Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Zheleznodorozhny (Template:Langx) is an inhabited zone and city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located Script error: No such module "convert". east of Moscow. It was technically abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015.[1] Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[2] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[3] Its name means "Railway", and its flag and coat of arms both had lines resembling railway tracks.
History
Founded in 1861 to service the railway station of Obiralovka (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[4] the settlement became famous as the location where the main character of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel Anna Karenina committed suicide. It was renamed Zheleznodorozhny (Russian adjective meaning "railway"; example of use: "zheleznodorozhnaya stantsiya" "railway station") in 1939 and granted town status in 1952.[5] In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Savvino (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Temnikovo (Script error: No such module "Lang".), and Sergeyevka (Script error: No such module "Lang".) became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino is historically associated with the name of Andrei Bely, the Russian poet who lived there between 1925 and 1931.
In January 2015 Zheleznodorozhny was abolished and its territory merged into the city of Balashikha.[1]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[6] As a municipal division, Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug.[7][1]
Transportation
The railway connecting Moscow and Vladimir runs through Zheleznodorozhny, which is served by Kuchino and Zheleznodorozhnaya railway stations of the Gorkovsky suburban railway line.
Notable people
- Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, animated films director, lived here until her death in 1980.
- Vasily Arkhipov, a retired Soviet Navy Vice Admiral, known for having prevented, as a Captain, the firing of a nuclear torpedo, thus preventing a potential escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis into World War III, lived in the city until his death in 1998.
References
Citations
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- ↑ a b c Law #209/2014-OZ
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- ↑ СССР. Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик на 1 января 1980 года / Составители В. А. Дударев, Н. А. Евсеева. — М.: Изд-во «Известия Советов народных депутатов СССР», 1980. — 702 с. — С. 172.
- ↑ Law #11/2013-OZ, rev. prior to December 2014
- ↑ Law #179/2004-OZ
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Sources
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- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #209/2014-OZ of December 30, 2014 On the Merger of the Balashikha and Zheleznodorozhny Cities Under Oblast Jurisdiction and on Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).