Sergei Sobyanin: The historic Avangard Stadium in Perovo revives

Sergei Sobyanin inspected the results of the comprehensive restoration and improvement of the Avangard sports facility, the reconstruction of which finished this year, and also talked to athletes and local residents.

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin 

The Avangard Stadium was built in 1954 in the Perovo District at 33 Entuziastov Motorway. In 2021, it became the property of the Moscow Government, which developed a project for the first reconstruction of the sports facility in almost 70 years.

As a result of the voting on the Active Citizen portal, the vast majority of participants, 136,118 (82 percent) out of 165,184, supported the project.

The work began in January 2022 and was carried out in several stages. The first stage was completed in 2022, the second — in July 2023. The total area of the project is 12 hectares.

The most important task for the workers was to restore the most precious element of the historical appearance of the Avangard Stadium — the entrance unit with a colonnade from the side of the Entuziastov Motorway. For many years, two mosaic panels on both sides of the entrance showing young athletes — a boy and a girl — have been a special feature of the stadium. In the 1990s, they were dismantled and lost. In 2022, they were completely recreated. The mosaic was made from pieces of smalt using original colors.

A red and white stele with the inscription “Avangard Stadium” was installed in the center of the square in front of the entrance. The art object includes metal elements forming a dynamic early Russian avant-garde design if viewed from different angles.

A new Avangard’s highlight is the dry fountain with more than 150 jets and architectural and artistic illumination, which was installed on the Central Alley. On both sides of it, there are two playgrounds for children of different ages and six sports grounds for playing volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis and workout sessions, as well as for passing the GTO qualifying standards.

The football pitch has artificial grass and a heating system. In addition, historical bleachers for 1,524 seats with eight of them being for people with limited mobility were recreated. Restrooms, locker rooms with showers for athletes, a medical center and coaching rooms were equipped under the bleachers.

Major repairs were carried out in the administration and amenity facilities. In addition to the offices, the stadium houses a conference room, a medical center, coaching rooms, locker rooms and showers.

There is also a fitness area with special fitness equipment for older sports fans, with a space to relax, tennis tables and a petanque court. You can choose any activity you like — from chess to workout.

For outdoor enthusiasts, a multifunctional area with an obstacle course and CrossFit and workout equipment was built. Here you can find four artificial hills of different heights and special loop and spiral tracks between the trees. A skate park and a pump track were also equipped in the territory of the sports center.

“We talked about an indoor skate park — and we made it. It is not an easy project, but we did it, everything is working,” the Moscow Mayor commented.

Ilya Vdovin, President of the Russian Skateboarding Federation, noted that a skateboarding school would soon be opened here, which would allow the street subculture to be transformed into a professional sport and prepare athletes to participate in various championships and the Olympics. “Now we have everything for this,” he assured.

In the GTO area, a special frame was installed for Russian ninja-style obstacle races for the OCR races (Obstacle Course Race). This is an official sport that is gaining popularity in Russia and the world. Training sessions with the use of this equipment will allow everyone to improve their sports skills and successfully pass the GTO standards.

In addition, three sports pavilions were built here. The “Extreme” pavilion is designed for skateboarding and sports events all year round; the “Mobility” — for gymnastics, volleyball, handball, tennis, martial arts, yoga and pilates, the “Game” — for organizing classes for children.

The territory between the pavilions was landscaped. In winter, there will be a skating rink with a skate rental point and a cafe next to it.

Ski rental will also be available on the site. Now citizens can rent bicycles, skateboards, scooters, summer skis, roller skates and cars for children, which are great to ride on the tracks.

Every year about 1.5 thousand people take part in the Ski Track of Russia competition held in the Izmailovsky Park adjacent to the Avangard Stadium. Part of the route runs around the football pitch. The reconstruction did not affect the competition format — skiing fans can use the traditional route.

Special attention was given to the landscaping of the territory of the stadium. More than 500 trees were planted here: linden, oak, maple, spruce, larch, pine; and about eight thousand bushes: currant, spirea, juniper, turf, barberry. The green lawn and flower beds of perennials create more bright accents.

