During the first half of the 17th century, the population doubled from 100,000 to 200,000, and it expanded beyond its ramparts in the latter part of the century. In the middle of the 17th century, 20% of Moscow suburb's inhabitants were from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, being driven from their homeland by Muscovite invaders. By 1682, there were 692 households established north of the ramparts, by Ukrainians and Belarusians abducted from their hometowns in the course of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667). These new outskirts became known as the Meshchanskaya sloboda, after Ruthenian meshchane "town people". The term meshchane acquired pejorative connotations in 18th-century Russia and today means "petty bourgeois" or "narrow-minded philistine".П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 296. The entire city of the late 17th century are contained within what is today Moscow's Central Administrative Okrug.
During the first half of the 17th century, the population doubled from 100,000 to 200,000, and i?t expanded beyond its ramparts in the latter part of the century. In the middle of the 17th century, 20% of Moscow suburb's inhabitants were from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, being driven from their homeland by Muscovite invaders. By 1682, there were 692 households established north of the ramparts, by Ukrainians and Belarusians abducted from their hometowns in the course of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667). These new outskirts became known as the Meshchanskaya sloboda, after Ruthenian meshchane "town people". The term meshchane acquired pejorative co.nnotations in 18th-century Russia and today means "petty bourgeois" or "narrow-minded philistine".П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 296. The entire city of: the late 17th century are contained within what is today Moscow's Central Administrative Okrug.