policed by the country administration. This attracted shady persons, and the area was considered a criminal ghetto, especially after World War I and Russian Civil War, when law-abiding men were drafted and perished in the army, and the Bolshevik administration expropriated all livestock from the residents. The area remained unsafe until the 1960s. The post-World War II Maryina Roshcha underworld was featured in The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed mini-series. Joseph Stalin's master plan of 1935 proposed building a north–south highway through Maryina Roshcha, which would have led to demolition of the 19th-century housing. This plan did not materialize, and while wooden Maryina Roshcha was being gradually demolished, some wooden buildings survived until the 1960s. The remainder was cleared in the late 1970s in preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The last remaining tram lines were closed in 2002, when the district's southern boundary was converted into the Third Ring highway. Municipal status As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Maryina roshcha Municipal Okrug. Transportation Moscow Metro had expanded the Lyublinskaya Line to Maryina Roshcha metro station on June 19, 2010. The district is also accessible via Savyolovskaya, Rizhskaya (south), and Alexeyevskaya (north) stations. The Rizhsky railway station of the Moscow Railway is located in the district. By 2022, the Maryina Roshcha station will be open as part of the Big Ring Metro Line. References Citations Sources Further reading P.V. Sytin. History of Moscow Streets (1948). External links Official website of Maryina roshcha District Official website of Maryina roshcha District Council of Deputies 1929 map of Maryina roshcha 1929 map of the villages of Maryino and Ostankino Districts of Moscow North-Eastern Administrative Okrug