In addition, there are now comfortable paved lanes in the territory of the sports facility; about 450 hardscape elements were installed. The space is illuminated by 170 street lamps and floor lamps.

Besides, a small hotel with an area of 413 square meters was renovated, where athletes participating in competitions will be able to stay. For visitors arriving by private vehicles to feel comfortable, there is a parking lot for 184 cars near the stadium.

Renovated polyclinic on Federativny Prospekt

After the reconstruction, branch No. 1 of City Polyclinic No. 69 was opened in Novogireevo (31 Federativny Prospekt). The four-storey healthcare facility building with the area of 3.2 thousand square meters was built in 1969. More than 48 thousand people receive medical care here.

“We are creating social infrastructure in each district as a priority. It is important that quality medical care is close to one’s home. These days, branch No. 1 of Polyclinic No. 69 in Novogireevo started its work after its reconstruction. The building was practically rebuilt according to the new Moscow standard. This allowed us to increase the number of rooms — GPs and treatment rooms. We installed cutting-edge medical equipment. We ensured a barrier-free environment, developed convenient navigation, improved the territory,” Sergei Sobyanin posted in his Telegram channel. https://t.me/mos_sobyanin/6011

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

The facility is designed for 558 visits per shift. The polyclinic employs 128 people, including 64 doctors. Patients can see therapists and GPs, cardiologist, otorhinolaryngologist, ophthalmologist, surgeon, neurologist, endocrinologist, urologist, and other doctors.

The comprehensive reconstruction of the polyclinic began in September 2022 and was completed in July 2023. During the reconstruction, patients were admitted in the main building (31a 2nd Vladimirskaya Street) and branch No. 2 (20 Pluscheva Street).

During the work, the polyclinic building was almost completely rebuilt. Workers renovated the façade, replaced utilities, internal partitions and floor screeds, elevators, ventilation and air conditioning systems, door and window units, as well as performed finishing of the rooms. The reconstruction of the building allowed to increase the number of treatment rooms and GP offices, as well as to organize a physical therapy room and a massage room, to create a barrier-free environment for people with reduced mobility.

The polyclinic was equipped with the cutting-edge medical equipment. Under the life cycle contracts, an X-ray diagnostic unit and a U-arm digital X-ray, a 3D mammography unit and a cardiovascular ultrasound system, ultrasound systems, including for urological examination, and a portable ultrasound system were purchased. Thanks to the new equipment, polyclinic doctors will be able to use the most modern diagnostic devices.

Computers connected to the Unified Medical Information and Analysis System are installed in the offices of the medical staff.

In accordance with the new Moscow standard of polyclinics, doctors’ offices are located in such a way as to reduce queues. Patients can spend time in comfortable waiting areas with air conditioners, drinking water, TVs, and soft sofas. The new navigation is user-friendly, so that patients can easily find the right room.

Cozy rest rooms are equipped for medical staff. Physicians’ rooms are equipped with ergonomic furniture: tables, chairs, armchairs, and cabinets. Employees will be able to improve their professional skills and discuss work issues in a professional development and growth office equipped with everything necessary for comfortable work.

The adjacent territory was landscaped. Lawns were created here, paths were paved, benches, trash cans and steles, lighting poles, automatic gates and fencing were installed.

This week, four more renovated polyclinics received first patients — branch No. 3 of Children’s City Polyclinic No. 131 (Ochakovo-Matveevskoye District, 38a Bolshaya Ochakovskaya Street), the main building of City Polyclinic No. 166 (Orekhovo-Borisovo District, 9 Domodedovskaya Street), branch No. 2 of Consultative and Diagnostic Polyclinic No. 121 (Yuzhnoye Butovo District, 27 Venevskaya Street) and branch No. 1 of City Polyclinic No. 219 (Severnoye Tushino District, 23 Vilis Latsis Street, bldg 2). Thus, 97 polyclinic buildings were reconstructed in Moscow. Construction and installation works are being completed at another 104 facilities.

