Chekhov (city)

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city
Chekhov
ехов
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Federal district Central Russia
Oblast Moscow
Rajon Chekhov
mayor Vladimir Steperenkov
First mention 18th century
Earlier names Lopasnja (until 1954)
City since 1954
surface 14  km²
population 60,720 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 4337 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 170  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 49672
Post Code 14230x
License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750
OKATO 46 256 501
Website www.chekhov-city.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 55 ° 9 ′  N , 37 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 37 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
Chekhov (city) (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Chekhov (city) (Moscow Oblast)
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Location in Moscow Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Chekhov ( Russian Чехов ) is a city with around 60,720 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Moscow Oblast , Russia . It is located about 80 km south of Moscow on the Lopasnja , a left tributary of the Oka , and is the administrative center of a Rajon of the Oblast.

The closest larger towns are Klimovsk , Lwowski and Podolsk from the north and Serpukhov from the south . All four are located around 20–30 km from Chekhov.

history

Chekhov is one of the younger cities in Moscow Oblast. It emerged from the village Lopasnja (Лопасня), which had existed since the 18th century at the latest. It was named after the river of the same name and was important for trade due to its location on an old road from Moscow to Tula . In 1951 the former village became an urban-type settlement after the first industrial plants were built nearby. In 1954 the place received city rights and its current name in honor of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov , who had lived in the vicinity of today's city in the 1890s.

Population development

year Residents
1939 3,538
1959 13,950
1970 37,641
1979 52,497
1989 59.206
2002 72,917
2010 60,720

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Chekhov train station

The city's industrial operations include factories for building materials, fittings and animal feed. There are also several companies in the food industry in Chekhov, such as a Danone production facility . Housing and office space construction has recently shown a remarkable development in Chekhov.

The city is connected to the M2 trunk road in the direction of Tula, Kursk and the Ukraine and has a train station on the Moscow – Kursk railway line with regular connections and the like. a. to Moscow ( Kursk train station ), Podolsk, Serpuchow or Tula.

Attractions

In the urban area is the Satschatjewskoje (Зачатьевское) estate, which once belonged to the Vasilchikov family. 12 km southwest of the city, in the village of Melichowo (Мелихово), there is the former country residence of Anton Chekhov . The former estate of the writer now houses a Chekhov Museum.

Sports

The Olimpijski Sports Palace in Chekhov

In Chekhov is with Medwedi Chekhov a well-known handball club of the Russian league. This club plays its home games in the Universal Sport Hall "Olimpijski", which was inaugurated in 2003 . The water polo players from Schturm-2002 Chekhov were three times Russian men's champions from 2004 to 2006. Until 2013, the city was also home to a well-known ice hockey club, Vitjas Chekhov .

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

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)

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