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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.
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