Zhukovsky

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Schukowski (disambiguation) .

city Zhukovsky Жуковский flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Urban district Zhukovsky mayor Alexander Bobovnikov Founded 1935 Earlier names Stachanowo (until 1947) City since 1947 surface 27  km² population 104,736 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3879 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49648 Post Code 14018x License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 425 Website www.zhukovskiy.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 36 '  N , 38 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '0 "  N , 38 ° 7' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Zhukovsky ( Russian Жуко́вский ) is a city in Moscow Oblast in Russia . It is located around 35 km southeast of Moscow near the city of Ramenskoye . Zhukovsky has 104,736 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

From the dacha settlement Otdych ( Отдых , dt. Recovery ) the community Stachanowo (Стаханово) emerged in the 1930s . In 1947 Stachanowo received city rights and its current name. The city is named after the scientist Nikolai Jegorowitsch Schukowski , who is considered the father of Russian aviation.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,785
1959	41,748
1970	73,781
1979	90.288
1989	100,609
2002	101,328
2010	104,736

Note: census data

economy

The building of the Zhukovsky City Council (left) and the ZAGI building

Zhukovsky is the main center of Russian aerospace. At the time of the Soviet Union , the city was not accessible as a base for the air forces . To this day it is the focus of Russian aircraft research and planning with several control stations and runways , including the largest in Europe with a length of 5.4 km and a width of 120 m at the Zhukovsky airfield .

The following research institutes and universities can also be found :

• The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (ZAGI)
• The Mikhail Gromov University for Flight Research (LII)
• The OKB ( Experimental Design Office ) Mikoyan-Gurevich
• The Scientific Research Institute for Automation and Instrument Making (NIIAP)
• The school for MiG test pilots

The international aerospace exhibition MAKS takes place here every two years .

Town twinning

•  Le Bourget , France
•  Sydals Municipality , Denmark
•  Ulyanovsk , Russia

sons and daughters of the town

• Boris Wassiljewitsch Palzew (1939–2014), mathematician
• Igor Romischewski (1940–2013), ice hockey player and coach
• Igor Votinzew (* 1953), test pilot
• Jelena Walajewa (* 1953), film actress
• Wladimir Sewerin (* 1956), test cosmonaut
• Lyudmila Telen (* 1957), journalist
• Sergei Melnikow (* 1959), test pilot
• Viktoria Mullova (* 1959), violinist
• Nikolai Matjuchin (* 1968), walker
• Alexander Pavlov (* 1969), test pilot
• Andrei Jepischin (* 1981), athlete
• Maxim Rybin (* 1981), ice hockey player
• Nina Bratchikova (* 1985), tennis player
• Viktorija Baranova (* 1990), track cyclist
• Marija Tolkachova (born 1997), gymnast

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 : Zhukovsky  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official city website (Russian)
• Zhukovsky on mojgorod.ru (Russian)