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      Atomic Shchukino: Kurchatov, the science town and pines

      ⏱ 1 h 20 min🚶 3.3 km🍽 0📍 4 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      From Oktyabrskoye Pole to Shchukinskaya: a cadets' church on the former Khodynka, Kurchatov's head by his institute, the atomic scientists' mansions and the remnant of a pine forest.

      🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so
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        🏛 Church of the Quick to Hearken Icon on Khodynka Field
        ул. Маршала Рыбалко, 8, корп. 2
        A small military church in the Russian style, built for the cadets of the summer camps on Khodynka.
        Eight minutes from Oktyabrskoye Pole, in the courtyards on Marshala Ryabalko Street.
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        Church of the Quick to Hearken Icon on Khodynka Field
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Built in 1901-1902 on the site of a wooden Church of St Panteleimon.
        • The drawings have not survived, and the architect is unknown.
        • The main parishioners were cadets and officers of the summer camps on Khodynka Field.
        • Consecrated on 1 August 1902.
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      3. 2
        🏛 Kurchatov Monument on Kurchatov Square
        пл. Академика Курчатова
        The huge bronze head of "the Beard" in front of the Kurchatov Institute — this is where the Soviet atomic programme began.
        Along Marshala Biryuzova and Maksimova streets, 15 minutes. Behind the monument is the gate of the Kurchatov Institute; the grounds are closed.
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        Kurchatov Monument on Kurchatov Square
        © MBH · CC BY 4.0
        Kurchatov Monument on Kurchatov Square
        © Artyom Svetlov · CC BY 4.0
        • Unveiled on 20 September 1971; the sculptor is Iulian Rukavishnikov.
        • It stands in front of the institute that Kurchatov headed from 1943 until his death in 1960.
        • The foundation stone was laid on 12 January 1961, the scientist's birthday.
        • The monument is a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
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        🏛 Laboratory No. 2 Academic Town
        угол ул. Маршала Новикова и ул. Максимова
        Three 1940s mansions in the style of an Italian palazzo — housing for the scientists who built the first Soviet atomic bomb.
        Five minutes along Maksimova. Three yellow houses with columns are residential — look from the street.
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        Laboratory No. 2 Academic Town
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Laboratory No. 2 Academic Town
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Built in 1945-1948 for staff of Laboratory No. 2 — today's Kurchatov Institute.
        • The architect is L. B. Karlik, under the supervision of Ivan Zholtovsky.
        • Construction was overseen by Lavrenty Beria.
        • Instead of one building with 60 apartments, they decided to build three with 20 each.
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        🌳 Shchukino Forest Park
        между ул. Щукинской, Академика Курчатова и Маршала Василевского
        🚪 entrance from Marshala Vasilevskogo Street
        22 hectares of forest by Shchukinskaya metro with remnants of an old pine forest.
        Along Marshala Novikova Street, 10 minutes to the forest. Walk through to Shchukinskaya Street: the old pines are closer to the north edge.
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        Shchukino Forest Park
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Shchukino Forest Park
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • It is part of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo nature park.
        • There used to be a pine forest here — the Great Vsekhsvyatskaya Grove.
        • The average age of the surviving pines is about 150 years.
        • The area is 22 hectares; it is a specially protected natural area.

      ↩️ Getting back: from the forest park, 7 minutes to Shchukinskaya metro

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