Bykowo (Moscow)
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Bykowo ( Russian Быко́во ) is an urban-type settlement with 10,391 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia in the Moscow Oblast . The settlement, which is mainly known for the former Moscow Bykowo regional airport, is located 34 km southeast of Moscow , between the cities of Lyubertsy and Zhukovsky .
history
The place was created in the early 1860s with the construction of the railway line from Moscow to Ryazan . In 1933, the Bykowo airport was opened near by. In the 1930s Bykowo received the status of a Datschensiedlung (datschny possjolok), in 1962 it became urban-type settlement . In 1975 a new reception building was built for the airport, which was demolished after it was closed at the end of 2010.
Population development
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1926 | 3,450 |
| 1939 | 7,863 |
| 1959 | 14,017 |
| 1970 | 12,549 |
| 1979 | 11,288 |
| 1989 | 10,395 |
| 2002 | 9,235 |
| 2010 | 10,391 |
Note: census data
Economy and Transport
The economy, which used to be mainly characterized by the airport, with an aircraft repair plant and several hotels, now includes several food factories and a factory for equipment manufacturing.
Local trains from Moscow ( Kazan station ) stop at Bykowo station on the Moscow-Ryazan route .
Sons and daughters of the place
- Nikolai Rastorgujew (* 1957), musician and singer, co-founder of the band Lyube
- Vladimir Sorokin (* 1955), writer
- Pawel Tschuchrai (* 1946), film director
- Vladimir Bykov (1935–2015), geophysicist
- Alexander Kwasnikow (1912–1986), Soviet football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
