Odintsovo

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Odintsovo (English)
Одинцово (Russian)
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Odintsovo rail station

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Odintsovo
Location of Odintsovo in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°17′E / 55.667°N 37.283°E / 55.667; 37.283Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°17′E / 55.667°N 37.283°E / 55.667; 37.283
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast
Administrative district Odintsovsky District[citation needed]
Administrative center of Odintsovsky District[citation needed]
Municipal status
Municipal district Odintsovsky Municipal District[citation needed]
Urban settlement Odintsovo Urban Settlement[citation needed]
Head[citation needed] Alexander Gusev[citation needed]
Representative body Council of Deputies[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 138,930 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010 122nd
Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00)[2]
Founded 1470[citation needed]
Official website
Odintsovo on WikiCommons

Odintsovo (Russian: Одинцо́во) is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 138,930 (2010 Census);[1] 134,844 (2002 Census);[3] 125,149 (1989 Census).[4]

History

The village of Odintsovo was formed in the late 14th century. The famous story among the Odintsovians is about a noble named Andrey Odinets. (Odinets is a nickname he had; real name: Andrey Ivanovitch Domotkanov, Russian: Андрей Иванович Домотканов.) For the great service to the Moscovian leader of the time, Dmitry Donskoy, Odinets was granted land to the southwest of Moscow.

Andrey Odinets founded Odintsovo as a way of thanking Donskoy, and so that the land did not remain empty. Thus Andrey Odinets' name remained in history. Town status was granted to Odintsovo in 1957.

Landmarks

Odintsovo is home to the Church of Grebnevskaya, Icon of the Mother of God, which was built in 1802.

Sports

  • Odintsovo volleyball clubs "ISKRA" (men) and "Zarechye-Odintsovo" (women) have each become champions of Russia in the past and they are very strong in the present. "Zarechye-Odintsovo" have won in the final in April 2008 against Dinamo Moscow to become champions of Russia. Many male and female players in Russian national volleyball teams have either grown up, or played/trained in Odintsovo.
  • "The Ice Palace", or the Odintsovo ice skating and hockey ring, was named to have "the best ice ever played on" by North American and former Soviet ice hockey veterans during the Stanley Cup visit in 2004.
  • The multiple Olympic, Russian and World Cross-country skiing champion Larisa Lazutina is from Odintsovo.

Coat of arms

Church of Grebnevskaya

The coat of arms of Odintsovo shows a white deer, representing cleanliness and purity. The deer lies facing the West, though looks at the East, and most people believe that the deer looks at the East (where Moscow is situated) with pity. Interestingly enough, although Odintsovo is only few miles away from Moscow, the environment of Odintsovo is not even nearly as polluted as Moscow's. This is mostly explained by the large numbers of parks and relief areas.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Odintsovo is twinned with:

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. 
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