The first new building under the renovation program in Novogireevo

Two residential 21-storey sections on a single plinth on Svobodny Prospekt (property 25/27) is being built according to an individual project. The work is planned to be completed by the end of this month. The new building will harmoniously fit into the existing surrounding buildings. Ventilated façades are finished with granite and clinker tiles, balconies are glazed, air conditioning boxes are provided, which will preserve the architectural appearance of the building.

“The first building under the renovation program in Novogireevo will be completed at the end of July. Two hundred finished apartments and underground parking will be equipped in a new building on Svobodny Prospekt. Residents of two neighboring rundown five-storey buildings will move into this house. The new house will have ventilated façades and glazed balconies. It will be equipped with an automated system for energy monitoring and accounting. The territory around the building will be landscaped,” Sergei Sobyanin announced in his Telegram channel. 

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

The new building has 200 spacious apartments with the total area of 11.3 thousand square meters — 40 one-room apartments, 140 two-room apartments and 20 three-room apartments. The improved finishing of apartments and common facilities is made in accordance with the requirements of the Moscow renovation standard. Four apartments (two two-room and two three-room) are equipped for wheelchair users — they have increased width of corridors and doorways, as well as special bathroom equipment.

Underground parking lot for 57 cars will be provided to residents. The house will be equipped with an automated system for energy monitoring and accounting, which will significantly reduce operating costs and utility bills. The building will also create a barrier-free environment for mobile citizens and parents with strollers.

Offices and service facilities will open on the non-residential ground floor. Technical rooms, mailboxes and a concierge room will be placed in vestibules of the entrances. The adjacent territory will be landscaped.

It is planned that residents will start moving into the new building in September. 181 families will live here. These are 469 residents of two neighboring houses — 12/23 and 6, buildings 1 on Svobodny Prospekt.

Renovation program. Novogireevo District

The renovation program in the Novogireevo District includes 72 residential buildings. More than 16 thousand people will move into new apartments. The Moscow Government identified three stages of resettlement of residents. At the first stage (2020-2024), residents of 7 houses will move, at the second stage (2025-2028) — 27 houses, at the third stage (2029-2032) — 38 houses.

Seven sites were selected to organize the incremental resettlement. Currently, construction is underway at the following addresses: Svobodny Prospekt, property 25/27, Utrennyaya Street, property 20, building 2, Utrennyaya Street, property 3, Martenovskaya Street, property 39. The design is carried out at the address: Kuskovskaya Street, property 12. Preparation of urban planning documentation is carried out at the addresses: Svobodny Prospekt, property 6 and 12 (the second stage of resettlement).

Renovation program in Moscow

The renovation program in Moscow was approved on August 1, 2017. It includes 5,175 houses — about 350 thousand apartments with the total area of 16.4 million square meters with about one million residents.

The first new residents moved into new apartments in February 2018. Currently, the resettlement of residents of 795 houses to 239 new buildings is underway or completed. In total, 127.5 thousand people have already moved, or are moving now.

587 launch sites with the total capacity of 9.5 million square meters were selected for the program implementation. The sites are located in all administrative districts of the city as close as possible to the five-storey buildings included in the program.

258 new residential buildings with the total area of 3.6 million square meters were built. 409 buildings with a total area of 7.7 million square meters are being designed and constructed.

To assist citizens in resettlement, information centers were opened, where people can get advice from representatives of the Municipal Property Department, the Moscow Renovation Fund, the prefecture, the management company, the general contractor and other organizations. Everyone who needs it gets assistance in moving.

My District. Novogireevo and Perovo

Initiated by Sergei Sobyanin, the My District program is focused on setting up a favorable living environment in all Moscow districts, regardless how far from the city center they are located.

235.3 thousand Muscovites live in the Novogireevo and Perovo Districts. A lot has been done there in recent years to improve the quality of their life.

A significant event in healthcare was the opening of a new medical and diagnostic facility of the Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center on Entuziastov Motorway. Now oncological patients receive all types of medical care in one place. Seamless routing, a multidisciplinary team of doctors, modern medical equipment — all this contributes to improving the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases.

