Modern History
The Sokol Settlement of single-family homes, built in early 1920s near the junction of Petersburg and Volokolamsk highway, remains one of the last two single-family neighborhoods in Moscow (the other one is Serebryany Bor).
Since the 1910s, Khodynka has been used as Moscow's airfield, and housed Moscow's Central Airport until 1950s; irregular DOSAAF flights continued until 1980s. Leningradsky Highway (beyond city limits) is now home to Sheremetyevo Airport, the former largest airport in Moscow, which makes the avenue connecting the city center with the highway an even more important street in Moscow. Local transportation developed from trams (1901–2005) to trolleybuses (1933) and subway (1938).
Leningradsky Prospekt itself is home to the Dynamo Stadium (1928) and CSKA Moscow winter stadium. Educational institutions include:
- Moscow Aviation Institute
- State Financial Academy
- Moscow Automobile Road Institute
- Moscow Food Institute
Notable buildings include th Triumph-Palace skyscraper and the 1730s baroque Church of All Saints (photographs) near the Sokol station. Its bell tower is one of Russia's leaning towers.
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