Barvikha
Barvikha
Барви́ха | |
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Village | |
 "Barvikha Luxury Village", a luxury shopping, hotel and spa complex located in the village. | |
  Barvikha  Barvikha | |
| Coordinates:55°44′28″N37°16′34″E/ 55.74111°N 37.27611°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Moscow Oblast |
| District | Odintsovsky District |
| Time zone | UTC+3:00 |
Barvikha(Russian:Барви́ха) is avillageinOdintsovsky DistrictofMoscow Oblast,Russia.It is the site of the Barvikha Sanatorium, the health resort of thePresident of Russia.During the Soviet era, Barvikha was known as the site of the most desirable statedachasfor government officials and leading intellectuals. Since the late 1990s many of Russia's wealthiest individuals have built private luxury dachas in Barvikha. The village lies in an area nicknamed "Rublyovka",known as the most expensive area in Russia.[1]
Geography
[edit]The village lies on the Rublyovo-Uspenskoye road leading to the west fromMoscow,just outside theMoscow Ring Roadand the boundaries of the city of Moscow. There is a Barvikha rail station on a spur of the Belarus direction of theMoscow Railway,first opened at the current site in 1927.[2]
Barvikha is surrounded by a zone of pine forest nature preserve on the south bank of theMoscow River.
History
[edit]Two villages,Lutskaya(Луцкая) andShulgina(Шульгина) existed in the area where modern Barvikha now stands. Later they grew and merged into a settlement, which was originally calledSamynki(Самынки), after theSaminka River,on which the settlement stood. Over time, the name changed toBorikha(Бориха) and later—to Barvikha. By 1890, the population of the village consisted of almost 100 people.
Sanatorium
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Barvikha contains the Barvikha Sanatorium, a well-equipped medical center which treated several Russian leaders. The sanatorium was designed by architectBoris Iofan,[3][4]and completed in 1935. It was designated as a clinic for leading government officials suffering from illnesses of digestion and metabolism; it was there that Bulgarian leaderGeorgi Dimitrovdied in 1949.[5]In 1944 and 1945, writer and Communist Party officialAleksandr Shcherbakovwas treated at Barvikha for cardiac illness. He died of heart failure in 1945. In 1952, Shcherbakov's death became one of the issues inDoctors' Plotaffair. The deputy director of the medical department of the sanitarium, Roman Ryzhikov, was arrested and interrogated, but later released.
In 1961 the American singerPaul Robesonwas treated there for several months.
Today the sanatorium is owned by the Administration of Affairs of thePresident of the Russian Federation.[6]It provides deluxe accommodations and high-quality medical services. Its grounds include a lake that offers fishing and swimming in the summer.[7]The firstPresident of Russia,Boris Yeltsin,made frequent stays at the sanatorium during his second presidential term and retirement.[8]From 1996 until his death in April 2007, his primary residence was theGorki-9(Горки-9) presidential dacha on the Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Road, not far from Barvikha.[9]This allowed quick access to the sanatorium's medical facilities.
Dachas
[edit]The Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Road, colloquially known as theRublyovka,has long been a site fordachas.During the Soviet period, prominent officials and intellectuals often used state-owned dachas in the vicinity of Barvikha. WriterAleksey Tolstoyand his family occupied a state-owned dacha in Barvikha from 1938 through his death in 1945.[10]
Development
[edit]Beginning in the late 1990s, Barvikha has become a popular site for the dachas of wealthy residents of Moscow. In contrast to the traditional wood-built dachas, these new, privately owned cottages are often much larger and include mansion-like residences with full amenities and private security.[11]The rapid development has substantially increased property values and has generated some friction with long-term local residents.[12]
The Barvikha Luxury Village, a high-end shopping center includingFerrariandHarley-Davidsondealerships, opened in 2005.[13]
Deposed national leaders
[edit]In December 2012, the town was called a "magnet for deposed leaders given asylum in Russia" by a writer forThe New York Times,who suggested that Barvikha might become the new home ofSyria's president,Bashar al-Assad.[14] Former leaders in the town reported by theNYTincludedAskar Akayev,formerly the president ofKyrgyzstan,Aslan AbashidzeofAdjara,and the wife and family members ofSlobodan Milošević.After fleeing his country in the wake of theEuromaidanprotests in 2014, former Ukrainian presidentViktor Yanukovychreportedly moved into a $52 million residence in the town as well.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Ryabikova, Victoria (2020-11-22)."Welcome to Rublevka, the most expensive area in Russia (PHOTOS)".Russia Beyond.Retrieved2022-03-08.
- ^Blyumin, Georgy."Barvikha"(in Russian). Terra Real Estate.Archivedfrom the original on 25 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Blake, Peter (September 1949)."The Soviet architecture purge".Architectural Record.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Hoisington, Sona Stephan (Spring 2003). ""Ever Higher": The evolution of the project for the Palace of Soviets ".Slavic Review.62(1): 41–68.doi:10.2307/3090466.JSTOR3090466.S2CID164057296.
- ^История санатория Барвиха(in Russian). Administration of Affairs of the President of the Russian Federation.Retrieved2008-01-03.
- ^Клиничексий санаторий "Барвиха"(in Russian). Administration of Affairs of the President of the Russian Federation.Archivedfrom the original on 15 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Санаторий "Барвиха"(in Russian). Курортный магазин.Archivedfrom the original on 25 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^ITAR-TASS news agency (1997-12-12)."Yeltsin on the mend, say doctors".BBC News.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Mitronov, Nikolay (2007-10-10).Адрес главы государства: Девятые Горки для первого Президента(PDF).Новые рубежи(in Russian). p. 5. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2009-03-05.Retrieved2008-01-03.
- ^Lovell, Stephen (2003).Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000.Cornell University Press.ISBN0-8014-4071-8.Retrieved2008-01-05.
- ^Arnold, Chloe (2007-06-01)."Russia: Consumers Clamor To Buy Luxury Goods".Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.Archivedfrom the original on 13 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Parfitt, Tom (2007-02-22)."Fear and resentment as Moscow's rich grab land for luxury homes".The Guardian Unlimited.Archivedfrom the original on 29 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- ^Kishkovsky, Sophia (2007-11-23)."A revolution in retail beyond Red Square".The International Herald Tribune.Retrieved2008-01-05.
- ^Kramer, Andrew E. (December 28, 2012)."In Russia, Exile in Comfort for Leaders Like Assad".The New York Times.Retrieved29 December2012.
- ^Wilson, Andrew (2014).Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the West.New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 126.ISBN9780300211597.
External links
[edit]- Quinn-Judge, Paul (2003-06-29)."Murder, Inc".Time.Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2007.Retrieved2007-12-25.
- "Барвиха" медицинский центр УДП РФ(in Russian).Archivedfrom the original on 12 January 2008.Retrieved2008-01-05.Includes photographs of the Sanatorium