Jamóvniki
Monasterios, museos y un meandro del río
De las mansiones de Prechístenka al convento Novodévichi y Luzhnikí.
Foto: Ivtorov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sobre el distrito
The name comes from the 17th-century Khamovnaya Sloboda, a settlement of weavers who made “khamovnoye” linen cloth. In 1679–1682 the weavers themselves built the ornate Church of St Nicholas in Khamovniki.
In 1524 Vasily III founded the Novodevichy Convent on Devichye Field to commemorate the capture of Smolensk. Its ensemble was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004.
In 1882 Leo Tolstoy bought an estate in Dolgo-Khamovnichesky Lane and spent nearly twenty winters here with his family. In the 20th century the Luzhniki sports complex (1956) rose in the river bend, the main arena of the 1980 Olympics and of the 2018 FIFA World Cup final.
- Distrito administrativo
- Central ókrug administrativo
- Estatus
- Distrito
- Población
- 108.015 (a 2025)
- Superficie
- 10 km²
- Estaciones dentro del distrito
- 7
Población según Wikidata en la fecha indicada; superficie calculada a partir del límite de OpenStreetMap; estaciones según su posición dentro del límite.
Qué ver
Novodevichy Convent
A 16th–17th-century ensemble in the Moscow Baroque style beside a pond, with the Novodevichy Cemetery next door.
Leo Tolstoy Estate Museum
The wooden house in Khamovniki that preserves the writer’s family home as it was.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The museum on Volkhonka opened in 1912; its founder was Professor Ivan Tsvetaev.
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Recreated in the 1990s on the site of the cathedral demolished in 1931.
Luzhniki
The Olympic complex in the river bend with its Grand Sports Arena and embankments.
Dónde pasear
- 01
Novodevichy Ponds
The convent walls and bell tower seen across the water — one of the most picturesque views in the city.
- 02
Frunzenskaya and Luzhnetskaya embankments
A long riverside walk facing Neskuchny Garden and the Sparrow Hills.
- 03
Patriarshy Bridge
A footbridge from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour to Bersenevskaya Embankment with a Kremlin panorama.
Arquitectura
Khamovniki means the Empire-style mansions of Prechistenka and Ostozhenka, the museum quarter on Volkhonka and calm riverside blocks where people run and cycle in the mornings.Novodevichy Convent
Its tiered bell tower of 1690 is one of the finest examples of the Moscow Baroque.
St Nicholas in Khamovniki
A five-domed church with tiled décor, built by the weavers of the settlement.
Prechistenka mansions
The Empire style of post-fire Moscow: porticoes, mezzanines and stucco.
Grand Sports Arena
The stadium kept its historic façade through its reconstruction for the World Cup.
Transporte
The Sokolnicheskaya line runs through the whole district. The MCC’s Luzhniki station serves the stadium, and Park Kultury links a radial line with the Circle line.
En el esquema de transporteEstaciones dentro del distrito
MCC
Curiosidades
- 01
A “khamovnik” was a weaver, and “khamovnoye” cloth was linen.
- 02
In Khamovniki Tolstoy wrote “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” and worked on “Resurrection”.
- 03
The Novodevichy Convent ensemble has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004.
Galería de fotos
Pushkin Museum
En el mapa
Límites: © colaboradores de OpenStreetMap, ODbL. Límite según OpenStreetMap, noviembre de 2026.