Khodynka Field (Khodynskoye Pole) is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningrad Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used to cross the neighbourhood. Major constructions on the field included the 19th century military barracks and the Botkin Hospital, the largest in Moscow at the time of its inauguration in 1910. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... -1...

Khodynka was the site of the first Russian powered flight, and became a regular airfield, in use through the late 1980s. The Russian National Air & Space Museum is at Khodynka.

In May 1896, prior to becoming an airfield, Khodynka field was the site of the ill-fated coronation of Tsar Nicholas II. A stampede caused by a rumoured shortage in souvenir coronation mugs resulted in more than 1000 (some sources say 1500) people being trampled to death (see below for details). The coronation of Empress Farah, of Iran in 1967. ... Tsar Nicholas II (18 May 1868 to 17 July 1918)1 was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. ... A stampede is an act of mass impulse among herd animals or a crowd of people in which the herd (or crowd) collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose. ...

Most recently, the Krishna followers hoped to have the largest temple in Russia to be erected there, but this did not come to pass due to vocal opposition by the Russian Orthodox Church.[1] Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST ) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia) (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...

 == Khodynka Tragedy == On 26 May 1896, the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II was held in Moscow. On 30 May a traditional coronation open-air feast was held for 500,000 people at Khodynka Meadow, which was normally used as a sappers' training ground and badly pitted with holes. At about 5 o'clock in the morning the feast soon turned into a disaster as rumors of not enough beer, gifts and sweets turned crowds into a stampeding mob. A police force of 1800 men failed to maintain civil order, and in a catastrophic crush, and resulting panic to flee the scene, 1389 people were trampled to death and roughly 1300 were otherwise injured. The royal couple was stunned by the tragic event at Khodynka. Nicholas and Alexandra spent the rest of the day going to the hospitals of the victims. The newly appointed tsar ordered that the dead be buried at his own expense rather than being dumped into a common grave typical for mass disasters. The Tsar also gave the family of every victim a thousand rubles. 

 All Russians took the disaster as an omen of an unhappy reign. Nicholas also received the nick-name of "Bloody Nicholas" because of this unfortunate event. 

The negligence of the imperial authorities caused public indignation in Russia, and a number of minor officials were dismissed. However, the new Tsar did not cancel the coronation ball scheduled for later that day. Many mystic writers in Russia say that deed predestined the death of Nicholas in Soviet Russia. A ball is a round or spherical object that is used most often in sports and games. ...

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Massie, Robert. Nicholas and Alexandra. New York : McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1967.

Khodynka Airfield

Khodynka was Moscow's first civilian airport and for many years was a private airfield used by flying enthusiasts.

The first flight in Russia took place at Khodynka, carried out in 1910 by R. Rossinsky. In 1911, pilot Alexander Vasiliev landed his Bleriot XI there, becoming the only finisher of 11 pilots who started a 453 mile race from St.Petersburg to Moscow. Starting in the 1930s, the airfield played annual host to Aviation Day festivities, held on the third weekend in August. Image File history File links Letuny. ... Image File history File links Letuny. ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ... For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). ...

A. S. Yakovlev worked as a mechanic at the airfield for a time in the 1920s, and examined the wrecks of various aircraft present in the ravine near the field during work on his earliest powered aircraft designs.[3] Categories: Aircraft stubs | 1906 births | 1989 deaths | Aeronautical engineers | Yakovlev ... Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...

The airfield is surrounded by a variety of restricted-access facilities, including the main headquarters of Aeroflot, design bureaus for Ilyushin, Mikoyan Gurevich (MiG), Sukhoi and Yakovlev, the Aircraft Production Organization No. 30 (MAPO), and GRU headquarters ("the Aquarium"). The National Aviation and Space Museum (aka the National Aeronautics Museum or the Museum of the Air Forces) was on the airfield proper. Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Il), founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. ... Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich, or MiG (Russian: Микоян, Микоян-Гуревич or МиГ) is a Russian military aircraft manufacturer. ... Sukhoi (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. ... This page is about the aircraft design bureau and manufacturer. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with State Political Directorate. ...

Flights into or out of the airfield apparently continued to at least 1989 [4], but the runways existed into the 2000s (see the Google maps link for an excellent satellite image of one of the runways apparently being torn up).

Current plans for the site include a modern air and space museum, expected to be the largest in the world upon completion.[5]

The airfield is close to several stations on the Moscow Metro, including Dinamo and Aeroport on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, and Oktyabrskoe Pole on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, which is named after Khodynka field. A current map of the Moscow Metro. ... Dinamo (Динамо) is a Metro station in Moscow, Russia, named for the nearby Dinamo stadium. ... Aeroport (Аэропорт) is the name of a Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ... The Zamoskvoretskaya Line (Trans-Moskva River Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Oktyabrsokoe Pole (Russian: ) October Field is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (formerly Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya) is a line of the Moscow Metro. ...

External links

• A 1995 review of the museum at Khodynka
• Photos of the Khodynka collection
• More photos of the collection
• Google maps view of the airfield; note construction on south & west areas of field and apparent destruction of north-south runway underway. The stadium in the upper-right is Dinamo stadium.