Chekhov, Moscow Oblast
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| Chekhov (English) Чехов (Russian) |
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  Location of Chekhov on the map of Russia
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| City Day: One of the days in September | |
| Administrative status | |
| Federal subject In jurisdiction of Administrative center of |
Moscow Oblast Chekhovsky District Chekhovsky District |
| Local self-government (as of June 2008) | |
| Charter | Charter of Chekhov |
| Municipal status | Urban settlement |
| Head | Vladimir Steperenkov |
| Legislative body | Council of Deputies |
| Area | |
| Area | 18 km² (6.9 sq mi) |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank - Density |
72,917 inhabitants 214th 4,050.9/km² (10,491.8/sq mi) |
| Events | |
| Founded | 18th century |
| Renamed Chyornoye Ozero | 1920 |
| Renamed Lopasnya | 1936 |
| Granted urban-type settlement status | 1951 |
| Granted town status and Renamed Chekhov | 1954 |
| Other information | |
| Postal code | 142300 |
| Dialing code | +7 49672 |
| Official website | |
| http://chekhov-city.ru/chehovo/ | |
Chekhov (Russian: Че́хов) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Before 1954, it was named Lopasnya (Лопа́сня), after the Lopasnya River. Population: 72,917 (2002 Census);[1] 59,206 (1989 Census);[2] 56,000 (1985).
Fifteen kilometers away from Chekhov, in the village of Melikhovo, there is a museum of Anton Chekhov.
On the outskirts of Chekhov lies the Davidov Hermitage, reputedly the richest monastery in Russia. It contains many churches from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Nearby Chekhov is the Russian General Staff wartime command post, buried deep underground,[3] which is almost certainly linked directly to the Kremlin by an underground rail link — the 'Moscow Metro 2' line operated by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).[4]
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Globalsecurity.org, Chekhov, accessed October 2007
- ^ Google Earth community Both of these sources draw on the US Department of Defense's Soviet Military Power.
