Solnechnogorsk

Solnechnogorsk (English)
Солнечногорск (Russian)
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Sovetskaya Square in Solnechnogorsk

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Solnechnogorsk
Location of Solnechnogorsk in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°11′N 36°59′E / 56.183°N 36.983°E / 56.183; 36.983Coordinates: 56°11′N 36°59′E / 56.183°N 36.983°E / 56.183; 36.983
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Solnechnogorsky District[1]
Town Solnechnogorsk[1]
Administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District,[1] Town of Solnechnogorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2011)
Municipal district Solnechnogorsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Solnechnogorsky Municipal District,[2] Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 52,944 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Town status since 1938
Previous names Solnechnaya Gora (until 1938)
Postal code(s)[5] 141501–141508, 141516, 141530
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Solnechnogorsk (Russian: Солнечного́рск) is a town and the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Highway and the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway, on the coast of Senezh Lake, 65 kilometers (40 mi) northwest from Moscow. Population: 52,944(2010 Census);[3] 58,374(2002 Census);[6] 55,554(1989 Census).[7]

History

Originally a village named Solnechnaya Gora (Солнечная Гора), it was granted town status and renamed Solnechnogorsk in 1938. During World War II, Solnechnogorsk was briefly occupied by the German Army from November 24 to December 12, 1941. It was one of the towns that was captured in the northern pincer of the attempted German encirclement of Moscow.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Solnechnogorsk serves as the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-five rural localities, incorporated within Solnechnogorsky District as the Town of Solnechnogorsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Solnechnogorsk is incorporated within Solnechnogorsky Municipal District as Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Industry in the town is represented by a metal construction factory, a glass-works, a sports fishing business, holiday homes, sport centers, children's summer camps, and ski lodges.

Culture

There is a museum of local lore in the town. Not far from Solnechnogorsk is the estate of Shakhmatovo that once belonged to a prominent Russian poet Alexander Blok; a museum of him has been opened there.

Military

The town is the headquarters for the Main Centre for Missile Attack Warning

Notable people

The town is the birthplace of the former Soviet hockey player Viktor Shalimov.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #27/2005-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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