Bronnizy

city Bronnitsy Бронницы flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Urban district Bronnizy mayor Valery Yegorov First mention 1453 City since 1781 surface 22  km² population 21,102 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 959 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49646 Post Code 140170, 140171 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 405 Website www.bronnitsy.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 25 ′  N , 38 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 38 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bronnizy ( Russian Бро́нницы ) is an independent city with 21,102 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Moscow Oblast in Russia . It is located on the left bank of the Moskva River , 52 km southeast of Moscow . The closest town is Ramenskoye , 20 km north of Bronnitsy.

history

Mentioned for the first time as Bronnitschi in a written document from 1453, the village, located on a road from Moscow to Astrakhan in southern Russia, gained a certain importance towards the middle of the 17th century, when a large royal stables were built there under the rule of Tsar Alexei I. The depiction of a horse on the city's coat of arms reminds of this fact to this day.

In 1705, the stone Archangel Michael Cathedral, which has been preserved to this day, was built in Bronnizy. Thanks to its convenient location, the place was doing well economically, so that it received city rights as early as 1781. Several classical buildings in the city remind of that time. At the end of the 18th century several smaller factories were built in Bronnizy. The city ​​was badly damaged in the war against Napoleon in 1812 , but was able to catch up economically again in the 19th century.

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  A post office in Bronnizy

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  Archangel Michael Church

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  Bell tower

Population development

year	Residents
1926	3,800
1939	6.127
1959	10,107
1970	11,782
1979	14,194
1989	16,057
2002	18,232
2010	21,102

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Infrastructure

There are several smaller factories in the light and food industry in Bronnizy.

The city is located at the intersection of the M5 trunk road and the A107 ring road . There is a railway station called Bronnizy on the Moscow- Ryazan route. It is not in the city, but 13 km north.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Bronnizy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bronnizy on mojgorod.ru (Russian)