Yuzhnoye Butovo District
District in Moscow, Russia
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Yuzhnoye Butovo District (Southern Butovo, Russian: Ю́жное Бу́тово) is the biggest residential district in South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The district's history dates back to 1612, and it is named after a Don Cossack Butov. The area of the district is 27 square kilometres (10 mi2).[1] The population (July 2016) was 207,903.
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Yuzhnoye Butovo District | |
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Street scene, Yuzhnoye Butovo District | |
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 Location of Yuzhnoye Butovo District on the map of Moscow | |
| Coordinates: 56°N 38°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow |
| Area | |
• Total | 27 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 207,903 | |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| OKTMO ID | 45909000 |
| Website | http://ubutovo.mos.ru/ |
Butovo memorial
Situated approximately 27 km south-east of Moscow, Butovo is the site of the Butovo firing range, a mass grave dating from the "Great Purge" of the 1930s. In excess of 20,000 people were shot and buried there from August 1937 to October 1938 . It has become a shrine to Joseph Stalin's victims and has an Orthodox church on the grounds.
