Kurianovo is a neighbourhood in Pechatniki, defined by its low-rise housing from the 1950s. In the 1930s, construction began on the Kurianovo Aeration Stations — Moscow's main sewage treatment facilities — on the site of the former village of Kurianovo. The work was carried out by prisoners of the Kurianovstroy corrective labour colony. The first phase of the station came online in 1950. Between 1951 and 1956, a residential settlement was built for station employees, designed by architects V. N. Brovchenko and Yu. S. Bochkov. The two-storey houses were built in a garden city style, with front gardens, bay windows, and gabled roofs. The neighbourhood was laid out as a self-contained community with everything residents needed within walking distance, and was intended exclusively for workers at the station. In 1960, the settlement was incorporated into Moscow. During the 1970s and 80s, a number of apartment blocks were added, but the original low-rise core remained intact. This period also brought the Aeratsiya House of Culture in the Stalinist neoclassical style, a stadium, a post office, and a statue of Lenin. Due to its isolation — hemmed in by industrial zones and a bend in the Moscow River — the area has changed little since. The neighbourhood's first railway stop only opened in 2020. Today, around 6,500 people call Kurianovo home.

Photographer:

nikitagukov

Uploaded:

2026-04-03

Camera:

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP

Film:

Ilford Delta 400

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Super Multi Coated Takumar 28mm f3.5

City:

Moscow, Москва

Country/region:

Russia

Decade:

2020s

Year:

2026

Albums:

Russia

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