Lyubertsy

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Lyubertsy (English)
Люберцы (Russian)
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Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Lyubertsy
Location of Lyubertsy in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°55′E / 55.667°N 37.917°E / 55.667; 37.917Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°55′E / 55.667°N 37.917°E / 55.667; 37.917
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast
Administrative district Lyuberetsky District[citation needed]
Administrative center of Lyuberetsky District[citation needed]
Municipal status
Municipal district Lyuberetsky Municipal District[citation needed]
Urban settlement Lyubertsy Urban Settlement[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 172,525 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010 106th
Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00)[2]
Founded 1621[citation needed]
Dialing code(s) +7 495[citation needed]
Official website
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Lyubertsy (Russian: Люберцы, IPA: [ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ]) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 172,525 (2010 Census);[1] 156,691 (2002 Census);[3] 165,478 (1989 Census).[4]

History

Lyubertsy was founded in 1623 and was granted city status in 1925. It is a working class suburb of Moscow.[5]

Lyubertsy was home to the Lyubers Soviet sports youth movement in the 1980s. During the perestroika years of the 1990s, the Lyubers, and by association Lyubertsy, formed a part of the emerging organized crime syndicates.

Tourism

Although it has some moderately attractive areas and is near some beautiful dacha areas such as Malakhovka, Lyubertsy attracts few tourists.

Industry

Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are more than twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction.

Prevailing domains are mechanical engineering, metalworking, production of construction materials, woodworking and food processing.

Among the largest enterprises are:

  • Kamov company. Ukhtomsky Helicopter plant named after N. I. Kamov (developer of the world-famous Ka-50 "Black Shark" and Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters)
  • Ukhtomsky machine-building plant, making equipment for raising livestock
  • "Torgmash" joint-stock company produces manufacturing equipment
  • A construction materials plant
  • "Lyuberetskye carpets" collective
  • "Belaya dacha" agricultural processing plant, a supplier for McDonalds

Notable people

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. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ "Fear of Return to ’90s Hardship Fuels Support for Putin" political analysis by Michael Schwirtz datelined Lyubertsy in The New York Times March 3, 2012

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