Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki
A city on the river bends
Serebryany Bor with its pine forest and beaches, the Mnyovniki floodplain and new Big Circle Line stations — a district where the Moskva River makes its widest loops.
About the district
The district joined the lands of the old villages of Khoroshyovo and Mnyovniki. Khoroshyovo still has the Trinity Church built under Boris Godunov at the end of the 16th century.
In 1937, when the Khoroshyovo cut straightened the river channel, part of the bank became an island — and so Serebryany Bor became a forest island in the middle of the city.
Mass housing came in the second half of the 20th century, and in the 2010s and 2020s the district gained Big Circle Line stations.
- Okrug
- North-Western Administrative Okrug
- Status
- District
- Population
- 183,677 (as of 2025)
- Area
- 18 km²
- Stations within the district
- 7
Population is from Wikidata as of the date shown; the area is calculated from the OpenStreetMap boundary; stations are listed by their position inside the boundary.
What to see
Serebryany Bor
A forest park with pine woods, lakes and beaches on an island in the river bend.
Mnyovniki floodplain
A large river bend with open meadows and new quarters.
Trinity Church in Khoroshyovo
A church from the time of Boris Godunov on the high bank.
Zhivopisny Bridge
A cable-stayed bridge with a red arch over the river next to the district.
Where to walk
- 01
Serebryany Bor
Nature trails among the pines, Bottomless Lake and beaches.
- 02
Karamyshevskaya Embankment
A long embankment along calm water.
- 03
Zvenigorodskoye Shosse and the floodplain
Open views of the bend and the Zhivopisny Bridge.
Architecture
Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki has water on three sides: long embankments, the beaches of Serebryany Bor and the open spaces of the floodplain.
Trinity Church
A rare surviving church from Godunov’s time.
Zhivopisny Bridge
A cable-stayed bridge with an arch that became a symbol of the north-west.
New quarters
Housing by the Big Circle Line stations and on the floodplain banks.
Transport
The Big Circle Line connected the district with other parts of the city without travelling through the centre. The Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line leads to the centre, and MCC Khoroshyovo station is nearby.
On the transport mapStations within the district
Did you know
- 01
Serebryany Bor became an island after the Khoroshyovo cut was built in 1937.
- 02
The Trinity Church in Khoroshyovo is associated with Boris Godunov.
- 03
The Zhivopisny Bridge opened in 2007.
Photo gallery
Khoroshyovo-Mnyovniki, Moscow: photograph from Wikimedia Commons
On the map
Boundaries: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Boundary from OpenStreetMap, November 2026.