Chekhov, Moscow Oblast

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Chekhov (English)
Чехов (Russian)
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Chekhov railway station

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Chekhov
Location of Chekhov in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°08′53″N 37°28′37″E / 55.14806°N 37.47694°E / 55.14806; 37.47694Coordinates: 55°08′53″N 37°28′37″E / 55.14806°N 37.47694°E / 55.14806; 37.47694

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Flag
Town Day One of the days in September[citation needed]
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast
Administrative district Chekhovsky District[citation needed]
Administrative center of Chekhovsky District[citation needed]
Municipal status (as of June 2008)
Municipal district Chekhovsky Municipal District[citation needed]
Urban settlement Chekhov Urban Settlement[citation needed]
Head[citation needed] Vladimir Steperenkov[citation needed]
Representative body Council of Deputies[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 60,720 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010 270th
Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00)[2]
Founded 18th century[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[3] 142300
Dialing code(s) +7 49672[citation needed]

Chekhov (Russian: Че́хов) is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Before 1954, it was named Lopasnya (Лопа́сня), after the Lopasnya River. Population: 60,720 (2010 Census);[1] 72,917 (2002 Census);[4] 59,206 (1989 Census);[5] 56,000 (1985).

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.

Near Chekhov is the Russian General Staff wartime command post, buried deep underground,[6] 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).[7]

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns and sister cities

Chekhov, Moscow Oblast is twinned with:[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Russian)
  4. ↑ "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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Globalsecurity.org, Chekhov, accessed October 2007
  7. ↑ Google Earth community Both of these sources draw on the US Department of Defense's Soviet Military Power.
  8. ↑ twinning website

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