Lukhovitsy

Lukhovitsy (English)
Луховицы (Russian)
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Central Lukhovitsy

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Lukhovitsy
Location of Lukhovitsy in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 54°59′N 39°03′E / 54.983°N 39.050°ECoordinates: 54°59′N 39°03′E / 54.983°N 39.050°E
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Lukhovitsky District[1]
Town Lukhovitsy[1]
Administrative center of Lukhovitsky District,[1] Town of Lukhovitsy[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2011)
Municipal district Lukhovitsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Lukhovitsy Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Lukhovitsky Municipal District,[2] Lukhovitsy Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 29,850 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1594
Town status since 1957
Previous names Glukhovichi,
Lukhovichi (until mid-1920s)
Postal code(s)[5] 140500–140503, 140508
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Lukhovitsy (Russian: Лухови́цы) is a town and the administrative center of Lukhovitsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River 135 kilometers (84 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 29,850 (2010 Census);[3] 32,403 (2002 Census);[6] 32,501 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in 1594 as the settlement of Glukhovichi (Глуховичи), a votchina of a Ryazan archbishop. It used to be called Lukhovichi (Луховичи) until the mid-1920s. In 1957, it was granted town status. The town grew rapidly after the transfer of testing (and later production) facilities of the Mikoyan design bureau.

Monument to MiG-23 in Lukhovitsy

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lukhovitsy serves as the administrative center of Lukhovitsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the settlement of stantsii Chernaya, incorporated within Lukhovitsky District as the Town of Lukhovitsy.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Lukhovitsy is incorporated within Lukhovitsky Municipal District as Lukhovitsy Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The town is served by the Tretyakovo Airport. A bus terminal is located here.

Trivia

Lukhovitsy is famous for growing cucumbers; there is a monument of a cucumber in the town.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Resolution #123-PG
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #180/2004-OZ
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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