Zelenograd

Coordinates: 55°59′52″N 37°11′25″E / 55.99778°N 37.19028°E / 55.99778; 37.19028
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Zelenograd
Зеленоград
Administrative okrug of Moscow[1]
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Administrative status
 • Subordinated toMoscow[1]
Postal code(s)[5]
124xxx
Dialing code(s)+7 (495), (499)[6]
Websitezelao.mos.ru

Zelenograd (

exclave located within Moscow Oblast, 37 kilometers (23 mi) north-west of central Moscow, along the M10 highway. Zelenograd is the smallest administrative okrug of Moscow by area, the second-lowest by population, and the largest Moscow exclave by area and by population within Moscow Oblast.[1] Zelenograd, if it were a separate settlement, would be the fifth-largest city in Moscow Oblast and one of the 100 largest cities of Russia. Before the expansion of the territory of Moscow in 2012, Zelenograd occupied second place among the administrative okrugs of Moscow, second only to the Eastern Administrative Okrug
, in terms of the share of greenery in its total area (approximately 30%).

Zelenograd was founded in 1958 as a

squirrel
.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197098,000—    
1979141,000+43.9%
1989159,000+12.8%
2002215,727+35.7%
2010221,712+2.8%
2021256,775+15.8%
Source: Census data

History

Zelenograd was founded in 1958 as an unnamed

architectural plan (chief architects Igor Rozhin (1956–1963), then Igor Pokrovsky (1963–2002)), which has appreciable influence from the garden city movement, the development of the Tapiola district in Finland, and new towns in the United Kingdom (Harlow
and others).

The city was planned as a center of the textile industry initially, but in 1962, Alexander Shokin (Chairman of State Committee of Electronic Technology, then first Minister of Electronic Technology) proposed to change the line of future city business to electronics. Some researchers of Soviet electronics history mentioned that a similar idea was proposed to the Soviet government by two fugitive Silicon Valley engineers - Alfred Sarant (more known in Russia as Philip Staros) and Joel Barr (Joseph Berg).

On January 15, 1963, the city received official city status and name Zelenograd, and on November 25, 1968, Zelenograd received the status of district of Moscow (one of the 30 districts) simultaneously.

In 1988, Zelenograd incorporated the former village of

Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden
in Moscow.

Before 1989, Zelenograd was a de facto closed city in some aspects: it was prohibited to take photos in the central parts of the city, near the plants, teaching and research facilities, and foreigners were not admitted into the city.

In 1991, Zelenograd was reformed in one of the administrative okrugs of Moscow.

Geography

The

Skhodnya River
originates near the village of Alabushevo (one of settlements, which are under Zelenograd jurisdiction) and forms two ponds within the precincts of city - Small and Large City Pond.

Administrative divisions

Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug is divided into five districts:

  • Matushkino (Матушкино), previously District #1: 1st, 2nd, and 4th microdistricts, North Industrial Zone
  • Savyolki (Савёлки), previously District #2: 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th microdistricts, East Utility Zone, Nazar'evo village
  • Staroye Kryukovo (Старое Крюково), previously District #3: 8th and 9th microdistricts, South Industrial Zone, north part of Malino settlement
  • Silino (Силино), previously District #4: 10th, 11th, and 12th microdistricts, West and Alabushevo Industrial Zones
  • Kryukovo (Крюково): 14th-23rd microdistricts (21st one is scheduled only), Andreevka Utility Zone, Malino Industrial Zone, south part of Malino settlement, Kamenka, Kutuzovo, Novo-Malino, and Rozhki villages

The first four districts (about 2/3 area and population) are unofficially formed Old City, and Kryukovo District (separated by

Saint Petersburg – Moscow Railway) is unofficially named New City. The most of postal address in city has no name of street or square - the most of buildings have only 3- or 4-digit number: the first one or two digits are number of microdistrict, the last two ones are number of building within microdistrict borders. There is no 13th microdistrict
in Zelenograd.

Economy

Industries

Zelenograd is home to the National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET).

Zelenograd was the headquarters of Sitronics Concerne since its founding in 1997 until 2005 (when its headquarters moved to Moscow) and Zelenograd is the headquarters of Mikron and Angstrem - both largest Russian integrated circuit manufacturers.

Zelenograd is one of technical-innovative type Special economic zones. Since December 21, 2005 SEZ "Zelenograd" officially consists of 2 areas: Area "Alabushevo" (141.87 ha), a main area for new plants and research centers; and Area "MIET" (4.47 ha), a technology park (mostly MIET spin-off enterprises).

Sports

A local football team

Russian Second Division
. A local rugby team Zelenograd was founded in 2006 and played in Russian Rugby Championship 2008 (but it could not get to Championship 2009).

Gallery

Sister cities

Patronized ships

  • Landing ship Tsezar Kunikov, Black Sea Fleet (since 1998)
  • Nuclear submarine Zelenograd [ru], Pacific Ocean Fleet (1998–2010, retired)
  • Supply ship
    Berezina
    , Black Sea Fleet (1995–1997, retired)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Law of the city of Moscow #13-47 of July 5, 1995 On Territorial Division of the City of Moscow with subsequent amendments (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b Prefect Page. Official website of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug (in Russian)
  3. ^ Zelenograd Location. Official website of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug (in Russian)
  4. Federal State Statistics Service
    .
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ The same as Moscow dialing codes

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