous personalities have been buried here, which have left a noticeable mark on the history of the country, and especially on the history of astronautics. The former village of Ostrovtsy, Moscow Region, is located near the town of Zhukovsky, named after the founder of the Soviet rocketry, and many leaders of this important area were buried in a necropolis specially equipped for them. The territory of the cemetery has 54 sites in which, for example, the Hero of the Soviet Union, Daniel Gaponenko, and a prominent scientist who made many discoveries in aerodynamics — V. V. Sychev. Famous Soviet athletes are buried here.
Today Ostrovtsy is a popular holiday destination.Muscovites. There is a recreation center "Russian Fishing", which offers a range of services and entertainment, including fishing in a pond with farmed wildlife. There is a sports club, restaurant, sauna and fitness center. And the construction of new cottage villages nearby gave a second wind to the development of the Ramensky district and the village of Ostrovtsy.
