Zelenograd

Federal district	Central Russia
City with ; subject status	Moscow
head	Anatoly Smirnov
Founded	1958
Moscow administrative district since	1991
surface	37.22 km²
population	221,712 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	5957 inhabitants / km²
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 499, 495
Post Code	124xxx
License Plate	77, 97, 99, 177, 197, 199, 777
OKATO	45 272
Website	www.zelao.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates	56 ° 0 ′ N , 37 ° 11 ′ E Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 37 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Moscow

Zelenograd ( Russian Зеленогра́д , literally: "Green City") is one of twelve Moscow administrative districts ( Okrugs ), but geographically it is an independent urban settlement area . It forms an enclave within Moscow Oblast . Zelenograd is located around 37 km northwest of Moscow city center, outside the motorway ring, and has 221,712 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

A residential area in Zelenograd (Krjukowo district)

“Bayonets” - memorial for heroes of the Second World War

Zelenograd is known as the "Russian Silicon Valley ". It was built from 1958 as a “ socialist city ” on what had been a forested area until then, received city rights in 1963 and was inaccessible to foreign visitors until 1991, when it became an administrative district of Moscow. The most important microchip , laser , micro and nanoelectronic production facilities in the Soviet Union were built in Zelenograd. Several research institutes are also based here, most notably the National Research University for Electronic Technology (MIET), Sitronics and Rossijskaya Electronics . In addition, Zelenograd is the seat of an important business school, the MSABA, with its own university incubator .

In the south-western part of Zelenograd, the district of Krjukowo is located on the site of the village of the same name, which played an important role in the 1941 Battle of Moscow , as the German Wehrmacht encountered fierce resistance here as it marched on the capital and could be stopped. Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport is located a little east of Zelenograd . Zelenograd is connected to the Moscow - Tver - Saint Petersburg motorway as well as the corresponding railway line .

Population development

year	Residents
1970	72,599
1979	129,820
1989	158.294
2002	215,727
2010	221.712
2012	223,584
2013	226,477
2014	229,926
2015	232,489
2016	237,897
2017	239,861

Note: census data

The administrative district is divided into the five Rajons Krjukowo, Matuschkino, Sawjolki, Silino and Staroye Krjukowo.

Town twinning

United States Tulsa ( Oklahoma , United States )
Germany Unterschleißheim ( Bavaria , Germany )

Sons and Daughters of Zelenograd

Matwei Jelissejew (* 1993), biathlete

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)

Web links

Commons : Zelenograd - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of the administrative district (Russian)
Zelenograd Sights (Russian)
Zelenograd in the Moscow web portal (German)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)