Vatutinki

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Coordinates: 55°30′5″N, 37°20′3″E

Vatutinki (Russian: Вату́тинки) is a small town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 16 km south-west of Moscow. It is the location of a GRU base with Space Intelligence Directorate. It manages the Russian space reconnaissance program in coordination with the Fleet Intelligence Direction of the Fifth Directorate.

Vatutinki is the biggest village in Russia with a population of about 9,500. However, one can not find any of the small houses there that are usually predominant in Russian villages.

Some scenes of a famous Russian movie Night Watch were filmed here, in houses 41 or 42, and Vatutinki was mentioned in some of this movie's dialogues.

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