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List of cities in Russia |
Koroljow ( Russian Королёв ) is a major Russian city about 20 kilometers northeast of Moscow . With 183,402 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) Koroljow is one of the largest cities in Moscow Oblast . It is named after the rocket designer Sergei Korolev .
geography
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Korolev is located about 10 km from the northeastern city limits of Moscow and is separated from the Moscow city area mainly by the forests of the Lossiny Ostrow National Park . Since part of it belongs administratively to Korolev, forest areas make up around half of the urban area of Korolev.
The city of Mytishchi borders directly on Korolev and forms with it one of the largest metropolitan areas in the Moscow area. Other neighboring cities - each about 10 to 20 km away from Korolev - are Ivanteevka , Pushkino , Shcholkowo and Balaschicha .
history
The present-day city of Korolev was formed on the site of the Podlipki (Подлипки) settlement , which emerged as a dacha settlement from the end of the 19th century after a railway line was laid from Moscow to here . In 1918 an artillery factory was relocated from Saint Petersburg nearby so that production could continue despite the civil war . Over the next few years a workers' settlement was built near this factory, which was named Kalininski (Калининский) in 1928 in honor of the politician Mikhail Kalinin . In 1938 the settlement got city status and has since been called Kaliningrad (Калининград) - "Kalinin City". Since 1945 this name has mostly been given the addition "in Moscow Oblast" to avoid confusion with Kaliningrad in the former East Prussia , which was given this name after the end of the Second World War .
Before the war, Korolev was best known for his artillery production. In 1946 the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to set up research institutes in the field of rocket construction there. In the 1940s and 1950s, several research institutes and factories for the space industry were set up there, in which German specialists also worked at the beginning (see Aktion Ossawakim ). The city was also greatly expanded in the post-war period through the incorporation of surrounding areas; however, in 1992 the village of Jubileiny, which had previously belonged to Korolev, was spun off as an independent city.
In 1996 the city was given its current name after the rocket designer Sergei Koroljow , who had researched here since 1946 and helped shape the city many times.
In 2014 Jubileiny was incorporated again.
Population development
year | Residents | comment |
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1939 | 28,122 | as well as workers' settlement Kostino 15,878 |
1959 | 41,427 | and town (from 1940) Kostino 30,458 (incorporated in 1959) |
1970 | 105,945 | |
1979 | 133,470 | |
1989 | 159,363 | |
2002 | 142,568 | |
2010 | 183,402 | |
2020 | 225,858 |
Note: census data
Economy and Transport
To this day Korolev is considered a center of Russian space travel . The control center is located in the city , from which, among other things, the Mir space station and, after its end, the ISS are monitored. In addition, numerous research and science stations have their headquarters in the city. Korolev's industry is also dominated by rocket and spacecraft construction, including the local space company RKK Energija . There are also wood processing, packaging and textile factories in the city.
Koroljow has a railway connection on a branch line of the Trans-Siberian Magistrale branching off in Mytishchi . This means that there are regular train connections with Moscow (including the Yaroslavl train station ), which are supplemented by a number of inner-city and regional bus routes.
Furthermore, the "International Space Olympics" take place annually in Korolev.
Town twinning
sons and daughters of the town
- Nikolai Medvedev (1915–1976), ice hockey, bandy and football player
- Vasily Trofimow (1919–1999), ice hockey, bandy and soccer player
- Alexander Spirin (* 1931), biochemist and molecular biologist
- Yuri Voinov (1931–2003), football player
- Rudolf Alexachin (* 1936), biologist
- Vladimir Meshcheryakov (1937–1982), football player
- Vladimir Nachabzew (1938–2002), film cameraman
- Valentina Titowa (* 1942), theater and film actress
- Tamara Degtjarjowa (* 1944), theater and film actress
- Alexei Kondaurow (* 1949), politician
- Valery Petukhov (1950-2003), psychologist
- Yuri Pudyshev (* 1954), Soviet and Belarusian football player
- Alexander Kolmakow (* 1955), officer
- Anatoly Popov (* 1955), bandy player
- Irina Nasarowa (* 1957), track and field athlete
- Andrej Karaulow (* 1958), journalist, television presenter
- Wladimir Markin (* 1959), composer, pop singer
- Oleg Sagorodnew (born 1959), hockey player
- Guri Fjodorow (* 1960), Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Sergei Simin (* 1961), bandy player
- Alexander Zyganow (* 1961), bandy player and trainer
- Alexander Schulin (* 1963), figure skater
- Oleg Samatov (* 1965), football player and coach
- Vladimir Grusdew (* 1967), entrepreneur and politician
- Konstantin Kosejew (* 1967), cosmonaut
- Andrei Tikhonov (* 1970), football player
- Ilya Kazakov (* 1972), journalist, sports commentator, television presenter
- Euthimius Moissejew (* 1972), cleric, rector of the Kazan Seminary
- Andrei Merslikin (* 1973), actor
- Dmitri Keschwatow (* 1975), composer, guitarist of the Russian band Spitfire
- Natalja Urjadowa (* 1977), beach volleyball player
- Kristina Asmus (* 1988), actress
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)
- ↑ Law of Moscow Oblast on the merger of the cities of Korolev and Jubileiny (Russian)
Web links
- Official Website (Russian)
- Korolev on mojgorod.ru (Russian)