The left (if one looks from the city centre) side of Leningradskiy Prospekt is occupied by a large Khodynskoye field, today separated from the road by city buildings. The name Khodynka became well known in Russia after 1896, when thousands of people had been crushed to death in a throng during the celebration of inauguration of the last russian Czar Nikolai II. Nevertheless, the history of this field had better examples of mass activities: it is here where the peace treaty between Russia and Turkey was celebrated in 1775, and it is the same field where the All-Russian exhibition of arts and trades was held in 1882.

A part of this field is today taken up by the Central Airfield of Moscow, established in the beginning of the XX century. This airport once was the main air terminal of Moscow, but no regular flight uses it today - it is too small for modern airbuses, and its location amidst residential areas is too dangerous. However, the name of the nearby metro station - Aeroport (Airport) - still reminds of its existence, but I suppose that overwhelming majority of muscovites take this name for granted and do not think about the origin.

Tram tracks occupy one of the two central reservations that divide the avenue into three roads. The other reservation is in fact a sort of boulevard but almost unusable for walks due to high level of pollution.

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15 June 2003.

This stretch of Leningradskiy Prospect was built up in 1930-1950s and is rather low according to current Moscow trends. New houses approach the avenue from the inside of blocks.

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May 2000.

Tram stop Aeroport is also located in the central part of the avenue, but here a pedestrian subway exists that leads to the metro station.

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May 2000.

New shopping centre has been recently erected in this square near Aeroport metro station. In the distance, massive walls of one of numerous Moscow institutes of higher education align the Prospekt. By the way, the advertised phone 02 is the police emergency number in Moscow; I hope none of you needs know it, but who can tell the future...

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15 June 2003.

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