Taking into account the projected increase in the number of patients and visitors, the adjacent territory was landscaped. Now the territory has become convenient for all visitors of the clinic.

As part of the outpatient unit modernization, a comprehensive reconstruction of branch No. 4 of Children’s Polyclinic No. 7 at: 29a 2nd Vladimirskaya Street, and branch No. 1 of Polyclinic No. 69 at: 31 Federativny Prospekt, was carried out.

A major project was the revival of the Avangard sports center. Several other landmark facilities were also improved, including the public garden Russkiye Uzory, Perovskaya Sloboda, public space at 13 Fryazevskaya Street and Federativny Prospekt (property 36). The walking route from the Novogireevo railway platform to the same-name metro station was improved.

102 yards were landscaped, where residents, including families with children, can walk and have rest in comfortable conditions. 554 outdoor lighting poles were installed here. Within the Pets in Moscow project, a convenient dog walking area was opened at 26 Zeleny Prospekt.

As part of the development of transport infrastructure, the main section of the Moscow high-speed diameter was built, which would provide many new options for traveling around the city. The Aviamotornaya station of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line opened with a transfer to the Kalininskaya Line.

The halls of the Novogireevo metro station and adjacent pedestrian crossings were overhauled. For convenience and safety of passengers, an underground walkway to the Novogireevo platform was built. Noise-proof screens were installed near the Kuskovo platform rail yard.

New bus route No. 449 was opened from the Perovo railway platform to the Cherkizovskaya metro station. Inter-district transport links are developing thanks to six new routes of urban land transport. 52 modern bus stops were installed for the convenience of passengers.

Bicycle infrastructure is actively developing in the districts: eight bicycle parking facilities for 66 bikes in Novogireevo and nine facilities for 44 bikes in Perovo were built. E-scooter sharing companies are organizing additional sharing points in the most popular places.

A school was built — lower grades facility — at 1a Federativny Prospekt, building 1. Within the framework of the Art for Children project, a comprehensive renovation of the buildings of the Kuskovo Children’s Art School (58 Novogireevskaya Street), the Repin Children’s Art School (56 2nd Vladimirskaya Street) and the Budashkin Children’s Music School (29 1st Vladimirskaya Street, building 1).

Five buildings repaired under the Moscow Bibliocenters Program. They are Library No. 92 — Chukovsky Cultural Center (15 1st Vladimirskaya Street, building 3, and 5 Metallurgov Street), Library No. 94 (3 Anosov Street, building 2), Library No. 102 (26 Plekhanov Street, building 4), Children’s Library No. 91 named after E. L. Voynich (78 Entuziastov Motorway, building 1). One of the sites of the Vostok centralized club system at 7 Martenovskaya Street was also repaired.

A new point of interest for residents is the multifunctional community center “Kirgizia” created after the reconstruction of the former cinema near the Novogireevo metro station. After reconstruction, the former Vladivostok movie theater houses the Moscow Illusion Theater.

New churches were opened for parishioners — the Church of the Holy Great Prince Vladimir, Equal of the Apostles (Perovskaya Street, property 64) and the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Recovery of the Dead” (Entuziastov Motorway, property 44).

The Novogireevo and Perovo Districts are continuing to develop. Traffic on the MCD-3 and MCD-4 will open soon. They include the Perovo, Andronovka, Novogireevo, and Kuskovo stations. In 2023, it is planned to open the southern section of the Moscow High-Speed Diameter. Thanks to this, residents of the east of Moscow will be able to travel around the city faster.

The comprehensive reconstruction of branch No. 3 of Children’s Polyclinic No. 7 at: 18a Utrennyaya Street is being completed. In addition, dozens of courtyards and a number of landmark facilities are being improved in the districts. Among them is the park on Zeleny Prospekt, where there is the Grieving Mother Monument and the Monument to Muscovite soldiers who died in Afghanistan.

A non-permanent sports facility with indoor mini football fields is being built on Perovskaya Street (property 66d). Near, at Perovskaya Street, property 66g, a sports and recreation center with swimming pools is being built.