Serebryanyye Prudy

Urban-type settlement Serebrjanyje Prudy Серебряные Пруды flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Rajon Serebryanyye Prudy First mention 1571 Urban-type settlement since 1961 population 9,705 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49667 Post Code 142970 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 250 551 Website serprud.narod.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 27 '  N , 38 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 27 '0 "  N , 38 ° 44' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

Serebrjanyje Prudy ( Russian Сере́бряные Пруды , literally "Silver Ponds" or "Silver Ponds") is an urban-type settlement in Russia in the extreme south of Moscow Oblast , near the border with Ryazan Oblast . The town with 9,705 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) is located on the Ossjotr , a right tributary of the Oka , around 160 km from Moscow , and is the administrative center of the raion of the same name within the oblast.

history

St. Nicholas Church in Serebrjanyje Prudy

Prudy, south of Moscow, was first mentioned in the early 1570s. At that time the place was close to the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and was therefore often invaded by Tatars . For this reason, the village served as a fortress for a while, but lost its importance again until the 17th century when the borders of Russia could be moved further south.

In 1898 the railway line Moscow Paveletsky Railway Station - Bogoyavlensk was passed by Serebrjanyje Prudy and a station was opened there. On June 20, 1924, the place became the administrative seat of a Rajons. From September 26, 1937, the Rajon belonged to Tula Oblast , before it came to Moscow Oblast on December 20, 1942.

During the Second World War , the advance of the German Wehrmacht was stopped at Serebrjanyje Prudy as part of the Battle of Moscow . It was only able to keep the place occupied for a few days until it was retaken by the Red Army on December 7, 1941.

Since April 20, 1961, the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	5341
1959	2700
1970	5952
1979	7578
1989	8977
2002	8969
2010	9705

Note: census data. In 1959, the districts to the left of the Osjotr were under the administration of the independent Saretschny (Tschuikowski) village soviet .

Economy and Infrastructure

The district around Serebrjanyje Prudy, which is only sparsely populated according to the conditions of the greater Moscow area, is predominantly agricultural. A spirits factory in the Rajonzentrum is the largest industrial enterprise.

Serebrjanyje Prudy has a train station on the line. The most important road connection is the nearby federal trunk road R22 Kaspi (formerly M6).

Sons and daughters of the place

• Ernst-August Köstring (1876–1953), German diplomat and general of the cavalry in World War II
• Wassili Tschuikow (1900–1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Marianna Laba (* 1968), Ukrainian soprano

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)
2. ↑ Hellbeck, Jochen: The Stalingrad Protocols. Soviet eyewitnesses report from the battle. Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-596-19522-0 , pp. 322 .

Web links

• Unofficial local website (Russian)