Widnoje

city Vidnoye Видное flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Rajon Lenin Founded 1949 City since 1965 surface 28  km² population 56,752 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2027 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 495 Post Code 142700-142704 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 228 501 Website vidnoe.su Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 33 '  N , 37 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 33 '0 "  N , 37 ° 43' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Widnoje ( Russian Ви́дное ; scientific transliteration Vidnoe ) is a Russian city ​​in Moscow Oblast . It is located near the southeastern border of the city of Moscow , about two kilometers south of the MKAD ring road , and has 56,752 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Widnoje - literally translated "the visible", which should possibly indicate the location of the place high on the hills - emerged from a dacha settlement , which in turn was built from 1902 on the site of the former estate Widnoje. In 1949 the Datschensiedlung received the status of a workers' settlement and was expanded to include several residential quarters for the staff of a coking plant built nearby . On January 3, 1965, the settlement received city rights and at the same time became the administrative center of a Rajon within the Moscow Oblast.

Near the town is the former estate of the Gorky Leninsky settlement , where revolutionary leader Lenin died in 1924. The Rajon, whose center is Widnoje, is named after this.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	14,191
1970	35,446
1979	44.208
1989	55,829
2002	52,198
2010	56,752

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the coking plant, which currently belongs to the Russian mining company Mechel , the industry in Widnoje is represented by a factory for metal structures, among other things. However, due to the city's proximity to Moscow, many residents of Vidnoye work there.

Widnoje is located on the Russian M4 trunk road ( European route E 115 ) from Moscow to Novorossiysk . Near the town and the railway highway Moscow-runs Lipetsk . The station belonging to Widnoje is called Rastorgujewo and is a stopping point for numerous local trains that connect the Pawelezer station in Moscow with cities such as Domodedovo or Kaschira . Urban public transport consists of omnibus and marshrutka lines that also connect Widnoje with Moscow. The city has also had a small trolleybus network since 2000.

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  A fountain in the center of Vidnoye

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  Widnoje and the M4

sons and daughters of the town

• Igor Akinfejew (* 1986), national soccer goalkeeper
• Artyom Voronin (born 1991), ice hockey player
• Nike Borzov (born 1972), singer

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 : Widnoje  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Widnoje on mojgorod.ru (Russian)