Before 1960 district territories was part of
Moscow oblast. It had villages and and . The first wave of mass housing in the district began in the 1940-1950s as a part of the extending city
Tushino. At that time, it was built along the streets of neighborhoods Skhodnenskaya (Skhodnya), Lodochnaya (Boat) and Okruzhnaya (Circle), but is currently under a mass demolition of these buildings and the construction in their place, modern high-rise buildings. The next wave of construction took place in the 1960-1970s, When neighborhoods were built along the boulevards Yana Raynisa (named after
Janis Rajnis) and Khimkinski (after river, now this boulevard is near ), Aerodromnaya (
Tushino airfield) and Turistskaya (tourist) streets. In the 1970s, villages Petrovo and Zakharkovo was demolished. In the 1980s, neighborhoods were built along the streets Vasili Petushkova and knitting directions. ==Transport==